The marriage between supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber has outlasted
those of many of their peers.
But before you dub these two "relationship goals," let's check out the strange things
about their unorthodox coupling.
Rumors about Crawford and her husband's marital struggles have long plagued their relationship.
But many believed their marriage was really on its last leg after Star magazine caught
up with Lyle Riddle, the drummer for band Terraplane Sun, who claimed a drunken Crawford
was acting a little too flirty at one of the band's shows.
He alleged to the outlet,
"She certainly wasn't acting like a married woman, but like a single, 21-year-old party
girl."
Riddle said Crawford openly flirted with the band's guitarist, Johnny Zambetti, and allegedly
shouted, quote, "My marriage is over!" while hubby Gerber "looked on from afar, completely
unfazed."
"Yeah?"
A rep for Crawford denied the allegations, but that didn't stop even more rumors from
starting.
In honor of their 20th wedding anniversary in 2018, Crawford gushed about her husband
on Instagram, writing:
"I couldn't have chosen a better man to do this thing called life with.
I love you!"
"When I met Rande, I was ready for Rande.
Because we started off as friends."
The post should've silenced the haters, but InTouch Weekly really soured the couple's
celebration.
An insider told the gossip site there had been quote "constant drama" in their household
for years.
With their daughter, Kaia, traveling the world on modeling assignments, and their son, Presley,
shacking up in the family's guesthouse, the empty nesters were reportedly drifting further
and further apart.
The source added,
"Put it this way: They don't keep tabs on each other anymore.
Sometimes it seems like they're living separate lives."
We're not sure if they're just comfortable with a little distance, but from the outside,
that seems pretty strange.
Crawford isn't the only one in the household who has sashayed down a catwalk or two.
Rande also worked as a model, so it's no surprise that the gorgeous couple's equally beautiful
children, Kaia and Presley, were both eyeing careers in the modeling industry.
But it was their kiddos' model ambitions that reportedly caused strife between Cindy and
her hubby - in particular, their son's desire to become a front-runner in the industry.
A source told Star magazine,
"Rande's concerned about Presley being dragged into the toxic world of the catwalk, especially
when he's still in the process of finding himself and figuring out what he wants to
do in life."
Ironically enough, papa Rande allegedly had much less of a problem with their daughter
pursuing modeling, which is rather strange if you ask us.
And it's still a little weird for him sometimes, too.
"She walks in right by us, with the legs up to here.
And when you see people looking at her, you think, that's my 16 year old daughter."
As for Cindy, she was supposedly all for guiding both of her children through the industry
with her first-hand knowledge and expertise, regardless of her spouse's feelings on the
subject.
The insider claimed,
"At this point, I'm worried this is something they can't talk through and work out between
themselves."
Not only is Gerber good friends with George Clooney, but the buddies became business partners
in 2013 when they launched tequila brand, Casamigos, according to Business Insider.
"Grab a glass, amigo.
Our tequila is your tequila."
And when they're not selling their tequila, they're drinking it - as Crawford told Conan
O'Brien.
"It's gotten a little out of hand at some point I understand?"
"They have been known to go out and have a few tequilas, yes."
Crawford recalled staying home on a Sunday night and letting her kids sleep in her bed
while Gerber and Clooney hit the town.
Then waking up in the middle of the night to make sure Gerber had made it home safe,
and finding a fully-clothed man face down in her guest bedroom, whom she presumed to
be her husband.
"So, I go over, I get on the bed and I'm like, 'Hey, babe.'
And he looks, and it wasn't Rande.
It was George."
Of course the moment wasn't that scandalous, since the three are good friends, but considering
it was the middle of the night, it could have been worse.
"We just all laughed and we thought, how funny it would have been if the light wouldn't had
been on.
Cuz I would have just gotten in bed."
Maybe Crawford wasn't too concerned over the mix-up, but to us, it sounds like she's living
in the real-life version of Animal House.
Which might not be so cool in your regular life.
Crawford and Gerber first met during her agent's wedding weekend.
"I remember the first time I met him, which we met the night before a mutual friend's
wedding."
"And then the next night we're at the wedding, and then we had fun."
But there was just one problem: neither was available at the time.
Crawford told Harper's Bazaar,
"When I met him I was still with Richard [Gere] and he didn't want to go to the wedding with
me.
[…] Rande also had a girlfriend at the time so he wasn't looking to meet anyone either
and that's the best time to meet someone because that's when you're truly yourselves."
Instead of diving into a relationship, they started off as friends, and once Crawford's
marriage went up in smoke and Gerber found himself single again, they decided to give
love a shot.
During an episode of Oprah's Master Class, Crawford expressed just how beneficial it
was that they didn't start out on a romantic note right away, saying,
"It keeps the relationship elevated.
There's always a certain level of respect."
She also said they'll quote, "always be friends no matter what."
Some observers felt like that was a weird thing for a married woman to say - almost
as if she's anticipating their marriage coming to an end.
But maybe people are just reading too much into it.
He likes her makeup-free
While Gerber has claimed that he loves Crawford's all-natural glow, the veteran supermodel revealed
a weird nugget of information about Gerber's preference during a beauty tutorial for Vogue.
As she walked fans through her makeup regimen, Crawford announced:
"My husband hates makeup, so this is already too much makeup for him, but I do explain
to him that women do makeup for other women, not men."
Okay, let's pump the breaks and recap: Makeup goes hand in hand with practically every photoshoot
and runway show Crawford books.
She basically gets dolled up for a living.
So isn't it super odd that her husband hates the one thing Crawford wears day in and day
out for the sake of her career?
But, hey: as long as it works for them, that's the most important thing.
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