Heidi Klum and Seal had a whirlwind extravagant kind of love that you see in movies.
Their marriage was one for the books, but it clearly wasn't as picture perfect as it
seemed, and they officially divorced in 2014.
So, what went wrong?
Here are some of the things you may not know about Heidi Klum and Seal's breakup.
Split rumors started flying in January 2012 after Seal sent out a cryptic tweet that simply
said:
"The End."
Two days later, the pair made it official with a joint statement that read, in part,
"We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to
love each other very much, but we have grown apart."
Fans of the couple were shocked, because for years it seemed like Klum and Seal would prevail
over the long list of doomed Hollywood marriages.
But all good things must come to an end, and their good thing ended after seven years.
Overall, the two stayed relatively quiet about what caused their split, particularly in the
wake of their public statement about it.
In fact, while speaking with Elle in March of 2012, Klum said that she felt like she
was "in the eye of a tornado" trying to deal with the "emotions" of the situation.
She added,
"I don't want to talk positively or negatively about the ups and downs that we had.
Every couple goes through things.
Unfortunately, we're in the public, so the highs are out there.
But I don't think it's necessary - especially for our children - to have the lows being
printed in magazines and talked about."
In later interviews, both Klum and Seal became a tad more forthright about those issues.
Seal, a chart-topping singer, and Klum, a top supermodel, both have jobs that require
them to jet around the world for extended periods of time.
And even though things like technology and travel have made long distance relationships
much more viable than they were in the past, everyone knows how difficult being apart from
a loved one for long periods of time can be.
Klum basically said as much in a post-split interview with Redbook where she offered an
arguably gloomy attempt at optimism, saying,
"[Seal] traveled a lot.
The kids knew it was part of his job.
I'm a mom and a dad at the same time."
On the bright side, she says his busy schedule made it a little easier for her to transition
into becoming a single mother.
She told the magazine,
"Obviously things have changed, but they haven't changed drastically."
Seal allegedly had an anger issue, and multiple insiders told TMZ that his, quote, "volcanic
temper" was a large reason for his split from Klum.
Supposedly it became too much for Heidi to handle, with the tab alleging that it was
"affecting their children."
Even his ex-girlfriend, Tatjana Patitz, confirmed his hot-headedness and claimed it was the
reason for their breakup as well.
According to In Touch, Patitz said,
"He is not a nice person.
[...] He is definitely not someone who I think of fondly now."
But Seal refuted claims about his alleged bad temper.
"People want to sensationalize things, and people - that's just the nature of the business."
Speaking with Piers Morgan, Seal explained that, in his view, people wrongly started
making assumptions about him him after a paparazzi incident involving his kids, in which he claimed
he merely "raised [his] voice" at a photographer who allegedly "hit [his] son in the head with
a camera lens."
Granted, he didn't really address the claims made by his ex or those unnamed "insiders"
who spoke with TMZ, but regardless, Seal says he is just your average overprotective dad.
The first question everybody asks when a celeb couple breaks up, "Did one of them cheat?"
Seal seemingly gave a pretty definitive answer to this question when he got candid with a
TMZ camera crew in September 2012 - which happened to be right around the time that
it was revealed that Klum had started dating the couple's former bodyguard.
Asked how he felt about his ex's new relationship, Seal said,
"Whilst I didn't expect any better from him, I would have thought Heidi would have shown
a little bit more class and at least waited until we separated first before deciding to
fornicate with the help, as it were."
Seal later clarified his words to People, with his rep saying in a statement,
"He was not implying his wife was cheating on him while they were together, but rather
he was pointing out that they are separated and the divorce is not final so they are legally
still married."
Klum attempted to set the record straight, too.
In an interview with Katie Couric, she said,
"It's not true.
I've never looked at another man while I was with him."
"It's hard when you think that he thinks that or I don't know, you know; he was hurt.
He's moved on."
In 2014, Klum started dating art curator Vito Schnabel.
She received some judgement about their age difference, since she was 13 years older than
him.
But Klum wasn't embarrassed about it, and ended up dating him for three years.
She told Ocean Drive,
"It doesn't matter what people say.
As long as you know when you close your door in your own home, you have an amazing time
together.
That's really all that matters."
In 2018, she started dating Tokio Hotel artist Tom Kaulitz, who is 17 years younger than
her.
The pair got engaged on Christmas Eve and married two months later, but they didn't
tell the public for months.
As for how Seal felt about Klum finally tying the knot with someone else?
He told a Daily Mail photographer who apparently broke the news to him,
"I just don't have a lot of interest in that subject in general.
What am I gonna say, what do you actually want me to say?
I'm as confused as you are."
Still, it seems Klum and Seal have been able to maintain a strong co-parent relationship.
Klum told Entertainment Tonight,
"We're always there for our children and always will be."
And Seal seems to concur.
He told Larry King in an interview that co-parenting is the "toughest gig in the world," but added:
"I think Heidi is a great parent.
I think she's a great mother."
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