Supermodel Heidi Klum spoke out about the racism she experienced during her marriage to singer Seal, with whom she shares three children.
In a recent interview with The timesKlum briefly addressed her romance with the 61-year-old hitmaker, saying, “I found racism going both ways: some wanted him to be with a woman of color, others wanted me to be with a white man.”
‘Then we had kids and people were complaining that I didn’t do my kids’ hair properly. But we didn’t want to be a perfect poster child for integration, we just wanted a family.’
Klum, 51, began dating Seal in 2004 while she was pregnant with their first daughter, Leni, whom she conceived during her romance with Italian businessman Flavio Briatore.
Seal was present at Leni’s birth and officially adopted her in December 2009. He and Klum married in May 2005, but sadly separated in January 2012 and their divorce was finalized in October 2014.
Heidi Klum has revealed that she experienced “racism both ways” during her marriage to Seal
Heidi, pictured here in August, said people were “complaining” that she didn’t do her children’s hair “correctly.”
The former couple shares three other children; Henry, 18, Johan, 17, and Lou, 14, and Klum are now married to Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz.
In the same interview, Klum admitted that she has received abuse from online trolls over the 16-year age difference between her and Kaulitz, 35.
The mother-of-four said she felt forced to turn off her Instagram comments after being inundated with cruel messages about their age difference.
But the German beauty, who married Kaulitz in 2019, insisted she doesn’t let the comments get to her.
‘I have tough skin. “I can eliminate the noise when I get home, close the door and have a barbecue with the kids,” Klum said.
He also revealed that he doesn’t like the term “boy toy,” referring to an older woman’s younger male partner, because he doesn’t think their age difference matters.
In fact, the America’s Got Talent judge admitted that she and her husband sometimes joke about their age difference.
She said: “He has to read the menu during dinner or I have to take a photo and zoom in if I forget my reading glasses, but we joke about it.”
The supermodel photographed with her four children, Leni, Lou, Henry and Johan in 2016.
Heidi has been married to Tokio Hotel guitarist Tom Kaulitz since 2019 and the musician is 16 years younger than her.
The gap has benefited Klum in other ways, as she admitted that the couple enjoys a great sex life.
Talking about her exercise regime, she said: ‘I eat well, I never exercise too much or put on too much weight. People can try too hard.
‘I listen to my body. I don’t have back or knee pain and I have my husband. (The sex is) very good. “My husband is my partner,” she added.