Supermodel Gigi Hadid has broken her silence on the disturbing mention of her name in the Jeffrey Epstein-related files. The files were recently released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
In a December 2015 email exchange, a redacted individual questioned Epstein about Gigi and her sister Bella Hadid’s professional success. “How did the Hadid sisters became models and make so much money?! I don’t understand…” the individual questioned.
To this, the disgraced financier replied, “You know.” The individual wrote back, “The father paid the agency,” to which the late sex offender responded, “No.” Later in the exchange, he added, “Because they follow directions, its that simple.”
When a social media user commented on Hadid’s March 29 Instagram post that they “had to unfollow” the 30-year-old because she “ain’t talk bout those files,” she replied that the documents “made me sick to my stomach.”
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“Horrible to read someone you’ve never met speak about you that way. Especially in this context,” she explained in her March 30 message. “I didn’t comment bc I don’t want to take away from the stories of real victims of his; but your comment made me realize maybe its not clear—and it’s important to let you know.”
Hadid went on to add that while she “grew up privileged,” her parents Mohammed Hadid and Yolanda Hadid “protected me and taught me the value of hard work,” noting that after her signing to a modelling agency in 2012, “I’ve worked hard every moment since.”
“To be named in those files, I think I was 20-21 at the time he would have written that email—is disturbing and I want to state unequivocally that I have never had any affiliation with that disgusting human being,” said Hadid, who shares daughter Khai, 5, with ex Zayn Malik.
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