'Nudist' Heidi Klum defends toplessness and her 13-years-younger boyfriend: 'I'm very free'
Heidi Klum has got it, and she has no qualms about flaunting it.
But for the 43-year-old model, flaunting it topless while on exotic holidays with her 30-year-old boyfriend Vito Schnabel isn't so much about showing off as it is about living life the way she's always lived it.
"I grew up going to nude beaches with my parents, so I'm a nudist," Heidi told Ocean Drive magazine "I have no problems with nudity at all. I'm very free. When I go to the beach, it's in a very remote place where there are not a lot of people, and I like to go topless."
And if people think she's an exhibitionist, Heidi blames the paparazzi for intruding on her getaways and making her toplessness seem like a bigger deal than it is.
"I'm not doing PDA on the beach with tons of people," she continued. "I go on a boat, or I take a hike somewhere. If you would zoom out in the places where I'm with my boyfriend, there's nobody there.
"Unfortunately, paparazzi always follow us, in a helicopter or they hang behind a bush or a boat and they come up with scuba gear. But to the outside world, it looks like we're frolicking on the beach having a show in front of everyone."
And it's not as if there aren't plenty of Heidi-sanctioned body-beautiful shots for her 3.3 million Instagram followers to admire
Meanwhile, Heidi also defends her relationship with art curator Vito, just in case anyone's giving her the side-eye or pejoratively labelling her a "cougar".
"We have an amazing connection, we have fun together, and we love each other," Heidi said. "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."
Heidi was previously married to musician and soon-to-be-returning The Voice coach Seal, 53, with whom she shares four children.
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