Bella Hadid’s dating history includes some incredibly well-known names, but since those are the people in her social circles, it’s really not shocking at all. Hadid’s dating life has been under scrutiny for years, which has led to plenty of rumors about hookups and dates that have, on several occasions, panned out to not be true at all.
Speaking to Vanity Fair in 2022, Hadid said she long struggled with being a “people pleaser,” and often sacrificed her own comfort for relationships in the past. “I constantly went back to men -and also, women – that had abused me and that’s where the people pleasing came in,” she revealed. “I started not having boundaries, not only sexually, physically, emotionally, but then it went into my work space. I began to be a people-pleaser with my job.”
She continued: “I always felt like my voice was never heard growing up. I grew up around men – whether that was in relationships or family or whatever that was – where I was constantly told that my voice was less important than their voice.” Hadid added, “Then moving into relationships growing up, and not having the boundaries of being able to stick up for myself and have my voice being heard, affected me in my adult relationships very intensely. My nervous system would crash. It was fight or flight.”
Hadid has since reclaimed her voice and power by taking breaks from social media. “It sounds very cliché, but to not have the energy of everyone else and their projections being projected back onto you is one of the most powerful things of all time,” she explained. “It’s a cliché for a reason because it’s a fact that it works.”
Ahead, take a look at Hadid’s past relationships.