Heidi Klum learned things she 'didn't know I was capable of' from younger husband

Heidi Klum doesn’t care what anyone thinks about the 17-year age gap with her husband, Tom Kaulitz.

“When our door closes at home, I don't really care so much what happens around us,” she told People Magazine in their recent cover story.

She added, “I've learned things from my husband that I didn't know I was capable of doing.”

Klum’s meeting with Kaulitz, the guitarist for Tokio Hotel, was pure chance. They met at a friend’s party, which the model had been considering skipping.

“I really wanted to stay home,” she told the outlet. “But then I gave myself a little kick in the butt.”

That “sliding door moment” as Klum called it has led to a seven-year marriage with Kaulitz, one that includes “stolen weekends,” “handwritten notes,” and things she told the outlet she can’t share.

The “Project Runway” host did say, “He loves sitting there, and I go into the changing room and I come out with a different outfit on. He loves me in a miniskirt. He loves me in pumps. He just loves when I get all dolled up.”

Klum admitted she was worried she would fall into old habits from her past marriages, with Ric Pipino in 1997 and to singer-songwriter Seal.

“At first I wanted to [project] what I had learned from different men I had been with like 'Ooh, this reminds me of something that happened, is that a flag?'”

But she said Kaulitz challenged those ideas, saying “Don’t do this to me, because I’m not this person, I’m not that person. Scratch everything. I have to have a fair chance.”

The pair are so in love they even tattooed their names on each other.

“His looks much better — so I’m the better tattoo artist,” Klum joked.