'We're very excited': Gigi Hadid confirms she is pregnant in interview with Jimmy Fallon

The supermodel, 25, is expecting a baby in September with boyfriend Zayn Malik

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  The most recent picture of the couple together: Gigi Hadid with Zayn Malik and sister Bella Hadid, celebrating Gigi's 25th birthday on April 23, 2020. Instagram / Gigi Hadid

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  Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid seen on January 12, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images

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  Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik celebrating his 25th birthday in January 2018. Instagram / Gigi Hadid

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  Zayn Malik spending Christmas with Gigi Hadid's family, in a post shared by the model's mother Yolanda Hadid in December 2017. Instagram / Yolanda Hadid

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  The couple graced the cover of Vogue's August 2017 issue. Instagram / Gigi Hadid

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  Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring / Summer 2017 on October 2, 2016 in Paris, France. Getty Images

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  Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik attend the Versus Versace show during London Fashion Week Spring / Summer 2017 on September 17, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Getty Images

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  Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik arrive for the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. WireImage

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  Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid leaving their East Village apartment on March 25, 2016 in New York City. Getty Images

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  Zayn Malik, Gigi Hadid and Taylor Swift leave Gigi Hadid's apartment on September 12, 2016 in New York City. Getty Images

Supermodel Gigi Hadid has opened up about being pregnant, after it was confirmed earlier this week that she is expecting her first child with long-term partner Zayn Malik.

The Dutch-Palestinian model, who is said to be five months pregnant with a baby girl, spoke to US talk show host Jimmy Fallon about the news, saying the couple were “extremely happy and excited”.

In an interview recorded from her home in Pennsylvania where she is isolating with Malik, her sister Bella Hadid, and mother Yolanda Hadid, the 25-year-old said, “Obviously we wished we could have announced it on our own terms, but we’re very excited and happy and grateful for everyone’s well wishes.”

Hadid added that being in quarantine with her family was allowing her to feel every moment of her pregnancy. “It’s a nice silver lining to be able to be home and together and really experience it day by day,” she told Fallon.

News first leaked earlier this week that Hadid and British-Pakistani singer Malik were expecting, and it was later confirmed by her mother Yolanda, who told a Dutch publication that she was “excited to become a grandmother”.

Announcing that the baby was due in September, she said, “It is quite special, since I lost my own mother so recently. That is the beauty of life: one soul is leaving us and another is coming. We feel very blessed.”

Gigi and Malik have been in an on/off relationship since 2015, but broke up for a period in 2018. It was confirmed they were back together in December 2019.

The model has spoken about wanting to start a family in the past.

In February, she told i-D magazine: "As I get older ... well one day, I’ll start a family and I don’t know if I will always be modelling.

"The people I work with make me so happy, I’m so lucky to be around them. But who knows? Maybe I’ll take up full time cooking."