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Naomi Campbell’s ex Skepta shows his support for the supermodel, 51, after her baby reveal

Naomi Campbell’s ex Skepta shows his support for the model, 51, as she unveils her daughter’s face and confirms baby is her biological child

Naomi, 51, broker her silence on her secretive journey to motherhood while featuring in a cover shoot for British VogueThe supermodel unveiled her baby daughter’s face for the first time in the shoot but did not reveal the child’s name or who the father is Naomi stunned fans by announcing the birth of her daughter, the model’s first child, in May She was last in a relationship with Skepta, 39, in 2018 and has remained on good terms with the rapper 

By Rebecca Lawrence For Mailonline

Published: 05:37 EST, 15 February 2022 | Updated: 06:17 EST, 15 February 2022



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They have remained on good terms since their split in 2018. 

So Skepta was quick to show his support for ex-girlfriend Naomi Campbell after she unveiled her daughter’s face for the first time in a British Vogue cover shoot. 

The rapper, 39, took to Instagram on Monday to post a heart emoji after Naomi, 51, shared an image of the cover, in which she could be seen cradling her baby girl – who she confirmed is not adopted and is her biological child. 

Naomi has so far refused to reveal the name of her daughter, or the identity of the biological father. 

Supportive: Skepta was quick to show his support for ex-girlfriend Naomi Campbell after she unveiled her daughter’s face for the first time in a British Vogue cover shoot

Sweet: The rapper, 39, took to Instagram on Monday to post a heart emoji after Naomi, 51, shared an image of the cover, in which she could be seen cradling her baby girl

The supermodel had also shared Vogue’s caption that read: ‘The incomparable @Naomi is the star of @BritishVogue’s March 2022 cover – and she’s got company. 

‘After keeping her path to motherhood almost totally private, the 51-year-old is introducing her baby daughter to the world for the very first time. 

‘“She wasn’t adopted, she’s my [biological] child,” the beloved British supermodel tells @SarahHarris.’

Naomi stunned fans by announcing the birth of her daughter in May, just weeks after appearing on the New York Fashion Week runway without a visible baby bump.

She said the nine-month old child is hers amid growing speculation regarding the biological parentage. 

Former flames: Naomi and Skepta have remained on good terms since their split in 2018 (pictured in an Instagram post shared by Naomi in 2020) 

Speaking to the latest edition of British Vogue while posing with her daughter, the model confirmed: ‘She wasn’t adopted – she’s my child.’ 

Naomi played coy during the new interview, and despite confirming her daughter is not adopted, refused to elaborate further on her first born. 

However she admitted that very few of her wide circle of friends and family members knew she was planning on becoming a parent.

She explained: ‘I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her. But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done.’ 

Surprise! Naomi announced she had become a mother last year with an Instagram post cradling her newborn daughter and stated she has never felt a ‘greater love’

The British supermodel wrote: ‘A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother’

Naomi announced she had become a mother last year with an Instagram post cradling her newborn daughter and stated she has never felt a ‘greater love’.

Offering a first look at her new arrival with a picture of her baby girl, whose name has not been revealed, Naomi penned: ‘A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother.

‘So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.’ 

The model gave no further details in the post.

Mother-to-be: Naomi welcomed her first child in May and was seen on the Michael Kors runway just a month prior without a bump 

Naomi was in a relationship with Skepta in 2018, and the rapper revealed later that year he was expecting his first child with an image of a 4D ultrasound taken earlier that day, with just a flower emoji as the caption. 

HOW DID NAOMI BECOME A MOTHER AT 50 YEARS OLD? 

Naomi has not revealed the method in which she welcomed her daughter but has previously spoken about her many options for starting a family

SURROGACY 

Some mature mothers choose to have a baby via surrogacy, when someone has a baby for a couple who cannot have a child themselves.  

Straight surrogacy uses the surrogates own eggs to conceive and can take place at home using artificial insemination, using an insemination kit or via a clinic using IUI or IVF with the surrogate acting a known egg donor.

Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but it’s illegal to advertise for surrogates. No financial benefit other than reasonable expenses can be paid to the surrogate. 

Naomi previously hinted at looking into surrogacy when she said: ‘I think about having children all the time. But now with the way science is I think I can do it when I want.’  

 PREGNANCY 

More mothers are waiting until later in life to have children, but pregnancy after 50 is still quite rare.

A woman’s fertility begins to decline in her early 30s. After age 35, her number of viable eggs starts to fall more quickly. 

However celebrities have made headlines for having kids in their later years, including Janet Jackson who had her son, Eissa Al Mana, at age 50. 

Naomi said she wanted to welcome a child with a partner, stating: ‘I do want a father figure. I think it’s important. It’s the way I feel today, sitting here talking to you’

She also hinted at wanting a traditional family set up when she announced: ‘I want the same things as every other woman: the house, the kids, the lot’ 

In another interview she said: ‘I’d love to have kids. I don’t discount anything in life. I love kids and always will.’

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Skepta’s daughter River was born in October 2018 but he has revealed no details on the mother and rarely posts pictures with his daughter.  

In 2020, Naomi insisted she has ‘nothing but love’ for Skepta after revealing she was ‘not on speaking terms’ with her last boyfriend. 

In an Instagram post, the Vogue cover star shared snaps of herself cosying up to the rapper, as she penned: ‘STOP. All love between Us @skeptagram’.

Speaking to Times Weekend magazine, Naomi said that she is on good terms with all her previous ex-boyfriends, but admitted she isn’t friends with her ‘last’ ex. 

Discussing who she has dated, she said: ‘Why don’t you say it the other way round? Surely it was their privilege just as much as mine to be with them? But yes, I had some wild and exciting times until I changed my life aged 29.

‘Whatever they say about me, I have remained friends with all my exes… except the last one.’

Asked if she means Skepta, she simply said: ‘A lady never discusses the details of her private life.’

Naomi was said to be dating an living in America with her secret boyfriend last May but the romance seemed to have fizzled out by the summer, when she admitted that her high-powered jetset lifestyle has meant at least one big sacrifice: finding a long-term romantic partner.

‘I’d say the sacrifice is really finding that soul mate who will understand you,’ she told The Cut.

‘It’s really like you feel if they look at you as if you’re strong … you know, I’m strong, but I’m also sensitive. I know that in relationships I have to compromise.’ 

Though she said missing out on finding a soul mate was a sacrifice she made, she is not interested in feelings of regret or dwelling on the past. 

‘I have no time for bitterness,’ she said. ‘There’s a journey. I’m still on it. It’s God willing. I’m just still going, and I want to keep going and doing things that I love doing in my life. And that’s it!”

‘I don’t like… what’s the word? Stagnation. Yes, that’s it. I don’t like that. I don’t like being stagnant,’ she added. ‘It’s not who I am. It’s not the energy I was born with.

‘I’m not trying to talk about the past. I’m going to talk about the present… forward.’ 

Naomi’s baby announcement came after she admitted that she would ‘think about having children all the time’ but wasn’t planning to rush herself to start a family.

Speaking to ES Magazine back in 2017, she said: ‘I think about having children all the time. But now with the way science is I think I can do it when I want.’

Asked if she would have the child herself rather than adopt, she replied: ‘Maybe. Maybe… Maybe.’

However, the Vogue cover girl insisted that she did not want to be a single parent so would find a suitable partner first.

She said: ‘I do want a father figure. I think it’s important. It’s the way I feel today, sitting here talking to you.’

Discussing motherhood last September, Naomi told BBC HardTalk, that her daughter was ‘independent and smart’.

Naomi told listeners: ‘I’m really lucky I think have a dream child. She’s wonderful. She’s very independent already, very smart, alert, sleeps 12 hours. She’s a good girl.’ 

