What makes Zayn Malik beautiful? The love he has for his and Gigi Hadid's daughter Khai, 2.
Though the One Direction alum has kept his private life, well, private, he recently opened up about how fatherhood has changed him for the best.
"For me, since I've had my daughter, since she was born, the main thing in my mind is trying to be a good example to her, in terms of—I can do things," he said on the July 12 episode of Call Her Daddy. "I can achieve things and I can overcome things and you could do this too. And to let things like a feeling stop you from doing that, after having a child, feels like a really small thing."
"I used to get a lot of anxiety around having a conversation," the 30-year-old continued, "and I want her to be able to look at me be like, ‘My dad's doing this, he's the man. He's cool.'"
Safe to say, she already thinks so. And just wait until she hears his tributes to her on his upcoming album.
"It's a different sound for me and it's got some more narrative going on, like real life experiences and stuff," Zayn teased to host Alex Cooper. "My daughter's mentioned in there a couple of times."
And these days, he's focused on making as many memories from dusk till dawn with his baby girl.
"When I'm with her, I don't work like at all," he explained, noting he and his ex split custody 50-50. "I just spend a full day with her doing things that she wants to do. We just have fun and I feel like I've, like, rekindled my own childhood through her. I feel like we get to a certain point in in adult life where everything's kind of vague and gray and boring and she's brought that color back for me for sure."
Now, make today the best day ever by reading on to see every sweet moment Zayn and Gigi have shared with Khai...
Snuggle Season
Let's Play
Nailed It
Let Her Eat Cake
Making Memories