In August 2024, Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Bill Kaulitz now reveals their secret to a happy marriage: the model considers Tom’s twin.
When Heidi Klum, 51, and Tom Kaulitz, 34, went public with their relationship in spring 2018, they faced plenty of criticism. Their 17-year age difference didn’t sit well with some people, but the model and the musician were undeterred by others’ opinions. Wherever the couple appeared, sparks flew. To this day, they are still on cloud nine—and for a very specific reason, as Tom’s twin brother Bill Kaulitz, 34, explains in the new Netflix series “Kaulitz & Kaulitz.”
Bill Kaulitz: Heidi Klum understood from the start “the kind of relationship Tom and I have”
“Heidi was the first to understand from the outset the kind of relationship Tom and I have, and that she’s marrying a twin,” says the “Tokio Hotel” frontman in the first episode of their joint documentary series. Apparently, Tom’s previous partners haven’t been able to grasp the close bond between the brothers as well as Klum does. By the way, she responds humorously to the situation in the same episode: “Two for the price of one, I love it!”
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz have been married since August 3, 2019. Since then, the model has often referred to it as a “marriage of three,” as brother-in-law Bill spends a lot of time with the couple. In an interview with RTL’s Frauke Ludowig, 60, in May 2024, the GNTM boss even revealed that she and Bill are very similar: “My husband married his brother as a wife. We are actually more alike. Bill and I are more the show ponies, we wear crazy things, we’re adventurous. Tom has always been more in the background.”
“We have a marriage of three”
Before the release of “Kaulitz & Kaulitz,” Bill Kaulitz also emphasized that Klum respects the close bond between the twins. “Tom and I are so close that the partner always gets both of us. Heidi knew this from the beginning. She met us together and was the first woman to really understand that. She knew she was marrying a twin. We are super close and love each other deeply—and it wouldn’t work any other way. We have a marriage of three,” he said in June to “watson.”
In the Netflix series, however, the 51-year-old takes a more background role. While she introduces herself as “Heidi Kaulitz” in the first episode, she lets the brothers take up most of the screen time. Heidi Klum has that particular sensitivity to know when the twins want to do their own thing and when they want to appear as a trio.