Nothing but love: In 2020, Naomi insisted she has ‘nothing but love’ for Skepta after revealing she was ‘not on speaking terms’ with her last boyfriend

Doting daddy: Skepta’s daughter River was born in October 2018 but he has revealed no details on the mother and rarely posts pictures with his daughter

When asked if she planned to instill the values in her to be a strong independent woman, Naomi said: ‘Absolutely. Right down to the hygiene part.’ 

She said: ‘I actually am not going to comment too much on that. This was what I said to my friends in the room when I was watching it, and this is what I’m going to say now.

‘It was sad for me knowing Princess Diana to see that her two boys were not on good terms. As a mother, that’s the last thing you want to happen to your boys. She’s no longer here. That’s her legacy, her two boys. You don’t want to see that happen.’

A look back at Naomi Campbell’s romances, from A-list flings to long-term loves

Short-lived: Naomi was linked to the One Direction star Liam Payne, 23 years her junior, in 2009

2019: Liam Payne

Naomi was linked to One Direction star Liam Payne, 23 years her junior, following her break-up from Skepta and his break-up from Cheryl.

They are said to have enjoyed a few dates but it was ultimately short-lived.

It began with a seemingly harmless flirtation on Instagram, liking and commenting on one another’s steamy posts.

Liam described her as ‘perfection in a person’, with her branding him ‘a beautiful soul’. They were then spotted at the concert of musician Davido at The O2 in London.

There were reports about Liam bragging about the couple’s ‘mind-blowing’ sex, but when Naomi was asked outright about the tryst on The Jonathan Ross Show she said the rumours were ‘humorous’. Any romance appeared to end shortly after this.

Hot off the press: Rapper Skepta and Naomi’s tryst appeared to be done and dusted before too long, shortly after appearing in a joint GQ shoot in their underwear

2018: Skepta

Their raunchy cover of GQ magazine, in only their underwear, sent fans wild.

But rapper Skepta and Naomi’s tryst appeared to be done and dusted before too long.

Of the shoot, Naomi said afterwards: ‘We basically did that shoot on our own, it wasn’t for any publication, and once I saw the pictures I was like “no, no, no we should come out…”

‘And so then I started making some calls. It wasn’t like I was going to wait months for it to come out – it’s either got to come out in the next few or it ain’t coming out at all.’

Come out indeed it did, with the duo taking part in a joint interview at the time, playing coy about any romance. To this day it’s still unclear, but Skepta seemingly mentioned Naomi on one of his tracks in 2020. They are thought to still be close. 

Louis Carey Camilleri is pictured at the Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy in 2018

2017: Louis C. Camilleri

It was claimed in 2017 that Naomi was dating Egyptian multimillionaire Louis C. Camilleri, who was 66 at the time.

The supermodel was said to be enjoying a string of London dinners with the businessman, who was worth over £150 million.

Naomi reportedly met Louis through their shared love of Formula One as they frequented the same races and are said to have met and bonded at the events.

Snapped: In July 2016, Naomi was pictured with billionaire businessman Hassan Jameel when they attended the British Summer Time Festival together

2016: Hassan Jameel 

In July 2016, Naomi was pictured looking cosy with billionaire businessman Hassan Jameel when they attended the British Summer Time Festival together in London – although their romance was never confirmed.

In 2017, it was claimed that the supermodel had fallen out with singer Rihanna after she was spotted putting on a steamy display with Hassan, 32, in Ibiza.

The Sun reported at the time that Naomi was disgruntled that the singer and Hassan, who split in early 2020, had fallen so hard – as she hates feeling ‘second best’. 

Long-term love: Thought to be her longest relationship, Naomi dated Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin for five years [pictured 2012]

2009-2013: Vladislav Doronin

Thought to be her longest relationship, Naomi dated Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin for five years.

They enjoyed lavish trips to the topics together and appeared to have a solid romance, but it ended in 2013.

Runaway bride: This dalliance was brief, but Naomi and Brazilian equity magnate Marcus Elias were said to be engaged at one point [pictured 2008]

2008: Marcus Elias

This dalliance was brief, but Naomi and Brazilian equity magnate Marcus Elias were said to be engaged at one point.

