Naomi Campbell reveals PLT' boss Umar Kamani is her son's godfather (2024)

Naomi Campbellhas revealedPrettyLittleThing billionaire Umar Kamani is her son's godfather.

The supermodel, 54,shocked the world when she announced the surprise birth her daughter followed by a son in 2023, both of who's names the catwalk queen has not made public.

Naomi and Umar, who was referred to as her son's godfather during the Bloomberg interview, arestarting a talent agency, with the first office set to open in Dubai.

Speaking on the new business venture, she said: 'It's cosmopolitan, it's global, and it's giving opportunities to all—every emerging market as well as the markets we all know.' She continues: 'You want a place that gives opportunity to all.'

While Umar is godfather to Naomi's son, Lenny Kravitz is the godfather to her daughter.

Naomi hinted that Lenny is her godfather when she wished the musician a happy 59th birthday last year.

Alongside snaps of the music star and her daughter, Naomi wrote on Instagram: 'Happy birthday my darling @lennykravitz We love you brother/godfather, you are the ultimate rockstar. Blessings on your special day (sic)'

It comes after Naomi confirmed that she welcomed both her children via surrogate after becoming a mother for the first time in 2021 aged 50 and posed with the newborn on the cover of Vogue.

Naomi previously admitted that her daughter, three, wasn't adopted before now clarifying that she hadn't been pregnant herself as she discussed how much her children mean to her .

Telling The Times : 'My babies are everything to me. It's made me fear for the future'.

Naomi went on to explain that she was never looking for a father for her kids and happy being 'a single mother of a single mum'.

When asked wether she used a surrogate the model replied: 'I did. I hope for a better world for my children. They are 110 per cent my priority. I have to be there for them on their first day at school.'

Her daughters arrival sparked widespread speculation that she used a surrogate, a popular approach among older celebrity mothers, because she was not spotted with an obvious baby bump in the months leading up to the birth.

Naomi also spoke of her concern that younger generations are not interested in having children and she insisted parenthood is always 'worth it', no matter how difficult the circ*mstances.

Saying: 'I have heard a lot of young girls saying that it is too expensive to have children and they may not want them, and I have said, 'You will change your mind. You will want to be a mum''.

'I understand economically it is tough. But my mum had nothing and she made it work. It's worth it. It is so amazing'.

She continued: 'We have to depend on the younger generation to change this world. I trust my children more than us to do the right thing.'

Elsewhere in the interview she revealed that she won't let her daughter go into the world of work at 15 like she did, after starting her own career in her teenage years when she did her first cover shoot.

The beauty, who was whisked abroad to model in her first photoshoot for Elle in New Orleans aged 15, said she would be uncomfortable with her now two-year-old to start working so young.

The mother-of-two said: 'I'm not sure I would let her start working at 15. It's a ruthless world.'

Friends recently dismissed reports of a romance between the model and her close pal Mohammed Al Turki.

Al Turki ('Mo' to his friends) is the boss of the Red Sea Film Festival. He accompanied Naomi to the BAFTAs in London in February, and the pair were seen holding hands on the night.

She has also been spotted wearing an enormous diamond ring.

However a dear friend of Naomi told the Mail: 'It isn't a romance - all her friends know that he is actually in love with another model and in a settled relationship with them. Naomi is single and focuses on her children and her sobriety.'

The British star was previously engaged to U2 bassist Adam Clayton in 1993, and was then also engaged to Italian businessman Flavio Briatore before they split in 2002.

Naomi was last in a relationship with rapper Skepta in 2018 but enjoyed a fling with One Direction 's Liam Payne the following year.

She has also enjoyed high-profile relationships with the likes of Diddy, Robert De Niro, Gerard Butler, Terrence Howard, Mike Tyson and Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin over the years.

Although she is notoriously private about her love life, the star has previously stated she is 'on good terms' with her exes and is not known to be dating anyone at present.

In a rare interview about her love life in 2021, Naomi said: 'The sacrifice is really finding that soulmate who will understand you.

