He is of English and Pakistani descent. He has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. The Malik family belongs to the Muslim faith.
Malik grew up in East Bowling, located south of the Bradford city center. As a teenager, he took performing arts courses and appeared in school productions. In , year-old Malik auditioned in Manchester for the seventh season of the reality-television competition The X Factor.
He sang "Let Me Love You" by rhythm-and-blues vocalist Mario as his audition song and was accepted into the next round. Malik was eliminated before the final round of the competition, but judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles , Niall Horan , Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act for the remainder of the show. Performing as One Direction, this group became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X Factor.
Although they finished the competition in third place, they were immediately signed to Cowell's Syco music label. One Direction topped the pop music charts with their first single, "What Makes You Beautiful," when it was released in September in the United Kingdom.
Malik toured extensively with One Direction, meeting the band's young female fans around the world. In March , Malik surprised fans by dropping out of the group's world tour. A spokesperson for the band tweeted that "Zayn has been signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate. In a statement on Facebook, he wrote: "After five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band.
I was in New York. When fans spotted Hadid wearing a gold band on her ring finger , they wondered if Malik had proposed to her.
However, they weren't engaged. People also noticed Malik's new hand tattoo , which said "Love" across his knuckles, and wondered if the ink was a tribute to Hadid. During an interview with British Vogue , Hadid spoke about what she and Malik prefer to do when they're not working.
I mostly stay in because it's my time off and I like being with my boyfriend and doing art and cooking," she said, adding, "We like late night movies, and we order from this amazing place that does lattes and gingerbread cookies. I need coffee to stay up. Malik drew attention to his girlfriend on her 22nd birthday in a since-deleted Instagram post. Hadid and Malik appeared in Vogue , and this time they graced the cover. Although the magazine gained a lot of attention, people were not happy that the magazine referred to the couple as being "part of a new generation embracing gender fluidity.
Neither Malik nor Hadid has identified as gender fluid, so people thought it was inappropriate that they claimed that title. The magazine eventually apologized for misusing the term. Yolanda Hadid, a former supermodel, gushed over the sweet couple in an Instagram post , calling them her "family.
Malik also joined the Hadid's family for Eid Mubarak. On March 13, , The Sun reported that the pair had split because of work conflicts. The same day, the pair confirmed the news shortly after on their separate social media accounts.
I'm forever grateful for the love, time, and life lessons that Z and I shared. I want nothing but the best for him and will continue to support him as a friend that I have immense respect and love for. As for the future, whatever's meant to be will always be. She has such an incredible soul. I'm grateful to all of our fans for respecting this difficult decision and our privacy at this time, we wish this news could have come from us first.
We love you all. The report came a month after the couple announced their split. He misses her and can't stand being apart," the source told E! News , adding, "Gigi's a little bit more hesitant.
The source explained that the couple broke up because "it wasn't working and nothing has really changed" but said that Hadid "does love him, but she isn't completely sure this is where she wants to be right now.
We don't need to put a label on it, make it something for people's expectations," he said during an interview with GQ. Malik continued, "I had a very negative outlook on things. That might have been adolescence or testosterone or whatever the fuck was running through my body at the time.
She's helped me to look at things from a positive angle. After an Instagram user called out Malik for not following Hadid, the model stepped up to defend their relationship, according to E! Fact is that, Zayn is not going to follow gigi or ever going [to] post her picture on his Instagram again," the account reportedly wrote. She added, "For someone who is virtually inactive on the app, I don't need his follow- my eyes are tattooed to his chest.
The energy you put into this does not serve you our your life in any way kids…. There's nothing to figure out all the time… give it a break. She captioned the since-deleted Instagram photo , "flyin home to my happy place.
A source told Us Weekly that the couple broke up once again and said, "They could get back together, but it's over for now. Another source told the outlet that Hadid "tried hard to make it work," but said that Malik has "a lot of his own issues that she couldn't help him get through. The source continued, "She cut herself off from all her friends every time they were together. She focused all her time and energy on him, but it just got to be too much.
Entertainment Tonight also spoke to a source about the on-again, off-again couple's breakup. After trying for a long time, the couple just couldn't make it work. Zayn has been dealing with personal things for a while and Gigi has become a comfort blanket for him," the source told Entertainment Tonight. They were seen on multiple dates around New York City , and Cameron even accompanied Hadid to her grandmother's funeral in the Netherlands. By September, the couple had reportedly called it quits , and Hadid was single once again.
A source told E! News that Hadid "has always had a soft spot for Zayn and they have a lot of history together. She is supportive of him. They chat here and there but it's been casual," the source said. Paul took to Twitter to insult the musician and said he almost got into a fight with Malik. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly a Go to bed The supermodel also shared photos with her sister Bella and her mother Yolanda.
News broke that the year-old model and the year-old singer were expecting their first child together. Once Gigi and Zayn got back together at the end of last year it was like they never skipped a beat and knew what they had was special.
The couple and their families are overjoyed," sources told ET. People translated the interview. But this is the beauty of life: One soul leaves us and a new one comes in. We feel very blessed. After outlets reported that the supermodel was pregnant, she confirmed the news while chatting with Jimmy Fallon on " The Tonight Show. The supermodel gave fans a glimpse of her baby bump during an Instagram Live.
After outlets claimed that Hadid was hiding her pregnancy, she unbuttoned her shirt and turned to the side. Though she hasn't posted about the baby on social media, she promised fans that she's been documenting her journey.
A fan asked the model if she was still riding horses during her pregnancy on Twitter. She replied , "Early on I did only walking tho but not anymore. Missing it!! She is reportedly due in September, so many fans speculated that she returned to her apartment so she could deliver the baby in Manhattan. November Us Weekly reports Hadid and Malik are dating. View Iframe URL. View on Twitter. June Several outlets report that Hadid and Malik have broken up, but she squashes those rumors in an interview with Elle magazine.
Also, these his-and-her Nutella jars she shared on Instagram said a thousand words. View on Instagram. December They continue giving lovey-dovey quotes about each other. This turned out to be just, well, a rumor. March Malik reveals on Twitter that he and Hadid have ended their relationship. Hadid later confirmed this on social media, as well. April But wait! Early January Breakup rumors flare up and E!
News reports the twosome are spending time apart. The Sun had photos. November A source tells E!
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