Selena Gomez is reportedly dating Zayn Malik, and it seems that Gigi Hadid, his ex-girlfriend, is not happy about it. According to Entertainment Tonight, the couple was spotted on a dinner date in New York City, where they were seen holding hands and kissing. The rumors of their romance started after a Tik-Tok user shared a viral video where she shared screenshots from her Hostess friend, who claimed that she saw Malik and Gomez at their dinner making out and holding hands. Malik had recently become one of Gomez's Instagram followers, and he notably only follows 18 people on his own account, with Gomez being one of them.


Fans are speculating that the two might be working on an album together, as they both have three studio albums under their belt, and they recently confirmed that they're working on their fourth albums. Selena has said that her upcoming album will be much more upbeat because she wants to make music that will make people smile. There is a possibility that some of her recent singles, like "My Mind" and "Me or Calm Down," will be featured on the new album.


While fans are over the moon about this new couple, Gigi is reportedly not taking it very well, especially since she reportedly played a role in helping Hailey Baldwin hook up with Justin Bieber back in early 2014. Selena and Justin reconnected after one of their breakups, but Selena apparently discovered flirty text messages from Kylie Jenner on Justin's phone during the Coachella Festival in April 2014. Selena immediately cut ties with Kylie and Kendall, who she felt were a negative influence on her. Rumors have it that this is when the Kardashian-Jenner clan started plotting their revenge on Selena. In December 2014, Kendall and Gigi convinced Selena to go with them on a trip to Dubai for New Year's Eve. However, this was allegedly all part of Kendall and Gigi's plan so Hailey could spend New Year's with Justin without worrying about Selena.

Interestingly, Zayn's decision to follow Selena on Instagram came just days after Gigi talked about him in an interview. It seems Zayn is trying to send a message to Gigi that he's officially teamed Selena now.

In her recent interview with the Sunday Times, Gigi seemingly praised Zayn's co-parenting skills. She said it makes her very happy that her daughter Kai can be with both parents. But while Zayn is committed to co-parenting, he apparently has no intentions of ever rekindling his romance with Gigi.


In fact, one of Zayn's friends recently told People magazine that Zayn and Gigi's relationship was super toxic, especially after Gigi's mom Yolanda started meddling. There's no love lost between Yolanda and Zayn, the insider added.

While Gigi has stayed out of the recent drama between Selena, Hailey, and the Jenner sisters, fans think she will probably join the mean girl group. However, other fans believe that Selco couldn't care less if Gigi decided to join the Mean Girls. The difference between Selena and Zayn and the spoiled, rotten Mean group is one thing, and that's beauty. No amount of plastic surgery or money will ever make them as beautiful as Selena or Zayn on the inside.

"I personally feel like Selena doesn't necessarily look down on her former friends as much as she feels sorry for her pities them," one fan wrote, while another fan disagreed, saying, "I don't think Gigi would do anything to hurt Selena because, after all, Selena and Gigi are both Taylor's friends, and Gigi knows it would hurt Taylor if she does something to Selena."


Now, to give you some context, Selena and Zayn have known each other for years, and Zayn, in fact, had a secret crush on Selena back in the day. In 2013, One Direction sat down for an interview with French radio station NRJ, and they played some sort of "would you kiss" game with pictures of celebrities. When Selena's photo came up, Zayn did not waste time responding and said he would definitely kiss her.

When Selena later appeared on BBC Radio, they played the audio of Zayn saying he'd like to kiss her, Her reaction was splendid, she blushed and in her own words said "Oh my goodness, wow, Impressive"

but this wasn't the only time Zayn crushed on Selena in public when Selena won her very first moon man at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards One Direction presented her with the award and Zayn looked super nervous while greeting Selena on stage.

Earlier that same year, she told Extra TV that if she had to pick one One Direction member to kiss, it would definitely be Zayn. "They're so sweet. They're really good guys. If you had to pick, who would you pick for a kiss? Oh no!"


Zayn, however, fans were disappointed when Zayn started dating Little Mix member Perry Edwards, while Selena reconciled with her on-and-off boyfriend Justin Bieber in April 2013. Zayn and Perry dated for four years, and they even got engaged in August 2013. However, almost exactly two years after their engagement, they announced they parted ways.

According to some reports, it was Zayn who called off the engagement, and Perry accused him of breaking up with her via text message. Saying later tonight this and told Vader magazine, "I love her a lot, and I always will, and I would never end our relationship over four years like that. She knows that, I know that, and the public should know as well."

Meanwhile, Selena was dealing with her own relationship drama, and between 2013 and 2018, she and Justin broke up and made up at least a dozen times until finally calling it quits for good in March 2018. And this is when Selena once again sparked romance rumors with Zayn after the "Pillow Talk" singer followed her on Twitter. Saying later began a toxic on-and-off relationship with Gigi Hadid, which ended in 2020 amid rumors that Gigi's mom Yolanda didn't approve of Zayn anyway.

If Selena Gomez ends up actually dating Zayn, we'll definitely be keeping a close eye on their every move to see where things go.