Gigi Hadid, Zayn Malik welcome daughter

LON ANGELES: Singer Zayn Malik and model Gigi Hadid have welcomed their first daughter together.

Malik announced on social media: “Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful,” he wrote. “(T)o try put into words how I am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love I feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding”

The announcement was accompanied by a photo of the baby’s hand wrapped around her father’s finger.

Malik, 27, is a former member of the boy band One Direction. Hadid, 25, confirmed she was pregnant with her first child in April.

“Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together,” Malik added.

Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful🙏🏽❤️to try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task. The love i feel for this tiny human is beyond my understanding.Grateful to know her, proud to call her mine, & thankful for the life we will have together x pic.twitter.com/nvhfOkk2fw

— zayn (@zaynmalik) September 24, 2020

The announcement comes one week after the supermodel’s father, Mohamed Hadid, shared a handwritten note for his granddaughter on Instagram.

“Hello little grandchild, it is me, my heart as happy as can be. I wish for you the sun & moon, I wish for you a happy time,” the real estate developer wrote.

He continued, “Know that Grandpa’s always near, I’ll do anything, anything for you my dear. When I heard you were on the way, I smiled and wiped a tear away. I cried the tear because I knew, my heart would always belong to you.”

Malik and Hadid began dating in 2015. Their most recent split happened in January 2019, and the couple spent nearly a year apart before they reconciled.

The model’s mother, Yolanda Hadid, confirmed to a Dutch media outlet revealing that her daughter is due in September.

The supermodel said she wished she and Malik would have “announced it on our own terms” but added that she was “very excited and happy and grateful for everyone’s well-wishes and support”.