Zayn Says His Daughter Khai Named The Turtles On His Farm After These Iconic Characters From The TV Show

Turtle Power! Zane stopped Breakfast in the capital this week, where he revealed a sweet anecdote about his farm in Pennsylvania.

The 31-year-old star revealed that his daughter, three-year-old Khai, helps him name his farm animals and revealed that the turtles are aptly named after beloved characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. “Now I have three. Raph, Mikey and Donatello,” he revealed. “One of them died recently and it was very sad.”

He added, “I think that shows a good owner, you have to be kind of connected to your animals and I like to name them.”

Zayn shares Khai with ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid, although the pair ended their relationship shortly after the little one's first birthday in October 2021.

The former One Direction star is set to release his new album, Room under the stairson May 17, marking Zayn's first full-length solo project since 2021 Nobody is listening. After leaving One Direction in 2015, the singer began his solo music career with 2016 Mind of Mine and followed it up with 2018 Icarus Falls. Before Malik left to pursue a solo career, 1D released four albums together, each of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The 15-track album will include the single “What I Am”, as well as tracks such as “Alienated”, “My Woman”, Stardust, “Something in the Water”, “Fuchsia Sea” and more. See the tracklist announcement here.