Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni have sparked debate online after posing together in lingerie.
Klum, 51, and Leni, 20, stood side by side for an Intimissimi ad shared on Instagram on Monday.
The “America’s Got Talent” judge wore a maroon underwear and bra set, while Leni posed in a black set.
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Leni Klum and Heidi Klum have sparked controversy online with their new lingerie ad. (Getty Images)
Comments were mixed, with some taking offense to the mother-daughter duo posing in lingerie.
“This makes me feel uncomfortable,” one user wrote.
“Heidi looks amazing, but why is she posing with her mother in revealing lacy lingerie?” added another. “It makes me feel disgusting. And before anyone tells you to unfollow, please don’t. I wasn’t following you in the first place. It showed up in my feed. Anyway, this ad doesn’t have a place where you can block it. I don’t have one, so I’m commenting.
“Hey, that’s your mom,” someone shared.
Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni Klum pose together in an Intimissimi lingerie ad. (Credit: Intimissimi)
However, not everyone had problems with the images.
“Two beautiful women! I can’t imagine why anyone would criticize this. People have been modeling underwear forever,” the user wrote.
“I don’t care about this photo,” added another. “There’s nothing alarming going on here. The underwear isn’t provocative. I don’t see what the problem is.”
Representatives for Klum did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Leni started her modeling career at the age of 16. Klum and her daughter appeared together on the cover of German Vogue magazine for the January/February 2021 issue.
“So excited for my first cover!! I had so much fun on the @voguegererman shoot, I couldn’t have dreamed of a better start!! Thank you for being by my side, @heidiklum,” Leni wrote on Instagram at the time. was written on.
Leni Klum and Heidi Klum have previously posed together in Intimissimi. (Gotham/Film Magic)
Klum gave Leni some words of advice in a 2023 interview with Fox News Digital.
“I think the biggest piece of advice I’ve given my daughter as a model is to always feel good about herself when she looks in the mirror. That’s the most important thing,” Klum said on the red carpet of “America’s Got Talent.” I think so,” he said.
“Never try to please anyone,” Klum suggested. “I think it’s important to say no…because…in general, we want to please the other person…and we’d rather say ‘yes’ than ‘no.’ But I wanted her to know that if there’s something she doesn’t want to do, she can just say no. ”
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Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni Klum attended the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco in matching white outfits. (Arnold Gerocchi/Film Magic)
This isn’t the first time Heidi and Leni have posed together for the Italian lingerie brand. Intimissimi posted a photo of the two posing together in bras and underwear in October 2022. The advertising campaign also received mixed reviews online.
“It’s weird to sexualize your daughter the moment it’s legal,” one person wrote in the post.
One user added: “Very disturbing.”
Another user said: “I like to think I’m progressive about these things, but it’s kind of creepy to see a mother and daughter in lingerie in the same video shoot.”
Leni Klum is following in her mother’s footsteps with a modeling career. (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images, “The Art of Elysium”)
Some praised the original campaign.
One person wrote: “Amazing mother and daughter.”
One user added: “Wow, we finally have a mom model with her daughter instead of the influencer we always get tired of seeing.” “This is a good advertisement.”
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