Overview
- Klum disclosed in a ZEITmagazin interview published in late May 2026 that her family received “many hate letters and threats” linked to her interracial marriage to singer Seal.
- She said the threats prompted the family to hire round‑the‑clock security for all four children to protect them from further harassment.
- Klum said the security measures limited the children’s movements and childhood freedom and named her children as Leni (22), Henry (20), Johan (19) and Lou (16).
- The report notes that Klum and Seal were married from 2005 to 2012, that Seal later adopted Leni, and that Klum married Tom Kaulitz in 2019, providing background to the disclosure.
- Media coverage frames the comments as a retrospective account with no new threat incidents reported and as part of broader discussions the family has had about race and safety.