Heidi Klum Reveals Impressive Hidden Talent to Manage Sweat

Mar. 15, 2025

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Heidi Klumnever seems to break a sweat.

The model and host ofMaking the Cuttold Stephen Colbert on the June 30 episode ofThe Late Show With Stephen Colbertthat she has a unique talent when it comes to keeping her face fresh in front of the camera.

“They will come all the time and they will put that powder puff in your face,” Klum, 49, said of her years in front of the camera with makeup artists keeping her face shine-free. “So I’m like this, don’t sweat in the face. And I just tell myself not to sweat in the face, and then I just sweat everywhere where you don’t see it! And that’s my talent. It’s hidden. Because I don’t show it.”

Klum vibrantly described her ability to keep her face from being sweaty, a skill many probably wish they could master. For her, it came naturally after plenty of times as a model and host in front of thousands of different cameras.

Even if she’s not sweating, though, she still has plenty of makeup on her face while filming Amazon Prime’sMaking the Cutwith Tim Gunn. Her co-host, however, is makeup-free for filming every day. “Where I spend two hours on all of this, like he just shows up,” Klum joked to Colbert about their different processes of getting ready for the show.

Ahead of the Season 3 premiere ofMaking the Cut, which will start streaming on Aug. 19, Klum and Gunn have done nothing but gush over each other and their years-long friendship.

“And for me too,” Gunn, 68, added, “and for 18 years.”

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The two previously worked onProject Runwaytogether and have supported each other through the years, both personally and professionally. “I think the fact that we’re in many ways so different — and in many other ways so much alike — is part of what holds us together,” Gunn said onTODAY. “And we really love and respect each other.”

But now the question is: Does Klum’s unique talent stretch to her daughter, Leni, who is also a budding model? The 18-year-old just started modeling in the past year, but has already made an impact on the fashion world — and hermother couldn’t be more proud.

“She has been [modeling] for the last year, which is incredible,” Klum toldTODAYon June 28. “She walked forDolce & Gabbana.She’s actually, in a few weeks, doing the show again in Sicily.”

According to her mother, Leni is planning to move to New York soon to continue her modeling aspirations, but primarily to go to school. “I’m so excited for her, but more excited for her that she just got into the school she always wanted to go to,” she gushed.

It took Klum years in her career to discover her hidden talent when it comes to sweating and even more time to perfect it and put her freshest face forward each time, so it might be a minute before Leni masters the skill herself. Her modeling career is already off to a raucous start, though, so it may only be a matter of time before the Klums are both sweat-free in front of the camera.

source: people.com