Who is Heidi Klum’s German rocker husband, Tom Kaulitz? The America’s Got Talent judge and 34-year-old Tokio Hotel guitarist just glammed up for the Oscars red carpet, and co-parents her 4 children

Mar 18 , 2024

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on March 10 – the pair have been married since 2019. Photo: Reuters

Supermodel Heidi Klum arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in Beverly Hills earlier this month in a daring cut-out dress with thigh-high slits.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 10. Photo: Invision/AP

The former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover star strutted onto the red carpet with her husband Tom Kaulitz in tow, who looked dapper in an all-black ensemble. And it’s not the first time the pair have shown off their fashion prowess.

So what do we know about Klum’s third husband, who’s a guitarist for the band Tokio Hotel?

Tom Kaulitz is German like his wife, Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum and her husband Tom Kaulitz know how to glam up. Photo: @heidiklum/Instagram

Klum and Kaulitz married in 2019 and are both of German descent. “He’s the kindest, sweetest, most caring, loving person,” the 50-year-old former Victoria’s Secret model was quoted telling Us Weekly in 2018.

“He is absolutely wonderful. He’s German, and we maybe understand each other in a different way,” she added about her 34-year-old partner.

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He’s in a rock band with his identical twin brother

Tom Kaulitz (second left) and the rest of the band Tokio Hotel, including his twin brother Bill (second right). Photo: @tokiohotel/Instagram

Tom is one of the founding members of German rock band Tokio Hotel with his identical twin brother Bill, who is lead vocalist, and two other bandmates. Tom is slightly older than his twin, reportedly born 10 minutes ahead.

Tom is a guitarist, keyboardist and singer-songwriter. The group won best new artist at the 2008 MTV VMAs, even beating out Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus that year. Founded in 2001, Kaulitz’s band broke into the US market with the release of their first English-language album Scream. Tokio Hotel continues to be active to this day.

He’s 16 years younger than Klum

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz don’t let the 16-year age gap bother them. Photo: @heidiklum/Instagram

Klum was born in 1973 and Kaulitz in 1989, meaning they have a 16-year age gap. Klum hasn’t shied away from talking about the age difference, however, telling InStyle in 2018 that the problem is how others seem to care more about it than she does.

“You have to just live a happy life without worrying too much about what people think, because worrying is only going to give you more wrinkles,” she told the magazine.

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In a recent cover story for Glamour Germany, Klum once again addressed the negativity she receives because of her husband’s age.

“I think it’s often just spitefulness,” she said in the interview. “Perhaps many people also think I’ve had too much luck in life. I have a great job, I get to travel the world, I can buy expensive things. And now I’ve also got myself such a great man.”

He gets on with her children

Heidi Klum, Tom Kaulitz and the supermodel’s children with ex husband Seal. Photo: @heidiklum/Instagram

Per People, when Kaulitz was preparing to propose to Klum, he made sure to involve her four children – Leni, Henry, Johan and Lou – and they did it by preparing breakfast in bed for the model. The spread reportedly included coffee, flowers and a ring box. Kaulitz popped the question on Christmas Eve morning in 2018.

Tom Kaulitz (right) sweetly involved Heidi Klum’s children in his proposal to her. Photo: @heidiklum/Instagram

“They went to Mexico before their engagement, around Thanksgiving, and that’s when he started talking to the kids about his plans in secret and it was so hard for them to not tell anyone,” a source told People. “They were so excited and happy for their mum.”

They secretly tied the knot in February, two months later, per People.

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He gamely joins in with Klum’s OTT Halloween parties

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz dressed as Princess Fiona and Shrek at her annual Halloween party in 2018, in New York City. Photo: Getty Images

In 2018, Kaulitz spent Halloween dressed as Shrek to complement his wife, who was dressed as Princess Fiona. The following year, when Klum went all-out as a freaky humanoid, Kaulitz stood by her side as an astronaut who seemed to have had a bloody experience in space.

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Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz glammed up for the Vanity Fair Oscars party earlier this month, but we’re just as used to seeing them donning outlandish Halloween costumes, including Shrek and Princess Fiona
So who is her much younger beau – who’s 16 years her junior and who got her children Leni, Henry, Johan and Lou involved with his proposal to her on Christmas Eve 2018?