‘Netflix was not easy on me’: Gigi Hadid says she had to audition MANY times for Next In Fashion job adding she suffers from ‘imposter syndrome’

Gigi Hadid is becoming a TV star.

But the 27-year-old model said landed the job was not a walk in the park.

In the March 2023 cover of Elle magazine, the blonde beauty said that she had to work hard to get the starring roll opposite Tan France on the new show Next in Fashion for Netflix.

‘Netflix was not easy on me. They really put me through an audition process,’ said the cover girl who also talked to Elle about having a therapist.

But she was OK with the way she was treated. ‘I respected that, and it made me feel good when I got the job,’ shared Gigi.

Pinup power: In the March 2023 cover of Elle magazine, the blonde beauty said that she had to work hard to get the starring roll opposite Tan France on the new show Next in Fashion

‘I felt like I had earned it in their eyes, and so that gave me the confidence to go for it. 

‘You get a sense of impostor syndrome and you’re like, “Okay, are they just giving me this show because I have a lot of followers?”

‘The fact that they really questioned my intentions for being on the show helped me jump into it headfirst.

‘If they think that I can do it, then that gives me more confidence than maybe I would’ve had otherwise.’ 

And she added: ‘People say I’m funny. I don’t know, but I think that the more time I’m given, then the more I’m able to be goofy.’ 

The 27-year-old sister of Bella Hadid talked being a public personality in the interview.

At one point Hadid – who posed for Self-Portrait last week – broke down in tears when she was asked about dealing with fame. ‘I’m getting emotional thinking about it.’

The writer noted that her eyes welled with tears. ‘What does the world not know about me? I don’t know. 

Worked it: ‘Netflix was not easy on me. They really put me through an audition process,’ said the cover girl

The show: But she was OK with the way she was treated. ‘I respected that, and it made me feel good when I got the job,’ shared Gigi

Star power: ‘I felt like I had earned it in their eyes, and so that gave me the confidence to go for it. ‘You get a sense of impostor syndrome and you’re like, “Okay, are they just giving me this show because I have a lot of followers?”‘

‘I’m getting emotional [thinking about it]. I think that I’m someone who you have to be in front of to experience,’ said Hadid who shares her baby girl Khai Hadid Malik with One Direction vet Zayn Malik.

‘It’s not hard. This isn’t a complaint. It’s more that in my job, you see a lot of snapshots,’ she shared.

She wiped away the tears, the writer noted. ‘No, it’s fine. Apparently, I needed to say it. There are a lot of snapshots and really quick moments where, again, there’s not a lot of context given.’

She posed for Elle to talk Guest In Residence, a line of cashmere classics she launched last fall.

She told ELLE associate editor Adrienne Gaffney she and younger sister Bella have been in therapy. ‘There are different things that we probably both deal with on different sides, but there’s always going to be something that comes together.’ 

The show: ‘The fact that they really questioned my intentions for being on the show helped me jump into it headfirst. ‘If they think that I can do it, then that gives me more confidence than maybe I would’ve had otherwise,’ she added

Serena Williams taught her how to deal with the criticism that comes with being in the spotlight, Gigi said.

‘Serena once told me, “Nothing stays in the press longer than three weeks.” You can feel like your life is ending,’ Hadid noted.

‘I think it’s about not taking yourself that seriously and being like, “When I am on my deathbed, I’m not going to remember that one awkward interview from when I was 19.”‘

The issues hits newsstands March 7.

She shared that the Covid lockdown and the birth of her daughter Khai gave her time to inspired Guest In Residence.

‘I got pregnant and I really started to think about what I wanted after, when the world opened back up. It kept coming back to just a more stabilized schedule where I’m not in a different country every week. 

‘This is very stabilizing. I have an office that I come to. I know everyone here. I don’t have to look a certain way to show up. It’s a different experience for me, and it was the right time because I was ready for that,’ she said.

And she said she loves being a mom to daughter Khai.

‘Having a daughter, although it shifted my life to make me really want to feel more settled, has also really made me appreciate the chaos as well. Being at shows and shoots and just being in the city again; being around friends [after] becoming a mom, with everyone also coming out of COVID—I have an appreciation for both sides of it.’

Bunny babe: She told ELLE associate editor Adrienne Gaffney she and Bella have been in therapy. ‘There are different things that we probably both deal with on different sides, but there’s always going to be something that comes together’