HEIDI Klum has shared a rare photo with her brood of children amid controversy regarding her treatment of her daughter Leni.
Last month, the America's Got Talent star faced backlash after allowing her teenage daughter to star in a lingerie campaign.
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Now Heidi, 50, has given fans a rare look at her family unit in a new photo on social media.
The supermodel took to her Instagram profile on Sunday night to post a rare photo with her children and her husband Tom Kaulitz, 33.
The Victoria's Secret star lounged on her living room couch in the picture, in front of a large Christmas tree and dining room table.
Heidi cuddled with her daughter Leni, 19, and her two sons Henry, 18, and Johan, 17.
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The TV star's husband Tom - who is a guitarist in the band Tokio Hotel - sat nestled in between her sons, who she shares with her ex-husband Seal.
Most of the children shielded their faces from the camera, but the model kissed her kids and her beau smiled brightly.
Heidi captioned her post: "L❤️VE," and turned the post comments off.
The German star has primarily kept her children out of the spotlight - until recently.
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MODEL IN THE MAKING
The 50-year-old and her eldest child Leni posed in lingerie together for an Intimissimi shoot this week as the teen launches her career in fashion.
Heidi wore a lacy nude bra and matching panties while Leni donned a fuschia version in the snaps.
Some fans shared their disapproval over the shots on Instagram, claiming the photos had been edited and slamming Heidi for letting her daughter appear in the campaign.
One wrote: "The photo looks very photoshopped to be honest and the model looks underage …. it’s not great."
Another added: "She is a beautiful model but why make her look younger? It looks inappropriate."
A third posted: "Why is Heidi letting her daughter wear that? Does no one else think this is very weird?"
"I see that she’s 19 but def looks younger than that, and a teenager with her mom in lingerie like this is extremely weird anyways," yet another user agreed.
"Extremely bizarre and uncomfortable," someone else commented.
Heidi shares Leni with Italian businessman Flavio Briatore, though Seal adopted her in December 2009 when she was five.
STAR ON THE RISE
Heidi reunited with Leni in Germany in October when she flew home after wrapping the latest season of America's Got Talent.
The teen flashed her underwear in a see-through dress while promoting Intimissimi's new line with her mom at the launch event.
She also visited her parent on the set of the new season of Germany's Next Topmodel.
"The queen has arrived to my mom's set," Leni joked in a video on Heidi's Instagram Stories, adding: "I'm here for support."
She wrapped her arms around her mom and gave her a kiss on the head as Heidi replied: "Nice child."
Leni said she couldn't wait to see all of the contestants on her mom's show.
Heidi hosts the competition, while also serving as the show's lead judge and executive producer.
Her daughter revealed she had only met the male contestants and none of the female ones.
Heidi gave Leni a stern look and asked pointedly: "How is that?"
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The young model looked sheepish and replied giggling: "I don't know, it just happened that way."
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