Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik break up: What went wrong

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have called it quits.

On Tuesday, after fans discovered that Malik had unfollowed 

Gigi and her mother, Yolanda, on Instagram and The Sun 

reported that the couple had parted ways as a result of their 

conflicting, busy schedules, Malik took to Twitter to confirm

 the news.

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"Gigi and I had an incredibly meaningful, loving and fun relationship and I have a huge amount of respect and adoration for Gigi as a woman and a friend," he wrote. "She has such an incredible soul. I'm grateful to all of our fans for respecting this difficult decision and our privacy at this time, we wish this news could have come from us first. We love you all. xZ" 

Hadid and Malik had been happily dating for over two years, but their globe-trotting romance ultimately couldn't handle the strain brought on by their diverging work commitments.

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