After facing global backlash, Heidi Klum is firing back at critics, saying she has no regrets about being topless around her children. The supermodel, often under fire for her openness, says her kids have “never known me any other way”– and believes she’s teaching them a valuable lesson in body confidence and self-acceptance.
As one of the world’s top supermodels, Heidi Klum has graced runways in lingerie and ruled fashion campaigns, but at home, the 52-year-old is just “mom” to her four kids: Leni, 21, whom she shares with Flavio Briatore, along with Henry, 19, Johan, 18, and Lou, 15 – Klum’s children with ex-husband Seal.
Despite her bold public image, Klum embraces everyday motherhood with all the usual worries, chaos, and unconditional love that comes with raising four kids.
“When they’re young, you’re worried they’re going to jump in the pool or stick their finger in a socket,” she told People in a July 2025 interview. “Then they’re driving. Then it’s sex, drugs and rock and roll. You hope the seed you planted in them grows. That they’re good people. That they’re healthy. But you always worry. And I know I’ll still be worrying when I’m 80.”
Posing provocatively with daughter
But, in recent years, her parenting has come under fire – specifically with Leni, who has co-starred in multiple campaigns with her mom for Italian fashion brand Intimissimi, a modeling collaboration the duo started in 2022.