Gigi Hadid Says Fans Don’t Get To Experience The Real Her: ‘In My Job, You See A Lot Of Snapshots’
15.02.2023 - 20:47
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Gigi Hadid is getting as candid as she’s ever been.
The 27-year-old supermodel is on the new cover of Elle magazine, and in the issue she opens up about about the scrutiny she’s faced from headlines and social media.
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Asked about that scrutiny, her eyes begin to tear up, and she says, “What does the world not know about me? I don’t know. I’m getting emotional [thinking about it]. I think that I’m someone who you have to be in front of to experience. It’s not hard. This isn’t a complaint. It’s more that in my job, you see a lot of snapshots.”
Wiping away her tears, and excusing journalist Alex White’s apology, she adds, “No, it’s fine. Apparently, I needed to say it. There are a lot of snapshots and really quick moments where, again, there’s not a lot of context given.”
All that pressure of the modelling world has been helped by therapy, for both her and sister Bella.
“There are different things that we probably both deal with on different sides, but there’s always going to be something that comes together,” she says.
Over time, Hadid has also learned to set standards for how she expects to be treated in her line of work.
“Setting boundaries, even if that’s with the paparazzi—going over and saying, ‘Hey, what’s up? I know we’ve seen each other from across the street for five years, but when I’m with my kid, please don’t point the camera this way,'” she says. “Sometimes you have to be assertive, and that doesn’t mean that it’s rude. It’s setting a boundary.”
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Those boundaries also include what