Their relationship both began and ended in 2008, however.

Friendly exes: Naomi has been seen socialising with Gerard Butler at events, despite their alleged romance fizzling out in 2007 [pictured 2009]

2007: Gerard Butler

Naomi and the Scots action star were rumoured to be an item in 2007 when they were seen hanging out together on multiple occasions.

Seemingly a friendly ex to many, Naomi has since been seen socialising with him at events, despite their alleged romance fizzling out.

Party hard: Apparently, for Naomi’s 35th birthday, Badr Jafar hired out eight floors of the Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai to throw her a £1 million party [pictured 2012]

2005-2006: Badr Jafar

Naomi and oil heir Badr Jafar were reportedly a couple for 10 months.

Apparently, for Naomi’s 35th birthday, he hired out eight floors of the Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai to throw her a £1 million party. He himself has an estimated worth of £2 billion.

Close but no cigar: Naomi and music star P Diddy were linked in 2002. Since, they have been very close friends [pictured 2017]

2002: P Diddy

It’s still unclear how romantic Naomi and music star P Diddy were, but they were linked in 2002.

Since, they have been very close friends and are thought to consider one another more as siblings.

Flavio of the month: Despite a lengthy dalliance, Naomi and Flavio Briatore split because, according to Naomi, he wanted her as ‘a trophy’ [pictured 2001]

1998-2002: Flavio Briatore

Flavio Briatore – the boss of Benetton – was with Naomi from 1998 until they parted ways in 2002.

The Italian – who is 21 years Naomi’s senior and worth £258 million – famously said after their split: ‘She’s great but better as a friend than a girlfriend!’

Naomi later told Marie Claire: ‘I’m not going to be a trophy. If you expect me to be in the kitchen cooking breakfast in high heels, looking as though I just stepped out of a fashion magazine, it’s not going to happen.’

Still friends: Naomi and Leonardo Dicaprio are seen chatting at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in Los Angeles in 2007 – 12 years after being romantically linked

1995: Leonardo DiCaprio

Known for a revolving door of romances, a penchant for models and being seemingly disinterested in settling down, Leonardo DiCaprio was perhaps a kindred spirit for Naomi when they were linked in 1995.

The couple’s dalliance was fleeting, however. They appeared to have remained pally ever since, seen chatting at events on many an occasion since.

While she has never been married, Naomi was previously engaged to U2 bass player Adam Clayton after getting together in 1993 and despite their split in 1994, the stunner has always spoken fondly of the musician.  

In a 2015 interview with the Irish Independent, she mused: ‘I’m friends with the whole [of U2]. The whole band were great. Their kids are all grown up.

Nearly beloved: While she has never been married, Naomi was previously engaged to U2 bass player Adam Clayton after getting together in 1993

‘It’s nice to know people for so long and still have a relationship… I only have very positive things to say about him. I am very proud of Adam.’ 

I n the early 90s, Naomi was also briefly linked to Hollywood star Robert De Niro.

But, addressing her dating life at the time, she told WSJ: ‘For me, privacy is important to know each other, and I always worry that my job will not allow that.

‘But I have ways. I was taught that by Robert De Niro. Being alone doesn’t mean you are lonely. I don’t have time to be bored, and I don’t have time to be lonely.’

Spotted: In the early 90s, Naomi was briefly linked to Hollywood star Robert De Niro

Last year, in an interview with Times Weekend magazine, Naomi said she is on good terms with all her previous ex-boyfriends, but admitted she isn’t friends with her ‘last’ ex.

Discussing who she has dated, she said: ‘Why don’t you say it the other way round? Surely it was their privilege just as much as mine to be with them? But yes, I had some wild and exciting times until I changed my life aged 29.

‘Whatever they say about me, I have remained friends with all my exes… except the last one.’

Asked if she means Skepta, she simply said: ‘A lady never discusses the details of her private life.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

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