“I know the laws change from state to state, and I’ve seen some paparazzi photos of kids in NYC with their faces blurred - but, from asking around, I believe that that comes down to the integrity of the photographer, publications or fans sharing the images,” she continued. “I also want her to see the most amazing city in the world + the beautiful and diverse people that walk down the streets of NYC … that is, without the stress of the media circus that comes with parents who are public figures.”Ī letter from a Mamma 💜 /Ly7zqxFXro “On our most recent visits to New York, she has started to want her sun shade lifted up (something she is used to at home) and helps herself to it! she doesn’t understand why she’s covered in the city, or what I’ve wanted to protect her from.” “As our baby grows up we have to realize that we can’t protect her from everything the way we wanted to and could when she was smaller,” Hadid wrote.

Hadid noted that while her baby gets to spend a lot of time out in open space on the Hadid family farm in Pennsylvania, she worries about the media frenzy that follows them in New York. Khai Malik was born in September 2020 to parents Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik. In an open letter posted to Instagram Stories and Twitter on July 5, the new mom wrote that she is concerned about the media attention her daughter Khai is getting when in NYC. Supermodel Gigi Hadid is asking the paparazzi to give her baby daughter some space.

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