Gigi Hadid reveals how she first met boyfriend Bradley Cooper

Gigi Hadid juggles a lot: a modeling career, being a single mom and dating Bradley Cooper.

And in the April 2025 cover of US Vogue, the blonde beauty talked about her Hollywood boyfriend for the first time.

The New Yorker revealed for the first time how they met, and it wasn't through mutual pal Leonard DiCaprio.

The Chanel model said they ran into each other at a child's backyard birthday party thrown by a common friend. 

And she also shared what Cooper has made her appreciate more. 'He has opened me up to going to the theater more, and that’s something that’s so nice to bring back into my life,' she said.

And she addressed dating in the spotlight. 'You want to give yourself a normal experience of dating,' Hadid said adding it sure is not easy.

'Even for my friends who aren’t public figures, that’s hard. Where do you go? And, what? You just start talking to people?' said Hadid.

'And then there’s another added layer of privacy and security. You want to believe that people are going to have your back and not call TMZ or go on Deuxmoi or whatever, but you just don’t know.'

She also admitted that therapy helps her deal with all of it.

The sister of Yellowstone star Bella Hadid credits therapy with making her understand she does not have to be a people pleaser all the time.

She now has the desire to 'have respect for myself' she told the magazine.

These days she says no if she doesn't want to do something, which is new for her.

'I have no regrets, ever, being like, 'I can't make that job. I have Khai that week,'' she said. Khai is her child with rock star Zayn Malik. 'That's just the boundary I've set.' 

And she loves the world she has created for her mini-me girl.

'Khai is protected by our friendships here. And that means,' she pauses, visibly emotional, 'that means a lot to me.' The magazine also said she teared up when talking about her child.

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As far as showing Khai's face, she is not up for it, though she does show her body and the back of her head.

'I don't think it would be fully genuine to post nothing of Khai,' she said.

'But I also don't want to put anything up that would take away from her privacy and her peace.'

She won't quit social media though: 'I love connecting with people.… 

'I am grateful for social media, and the ways that it has connected me to the world. 

'I wouldn't have the same career without it.' 

She later told the Vogue writer: 'It's different from how socials felt when I was younger. It doesn't come as naturally to me as it did when Instagram started.'

Hadid also talked modeling. She said in front of the camera she is performing. 

'If you just met me at a photo shoot, you wouldn’t see a full depiction of me,' said Hadid. 'I feel that as a model, I’m a performer.'

As far as turning 30 soon, she said she may do a fun party to celebrate.

'I’m excited for 30,' she shared. 'I feel like a lot of the stuff in my career, in my relationships, in my life, in my friendships, that people maybe normally go through in their 30s, I went through in my 20s.'

And she is up for more challenges: 'After 10 years of doing this job, I’m not nervous anymore. I have to remember that if I feel scared or intimidated, that means I’m excited. And yeah, at this point, why not try?'