When you run in the same circles as someone, odds are good that you might end up in the same dating pool. Such was the case for Heidi Klum and Naomi Campbell. In the late '90s, Campbell began dating Italian businessman Flavio Briatore (via The Sun). The pair became engaged in 1999, but split four years later, with Campbell telling outlets at the time, "I'm not going to be a trophy."
Not long after, Briatore began dating Klum. Although Klum quickly became pregnant by Briatore, the two went their separate ways before their daughter, Leni, was born in 2004. In 2009, Klum's then-partner Seal formally adopted Leni.
While sharing an ex of this significance would typically drive a wedge between friends, this doesn't appear to be the case for Klum and Campbell. When Klum was putting together her reality show "Making the Cut," she recruited Campbell to be a judge, telling Vanity Fair, "She's a real fashion icon. She also isn't afraid to speak her mind."
Like any regular pair of friends, supermodel or otherwise, Klum and Campbell still clash from time to time — most notably on Klum's show (via People). However, drama makes for good reality TV, and if there's anyone who knows that firsthand, it has to be Klum and Campbell.
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