Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik and model Gigi Hadid are taking horse riding lessons together.

Malik says Hadid is a natural equestrian whereas he spent their first lesson thinking how "freaky" it is, reports mirror.co.uk.

“My girlfriend rides a little bit. Actually, that's an understatement. She rides very well, and she has since she was a kid. She wants me to do it with her, and I'm not good. But I'm learning, and it's fun,” Malik told Paper magazine.

“My first lesson was on a really old horse that didn't move very much, so it wasn't that scary. She was on the other horse, the one that moved a lot more. She was jumping over hurdles and I just sat there like, 'Ok, this is freaky'," he added.