Perrie Edwards says Zayn Malik overlapped with Gigi Hadid

Singer Perrie Edwards has described suffering serious breakdowns and depression following the end of her engagement to former One Direction star Zayn Malik a decade ago, citing feelings of abandonment and public humiliation. In a recent podcast interview, the 32-year-old Little Mix member suggested Malik’s relationship with model Gigi Hadid began before her own with him had fully ended.

Edwards and Malik began dating in 2011, became engaged in 2013, and ended their relationship in 2015. She described the subsequent period as hellish, saying she struggled to eat or sleep. She felt the world was looking at me, laughing at me and described feeling embarrassed and horrified by the public scrutiny. Edwards said she was breaking down in performances and crying constantly, adding that she believes she was depressed at the time.

A significant point of distress, she explained, was seeing Malik move on quickly. She indicated there was a bit of an overlap between the end of their relationship and the beginning of his with Hadid, who was first publicly linked to Malik in late 2015. Edwards said the situation felt compounded when Hadid appeared in the music video for Malik’s 2016 debut...