Gigi Hadid dishes on 'very romantic and happy' Bradley Cooper relationship

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11-03-2025

Gigi Hadid dishes on 'very romantic and happy' Bradley Cooper relationship
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Travis Kelce, Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper are Swifties
Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid were seen with Travis Kelce at one of Taylor Swift's concerts in Paris, France.
Gigi Hadid is opening up about her relationship with actor Bradley Cooper for the first time.
In a Vogue magazine profile published Tuesday, the supermodel said Cooper, 29, described her relationship with Cooper, 50, as "very romantic and happy," but divulged that she keeps certain details private because "it's just not part of our relationship to share for whatever reason."
Hadid also opened up about the pitfalls of dating in the public eye: "You want to give yourself a normal experience of dating and even for my friends who aren't public figures, that's hard. Where do you go? And, what? You just start talking to people? And then there's another added layer of privacy and security."
Before dating Cooper, Hadid was linked to former One Direction singer Zayn Malik and the pair share 4-year-old daughter Khai. Cooper previously dated model Irina Shayk, who is now linked to legendary former NFL quarterback Tom Brady. They share a 7-year-old daughter, Lea De Seine.
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"You want to believe that people are going to have your back and not call TMZ or go on (gossip Instagram account) Deuxmoi or whatever, but you just don't know," she continued, adding that unnamed "sources" share information "that's kind of right and kind of wrong," but "you just have to let it go; you can't always correct everything."
The pair made a buzzy appearance together with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert in Paris last May.
Gigi Hadid: 'I just feel really lucky' to be with Bradley Cooper
In the Vogue story, she praised the 12-time Oscar nominee for his creative instincts.
"I respect him so much as a creative and I feel that he gives so much to me: encouragement and, just, belief. For those people you admire to encourage you, it can create so much belief in yourself," Hadid told Vogue about Cooper. "Like, what's the worst thing if I auditioned for this? You jump and take the leap," adding that the relationship "has opened me up to going to the theater more, and that's something that's so nice to bring back into my life."
"I think just getting to the point where knowing what you want and deserve in a relationship is essential and then to find someone that is in a place in their life where they know what they want and deserve … and you both do work separately to come together and be the best partner that you can be," she continued. "I just feel really lucky. Yeah, lucky's the word."
Gigi Hadid, One Direction singer Zayn Malik are focused on 'raising our daughter'
Despite their shared rocky past, Hadid and Malik are in a better place as co-parents.
In October 2021, Malik pleaded no contest to charges that he harassed his then-girlfriend and her mother, Yolanda Hadid, during an allegedly violent argument at the family's home in Pennsylvania, according to court documents.
According to the Vogue cover story, with Hadid telling the fashion magazine the exes now share "love, and a feeling of camaraderie."
"Zayn and I do our custody schedules months in advance," Hadid told Vogue. "That doesn't mean that it doesn't change here and there, but we help each other out and have each other's backs."
She added: "There is the hard part of the world knowing this much, and thinking they know everything and at the end of the day, we're not interested in giving everyone our whole story. What we are interested in is raising our daughter together, with so much respect for each other, and not just as co-­parents, but what we've been through together."