Seal, 59, swings by US Open where he cuddles up to daughter Leni, 18, whom he shares with ex-wife Heidi Klum
Seal was spotted this Wednesday cuddling up to his daughter Leni Klum, 18, as they arrived at the US Open in New York.
The duo swung by the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens to see such luminaries as Serena Williams play.
While outside the venue, Seal, 59, who brought up Leni with his ex-wife Heidi Klum, wrapped an affectionate arm around his adopted eldest child.
Leni glowed with happiness as she threw both her arms around Seal before they made their way to the US Open.
Seal was summertime chic in a pair of white trousers that matched his hat as he headed into the stadium with Leni by his side.
They joined a star-studded array of audience members including Tiger Woods, Anna Wintour, Zendaya and the supermodel sister-act of Gigi and Bella Hadid.
Serena Williams, who was previously thought to be on the verge of retirement, scored a sensational win that night against the World No. 2 Anett Kontaveit.
Heidi and Seal were married from 2005 until 2014 and they welcomed three children together biologically - Henry, 16, Johan, 15, and Lou, 12.
Meanwhile Leni resulted from Heidi's previous relationship with Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, but in 2009 Seal legally adopted her as well.
'Leni is my natural daughter, but the three of us calmly agreed that it made the most sense that he adopt her, because a child needs to grow up in a family,' Flavio told the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera in 2016.
Flavio, 72, who eventually married a drastically younger Wonderbra model and welcomed a son called Nathan with her, added: 'Leni is Seal's family, Nathan mine.'
At the moment Heidi is married to her fellow German Tom Kaulitz who rose to fame as the guitarist for the band Tokio Hotel.
Seal hit the headlines last year when he spoke candidly in public about the difficulties of co-parenting his children with Heidi.
'It can be challenging. It requires teamwork. If you are a team, if both parents are a team, then it's really easy and that's not a real challenge at all… But you have to be a team. And if you're not a team, then it can all fall to pieces,' he told Us Weekly.
Seal then explosively claimed that he and Heidi 'never had that teamwork' with one another when it came to bringing up their children.
Their differences hit the headlines in 2020 when she wanted to take the children to her native country so she could film Germany's Next Top Model there.
Seal objected on the grounds that the children might be exposed to coronavirus, but an emergency court hearing was held and Heidi prevailed.
Although she was permitted to take them to Germany he was given 'expanded time' with them before and after the trip.
Leni has followed her mother's footsteps into the modeling profession and just this July could be spotted on the Dolce & Gabbana catwalk in Sicily.
Heidi was seated supportively in the audience, filming her daughter's appearance to post proudly to her Instagram page.
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