The words were snappy, but the DGAF attitude was completely genuine. Because, frankly, it was hard to be all that annoyed while in the throes of a romance with such auspicious beginnings.

The words were snappy, but the DGAF attitude was completely genuine. Because, frankly, it was hard to be all that annoyed while in the throes of a romance with such auspicious beginnings.

Malik told Britain's Evening Standard in 2016 that he'd first spied the model and Tommy Hilfiger designer at a November 2015 Victoria's Secret bash and asked her out for a date later that week. At popular NYC eatery Gemma, "We played it cool for, like, 10 minutes," Hadid recalled on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2017, "and then I was like, 'You're really cute.' We connected, like, really quickly. We have kind of the same sense of humor."

By the time of the February 2016 troll back-and-forth, the couple had already filmed Malik's steamy "Pillowtalk" video, confirmed their coupling in a radio interview and settled into a familiar routine that included home-cooked chicken, sweetcorn pie and Yorkshire pudding courtesy of Chef Z and encouraging words from his gal, G, Malik feeling comfortable enough to share his struggles with anxiety.