German supermodel, Heidi Klum and British born half Nigerian soul singer, Seal after three children together, and being married for almost 7 years have decided to call it quits. If they are getting a divorce after all their annual marriage renewal celebrations, I guess most people shouldn’t bother getting married at all.
I can’t believe this after Seal gallantly married her when she was pregnant by then 53 year old Flavio Briatore and then adopted her daughter. They always seem to be like the perfect couple, but that goes to show that looks can be deceptive. I have always admired the couple who kinda flaunted their interracial marriage in Hollywood because they were so secure in their relationship with each other and because they were both successful in their careers outside of Hollywood and only went there to become bigger brands, which I might add is always the best way to go when dealing with Hollywood.
However, like I tell people in Europe, especially when they are thinking of heading to the US and particularly Hollywood that relationships don’t last long term here. Relationships that would have stood the test of time in Europe or in remote parts of the US are easily destroyed and discarded in Hollywood. There are just too many distractions there.
However, even if something is wrong in the marriage, Heidi should know better how to work on it because this isn’t her first foray into matrimony. She married stylist Ric Pipino in 1997 and the couple divorced in 2002, then she had the baby for Flavio and then married and had three more kids for Seal.
No matter what I hear about them I love and admired them as a couple. I hope they can work it out. Maybe the key to that would be moving away from LA/Hollywood, a place known to destroy even the strongest marriages and they should both consider working less and spend more time with their family. Money has its place, but isn't everything. With her doing the many businesses and shows she's doing and him globe trotting around the world singing and touring, something’s gotta give. This was such a strong union and they need time and energy to rekindle the fire between the two of them.
I love them both and wish them well especially for the sake of those four kids who definitely don’t need to have “my mother’s boyfriend, my father’s girlfriend and stepmother, step father issues” in their lives. I would urge the couple to get it together, get in counseling and stay together, even if they are not as passionately in love as they once were because marriage is really about hanging in there when the going gets tough. Also, I remember asking a couple who had been married for over thirty years what their secret was, and they both said there's no secret. The only secret to a long term marriage is to stay married.
A word is enough for the wise...
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