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Not all men are Zayn Malik, but today, Zayn Malik is all men. Despite months of rumors that he's currently dating model Gigi Hadid (not only has be been photographed shopping for apartments with her, but he also cast her to make out with him in the music video for "Pillowtalk"), Zayn continued to refer to Gigi as a "good friend."
Today, Gigi stands vindicated. During a radio interview yesterday, one of the hosts managed to sneak in a leading question about what it was like to shoot the music video with his girlfriend, and suddenly, miraculously, Zayn was able to accurately described his relationship status.
"No one easier to make out with than your own girlfriend, right?" she asked, to which Zayn replied, "Exactly." He then realized that he had fallen prisoner to the interviewer's cunning ways, and said, "I like what you've done there."
Zayn Malik: Still kind of a bro. Watch the masterful trickery go down at the 10:30 minute mark in the video below.