Yolanda Hadidis proud of all three of her children, but when it comes to daughterGigi’sparenting skills, she’s in awe at how good she is with her little girl Khai.
The 27-year-old model welcomed daughter Khai, 2, with ex-boyfriendZayn Malik,29, in Sept. 2020.The couple splitafter almost six years together in Oct. 2021 after Malik got into a heated argument with Yolanda.
After Yolanda’s beloved motherAns van den Herikdied of cancer in 2019, the formerReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar admits she fell into a dark place. “I hadn’t felt that kind of depression in 20 years,” she says.
But having granddaughter Khai around makes things easier as Yolanda feels her mom’s presence with her every single day.
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“I feel like my mom left us, and this beautiful soul came in and she’s the light of my life,” Yolanda says. “Losing my mom, there is nothing harder that I’ve ever dealt with in my life and it’s broken me into pieces, but thank God for Khai because she brings so much joy and she makes me smile like nothing else. She’s just such pleasure.”
“My granddaughter is the light of my life,” Yolanda adds. “I’m so grateful, because my mother wanted her ashes at our farm, so when my brother arrived from Holland with my mom’s ashes, Gigi got pregnant that same week.”
“She’s so much like my mom. Things that she said. She’s super stubborn. She loves all animals. She looks at little ants and little bees and she loves horses,” Yolanda continues. “She loves all animals and my mom was very much like that too, so it kind of taught me that this is the circle of life. I never understood the words circle of life.”
source: people.com
