So SweetMom Life! Everything Gigi Hadid Has Said On Becoming a Mother to Daughter Khai: Quotes

Still Learning

During a February 2021 interview with InStyle, the mother-of-one said: “I’m trying to learn still, being a mum and letting myself rest.”

‘My Favorite’

Gigi told Harper’s Bazaar that everything about motherhood is her “favorite” in June 2021.

“It’s all my favorite, even if it gets hard at times,” she told the outlet. “You have so much patience and unconditional love that comes with motherhood. It’s just fun to watch her grow and learn every day. And she makes me so proud. It’s funny how even the smallest things are exciting.”

Best Part of Being a Mom

In June 2021, Access Hollywood asked Gigi the best part of being a mom so far, which she answered with: “the simple things.”

“Just seeing her learn something new every day, even if it’s like, picking up a cup or like, putting a ball in a hole, like you just think they’re the best, most genius thing that’s ever been born.”

‘A Blessing’

Gigi appeared on Sunday Today with Willie Geist in September 2022, where she opened up about being a mom to daughter Khai, calling her a “blessing.”
“I think she’s a genius. But I think that’s what everyone says about their kid,” she gushed. “It’s so much fun. The more that she talks, and understands, and remembers, it just gets more and more fun.”

‘Going Through Life’ Together

“She [Khai] obviously sees me in every state and way, and whether she knows it or not, I’m going through and learning through life with her,” she told Elle Magazine in February 2023.
“Having a daughter, although it shifted my life to make me really want to feel more settled, has also really made me appreciate the chaos as well,” she continued. “Being at shows and shoots and just being in the city again; being around friends [after] becoming a mom, with everyone also coming out of COVID — I have an appreciation for both sides of it.”

‘Very Happy’ Coparenting

Gigi told U.K.’s The Sunday Times that she makes sure to make her work schedules “when Khai is with her dad” in an interview from March 2023.

Without naming Zayn directly, Gigi said it makes her “very happy” that Khai “can be with both parents.”

How Mom Life Has Changed Her

“Since becoming a mom, I find myself fully eating whatever’s leftover from Khai; pancakes, chicken nuggets,” the model told InStyle in April 2023. “I think that life’s all about balance and sometimes I’m really craving a salad, but sometimes I want ribs and a Coca-Cola.”

She added, “I think that becoming a mom has made me realize that you just really have to start to get your eggs in a row and prioritize your time between being a mom and a person and then also a working mom and person. I think it really starts for me with just prioritizing and organizing that time first, and then making sure that the jobs and partnerships and opportunities that I do make time for are ones that feel genuine to me and feel fulfilling once the day is done.”

Cooking With Khai

Gigi told InStyle that “every day” she’s in the kitchen with Khai. “But it’s still fun times together and we have the funniest conversations when it’s just me cooking and her doing some craft and I love even when it’s just us,” she gushed.

On Co-parenting

“I think when you are a parent, you have to be intentional because, now, I literally have half the time,” Gigi told NET-A-PORTER in an interview from September 2023. “I work when my daughter is with her dad, and that’s the time I have.”

“And the jobs I choose to fill that time with have to be ones that are fulfilling to me,” Gigi continued. “I will literally fit in as many jobs as I can on those days. I’m sometimes a crazy person, but if it means a lot to me, then I do it.”