'Empire' Actress Naomi Campbell Bio Adds 'Dating' Tag After Nearly Having Husband Once
The Supermodel, Naomi Campbell broke down the history being the first black woman to appear on the cover of French Vogue. Debuting in modeling world from the early age of 15, she featured on the magazine's shelter at the age of 18 and has kept her life an open book.
Being one of the world's most sought supermodel, she has been on many dates, not hiding from the public. However, she has not yet found the perfect man, with the quality of the father-figure for her child.
So, to know more about Naomi Campbell's dating life and dating history, let's check her biography!
Secret Dating; Searching For the Father-like-Figure
The 49 years old fashion model, Naomi is reportedly secretly dating grime star Skepta since June 2017. Their mutual pals introduced Naomi and her new then 35-year former boyfriend at the British Fashion Awards in November 2016.
Soon, they started seeing each other following the positive comments of the rapper. The rapper gushed that "Naomi is his favorite cover girl." He praised her for breaking down barriers in the fashion world with her first Vogue covers as well.
The news about their relationship got confirmed after Skepta, real name Joseph Junior Adenuga, shared a snap of them cuddling up on Twitter. He captioned the post with a single pink heart emoji.
At the peak of their romance, the lovebirds were already starting to strolling in public. The pair were also spotted together at several Paris Fashion Week events.
Similarly, Naomi accompanied Skepta to the NME Awards on 15 February 2018 and was partying after the show. Apart from making several appearances as a partner, they also enthusiastically shared many pictures and tweets which resembled their perfect love story.
However, the pair refrained from talking anything about their relationship in the media.
It seemed that she found a perfect man for her. The supermodel had expressed her desire to be cherishing the motherhood with the ideal partner, who can handle the father-figure.
Naomi Campbell, who grew up in the single parenting of mother, had considered and had a thought about adoption. But she now thinks that the development of science can help her to have her kids whenever she wants.
She told ES Magazine:
"I think about having children all the time. But now with the way science is I think I can do it when I want."
And to be a mother, she is searching for the father-figure, which she thinks is very important. She stated:
"I do want a father figure. I think it's important."
Well, it seemed Naomi had finally found the husband-like-figure for her who can be the father-figure for her child. Alas, Skepta wasn't the one.
Multiple Partners; Long List Of Dating History
The supermodel enjoys a long list of high-profile dating history. The dusky model has dated many famous people but turned any of her past datings into marriage.
However, she was engaged to the bassist of U2, Adam Clayton in 1994. Commencing dating since 1993, Naomi parted her ways with Adam before she could get married.
Naomi Campbell with her ex-fiance Adam Clayton (Photo: GettyImages.com)
Despite the split, the Streatham, London native still remembers her ex-fiance with good memories quoting him as the "wonderful man," and she is "very proud of Adam."
After the end of her engagement, she was back on the dating field and created a long list of dating history.
She had shared romantic life with the Spanish classically trained ballet and flamenco dancer 'Joaquín Cortés' from 1995 - 1998, American retired professional boxer 'Mike Tyson' in 1987, an Italian businessman 'Flavio Briatore' on-and-off from 1998 - 2003, Emirati business executive 'Badr Jafar' in 2005 and Russian businessman 'Vladislav Doronin' from 2008 - 2013.
Similarly, she has also dated the famous star, Johnny Depp in 1998 and rumored to be dating the award-winning academy actor, Leonardo Di Caprio in 1998.
She was also rumored to have dated other fellows including German-Irish actor and producer Michael Fassbender in 2014, actor Terrence Howard in 2007, Prince Albert of Monaco (mid-1990s), English musician Eric Clapton(in 1993), American singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz, American actor Kevin Michael Costner, American actor Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone and rapper 50 Cent in different time period.
Additionally, she was rumored to have dated Danish drummer Lars Ulrich, Venezuelan model Enrique Palacios, American entrepreneur Damon Dash in 2001.
In July 2017, Naomi - who has a net worth of $60 million - dated Egyptian multimillionaire Louis C. Camilleri.
Dating Former 1D Member
Continuing with the trend of dating men from the showbiz, Naomi ended the year 2018 by trading flirty Instagram messages with former 1D member Liam Payne. January next year, the duo got spotted attending the Davido Adeleke concert at O2 Arena in London.
The supermodel and the Strip That Down hitmaker - who share 23 years age difference - even welcomed New Year together while vacationing in Ghana. They chronicled the entire trip on their respective Instagram.
Naomi Campbell and boyfriend Liam Payne fueled dating rumors in early-2019 (Photo:- punchng.com)
Confirming the romance in February 2019, an insider close to Liam claimed that the singer was head over heels for Naomi. According to the stated source, the For You hitmaker didn't even "believe his luck" as they began dating.
Before Naomi, Liam shared romantic ties with the daughter of a Texan lawyer Maya Henry, Sophia Smith, Danielle Peazer and Cheryl Cole. With Cheryl, he has a child named Bear.