Heidi Klum and Her Dirty Little Secret

One of the most beautiful women on the fashion and beauty horizon today is German-born model/spokesperson Heidi Klum. Klum, the mother of three small children, is married to the English singer Seal, he of the 'Rose' fame. He is also the father of Klum's two youngest children and sons.

In Germany, they are known as the 'patchwork couple': Klum with her Teutonic blonde, blue eyed, fair skinned striking good looks, Seal with the very dark skin of his heritage, as well as an unfortunate scar that marks the right side of his face. As unlike as they physically and culturally may appear to be, they present as one of Hollywood's happiest success stories for married couples.

It's a given that truly happily married couples - even those as perhaps unlikely as Klum and Seal - share common values, interests and bonds. This is particularly true of Klum and Seal, in a rather disturbing aspect.

Klum and Seal and monthly (often more than once a month) customers at Los Angeles' Hustler store, a store where a close relative is currently employed. They come in together, often quite late at night, often looking like your 'average' Hollywood couple - if that couple were interracial and both incredibly physically striking. They share a love for porn.

On average, they purchase two to three porn DVD's per visit. Klum often frequents the store in her sweats, make up free, looking just as stunningly beautiful - maybe even more so - without makeup than with it.

There's really nothing 'wrong' with a married couple sharing a fondness for pornography. I've read that many therapists and marriage counselors actually recommend it as part of proven treatment for troubled couples. There are those who would argue that it's better to watch pornography than...other things. There may be those who make the argument that watching porn together as a couple spices up their sex life, sets a certain mood, livens up things after having the same sexual partner for years and years and years... There are folks who claim that adult pornography 'hurts' no one, when it's legitimate. No one is holding the proverbial gun to the actors' heads in these films.

But what really intrigued me was the Seal/Klum choice of pornography: they relish pornos that feature individuals digesting human feces. Purchased more than one of those puppies at Larry Flynt's place.

I don't think I'll ever be able to look at Heidi Klum's gorgeous, beaming, smiling face again quite the same. Whether she's strutting down the Victoria's Secret catwalk with 34 pounds of feathers strapped on her shoulders wearing a bra and panties, or featured in one of those dreadful 'candid' photos in celebrity magazines digging through the sand at the playground with Leni and Henry, her choice of adult entertainment lingers, like a bad taste in my mouth.