Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik announce breakup in loving messages

Celebrity couple Zayn Malik and supermodel Gigi Hadid on Tuesday announced they had split up after two years of dating, with both posting statements of mutual love and respect.

Malik, a former member of British boy band One Direction, and Hadid, a model for Victoria's Secret, Fendi and Tommy Hilfiger, gave no reason for the split.

Malik, 25, said in a Twitter statement



that he and Hadid "had an incredibly meaningful, loving and fun relationship" and that he had huge admiration for her "as a woman and a friend."

Hadid, 22, said in her own Twitter posting that breakup statements "often seem impersonal."

She wished Malik the best for the future, saying "I'm forever grateful for the love, time and life lessons that Z and I shared."