Heidi Klum reflected on her marriage to Seal with a rare comment about his "beautiful" appearance. The supermodel opened up about the criticism her ex-husband faced over his skin during a new interview.
"When I was married to Seal, [people] would say, 'How can he have this horrible skin?' He has lupus, and quite frankly, I think he looks beautiful," she told Us Weekly. "You can't please everyone, and not everyone is going to like what you do, but you have to look in the mirror and be happy with who you are. I did find my niche, and look who's still here," she added.
Seal first contracted lupus when he was just 21 years old, and suffered from a form of the disease called discoid lupus, which gets its name from the coin-shaped lesions it causes. He previously admitted that while he was self-conscious about his scars at the beginning, he then "quickly realized this body is not who we are. I got off lightly."
© Getty ImagesThe German supermodel was married to the "Kiss from a Rose" hitmaker from 2005 to 2014 and the pair share four children – Leni, Henry, Johan, and Lou. Heidi is now married to German guitarist Tom Kaulitz but continues to amicably co-parent with Seal.
The musician previously opened up about their blended family. "It can be challenging. It requires teamwork. If you are a team, if both parents are a team, then it is really easy and that's not a real challenge at all," Seal told Us Weekly in 2021.
© Getty Images"But you have to be a team. And if you're not a team, then it can all fall to pieces."
© Getty ImagesHeidi Klum's marriage to Tom Kaulitz
The couple, who tied the knot back in 2019, have a 16-year age difference that has frequently been met with public scrutiny. "When our door closes at home, I don't really care so much what happens around us," Heidi told People. "'I've learned things from my husband that I didn't know I was capable of doing."
"I'm 50 and no longer 20. I’m not a young girl who hasn’t experienced anything yet or has no idea about life. Time won’t stand still for me, and Tom will never catch up with me. I’ll always be 16 years older, and I’m aware of that," she shared with Glamour Germany.
"Maybe it will be a problem for me in 10 years’ time, maybe he won't like it then," she remarked. "In 20 years, I’ll be 70. I usually plan for the future – but with my husband, I live in the here and now."