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

Elsewhere the model revealed the struggle to be included as a black model at the beginning of her career, but said she is 'not a victim'.

She said: 'I'm not a victim. I do not identify with that word. I won't say I struggled. Everyone's life has strife in some way, but 'victim' is not in my vocab. I don't want people to feel sorry for me. I want to stay in charge.

'I was lucky I got together with other black models. Being able to speak about how I felt as a black woman and model was very important for me and helped me to share my feelings. I wasn't alone — that was a huge factor and I hope I help the next generation.'

She admitted that she has been in many rooms as the only person of colour but she never let it deter her.

The model went onto say when she worked in New York at the beginning of her career she wasn't even able to hail a cab, saying American supermodel Christy Turlington used to have to help her.

The beauty has previously claimed she continues to face prejudice in the fashion industry to this day.

In 2019, the Streatham-born beauty said she was 'shocked' when a recent campaign she starred in was rejected in an Asian country - because of the colour of her skin.

Reflecting on how she turned the negative experience as a positive, she revealed to The Mirror: 'It keeps things in perspective that the work is never done. That's why I don't give up.'

The statuesque star also said she has turned down offers to walk in Paris Fashion Week shows as a matter of principle due to particular fashion houses lacking ethnically diverse models.

The stunner shared: 'I didn't feel the message was right. Diversity has to be balanced across the board for all races. It's not about the money.'

'People forget that models are self-employed. It was insulting to take that for my race.'

Naomi was previously asked if she had seen progress in diversity. The model commented: 'I see progress yes, as always more focus to be had.'

She was full of praise for Ghanaian-born Edward Enninful, the first male editor of British Vogue, saying: ' Edward, what he has done in this year has been exceptional, and I'm not being biased.'

At the height of her career the model became addicted to cocaine and alcohol, and entered rehab in 1999.

However the model told The Times that 'it was fun at the time' and she actually enjoyed going to rehab because she 'loves discipline and structure'.

Campbell became a mother for the first time in 2021 when she welcomed her daughter, which came as a shock to fans, she has since welcomed a baby boy in June 2023 at the age of 53.

Her daughters arrival sparked widespread speculation that she used a surrogate, a popular approach among older celebrity mothers, because she was not spotted with an obvious baby bump in the months leading up to the birth.

Campbell has previously hinted at surrogacy, claiming science has given her an opportunity to start a family 'whenever she wants'.

Last year, she gave a rare insight into her life as a mother, admitting that her two-year-old daughter has already picked up her diva attitude.

She told Today presenter Sheinelle Jones, 45, that while she is having 'a lot of fun' raising her tots, saying she has had to discipline her eldest for demanding 'privacy' at parties.

'I love it,' Campbell said of motherhood. 'It's a lot of fun. Every day is a surprise. You don't know what's going to happen, what my daughter is going to say.'

Lifting the lid on her daughter's sass, Campbell continued: 'She goes to a party and she says, like, 'Mom, privacy!' and I'm like, 'huh?' And I said, 'not to your mama. You can do that to everybody else, but to me!'

The supermodel, who is infamous for her own diva-esque behaviors, then joked: 'I don't know where she got it from!'

The London-born model announced in June that she had become a mother again, after she confirmed the arrival of a baby boy on Instagram, posting a photograph of her newborn son in her arms with her daughter holding his hands.

At the time, she told her followers: 'My little darling, know that you are cherished beyond measure and surrounded by love from the moment you graced us with your presence.

'A true gift from God. Blessed! Welcome baby boy. It's never too late to become a mother.'

While Campbell has not made public his name or details about his birth, her friends have claimed that she used a surrogate to have him .

Speaking to The Times Naomi admitted having children has made her 'more anxious' and fearing for the future.

Admitting she had the babies via surrogate, she revealed she is happy being a single mother

Originally from south London, Naomi established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s.

Just before she turned 16, she was on the cover of British Elle and in 1987, she became British Vogue's first black cover girl since 1966.

The beauty was among one of six models of her generation declared a supermodel by the fashion industry.