Gigi Hadid says her relationship with Bradley Cooper provides something she hasn't experienced before
Gigi Hadid is getting candid about what makes her romance with Bradley Cooper unlike the relationships that came before him.
In a new interview with Vogue France, the 31-year-old supermodel offered a rare glimpse inside her notoriously private relationship with the Oscar-nominated actor.
"What is beautiful about my current relationship, and so different from what I have experienced, is an ability to be deeply honest," Hadid told the outlet. "To say what you think, when you think it."
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When the interviewer noted that kind of honesty isn't always easy, Hadid didn't hesitate.
"I know. But if that's impossible, it probably means he's not the right person," she said.
Hadid's candid comments come weeks after she and Cooper, 51, fueled marriage speculation when they were photographed in Paris wearing matching bands on their left ring fingers.
Page Six reported earlier this month that the rings were Boucheron wedding bands, though neither Hadid nor Cooper publicly confirmed that they had tied the knot. Days later, Us Weekly reported, according to a source, that the jewelry was instead a pair of "promise rings" and that the couple was not married.
The pair, who have been romantically linked since late 2023, have largely kept their relationship away from the spotlight.
Hadid told Vogue in 2025 that the couple's decision to remain private wasn't necessarily strategic.
"It's just not part of our relationship to share for whatever reason," she said at the time, describing their relationship as "very romantic and happy."
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That privacy began to shift in May 2025, when Hadid made the romance Instagram official while celebrating her 30th birthday.
The model shared a series of photos from her birthday party, including one of her and Cooper kissing in front of a multi-tiered cake.
"I feel so lucky to be 30!" Hadid wrote at the time. "I feel so lucky for every high and low, for all the lessons and gifts both have brought me."
She added that she felt "so lucky to be a mom, friend, partner, sister, daughter, colleague to some of the most unbelievable humans."
Now, more than a year later, Hadid appears to be settling into a quieter chapter.
Asked by Vogue France how she was feeling, Hadid said friends have noticed a change.
"Right now my friends are saying to me: ‘Gigi, what's going on? Looks like you're 19 again,’" she said. "I just think I'm... serene."
Part of that serenity appears to come from the life she has built away from the fashion industry's constant spotlight.
Hadid told the outlet that spending time in the countryside with her daughter, partner, friends and animals helps ground her before she returns to work.
"Living in the countryside surrounded by animals, with my daughter, my partner, my friends, is part of what recharges my batteries," she said. "It allows me to appreciate the richness of fashion when I come back to it."
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Hadid shares daughter Khai with ex-boyfriend Zayn Malik, while Cooper shares daughter Lea with former partner Irina Shayk.
The model also said she and Cooper talk about their careers even if they don't always fully understand the demands of the other's profession.
"We don't necessarily understand all the challenges of each other's job, but the main thing is to have someone who supports you – and helps you keep your feet on the ground," Hadid told Vogue France.
When asked whether a strong relationship requires work from both people, Hadid offered another perspective.
"I would say it's a trip for two," she said.
Her latest comments echo what she previously said about finding a partner who already understands what he wants from life.
"Knowing what you want and deserve in a relationship is essential, and then to find someone that is in a place in their life where they know what they want and deserve…and you both do work separately to come together and be the best partner that you can be," Hadid previously told Vogue.
"I just feel really lucky. Yeah, lucky's the word."
The couple's romance has also given Hadid a new way of experiencing one of the cities most closely associated with her career.
For years, she said Paris primarily meant work.
"I landed there, drove to the hotel where twenty photographers were waiting for me, impossible to walk, then in a car to a windowless studio," Hadid told Vogue France.
That changed through Cooper, whom she described as someone who loves France and speaks French.
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"Except that, recently, thanks to my boyfriend who loves France and speaks French, I discovered a completely different Paris that I adore," she said.
Asked whether she could envision living there, Hadid didn't rule it out.
"So at some point, why not move there, yes..." she said.
Hadid's growing sense of peace also extends to how she views fame and the image of her life presented to millions of followers online.
"99% of my daily life is not online," she told Vogue France. "What I'm posting is my way of celebrating the wonderful things in life. But Instagram remains 1% of my life."
The model has lived much of her adult life in the public eye, becoming one of the industry's most recognizable faces while still in her teens.
She told Vogue France that the visibility she once dreamed about eventually became overwhelming.
"It was around the age of 19 that this visibility began," Hadid said. "At first, it's true that this is what you dream of. And, little by little, the noose tightens. You lose control."
"And it becomes overwhelming, because you end up only living through the eyes of others," she continued.
These days, Hadid said she has found a better balance between fame and her private life.
"Today, I have found a balance between my life as a mom in Pennsylvania and my public life," she said.