Cindy Crawford has joked that her daughter Kaia Gerber is ‘traumatised’ by her nude photoshoots.
The runway star, 59, was no stranger to a racy photoshoot in her 1980s modelling heyday and has posed nude countless times in her decades-long career.
However, she has now revealed what her children Kaia, 23, and Presley, 26 – who she shares with her husband Rande Gerber – think of her nude photographs.
Speaking on the Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky podcast, Cindy shared that she has some tasteful nude pictures of herself hung on the walls in her home.
‘There were nude pictures of me in our house that I never explained to my kids,’ she admitted. ‘Once in a while, one of my kids will make a comment, like, ”we just thought it was normal that your mum was nude”…’
‘There’s a famous picture of me, Christy [Turlington], Naomi [Campbell], Linda [Evangelista], and Tatjana [Patitza],’ she said of one piece of artwork in her home.
Cindy Crawford has joked that her daughter Kaia Gerber (pictured in 2024) is ‘traumatised’ by her nude photoshoots
The runway star, 59, was no stranger to a racy photoshoot in her 1980s modelling heyday and has posed nude countless times in her decades-long career (Cindy is pictured in 1992)
‘You don’t see anything – it wasn’t like, hey, here’s mum in all her glory! We didn’t have those pictures out, but look, I’m sure my kids are traumatised – like every kid is.’
Cindy said having a family changed her perspective on doing nude photoshoots and ditched the raunchy content before she tied the knot with Rande in 1998 aged 32.
‘I did stop doing nudes before we got married. I don’t really think I’ve done anything nude again,’ she explained.
‘And I’ve been asked afterwards, but I definitely thought: I don’t know if my nine-year-old kid wants to get teased by his friends.’
Though her decades-long career including a string of nude photographs, Cindy candidly admitted the one she regretted because she felt manipulated into doing it.
‘Every experience is a lesson, and that’s where we grow up – making those choices,’ she said.
‘I’ve done a tonne of nude pictures. The only one I regret ever is the one I got talked into. Every other one, I knew what I was doing. I did Playboy with Herb [Ritts] twice.’
But sharing one occasion she looks back on differently, she added: ‘I felt manipulated into it. That’s the only one that I look at, and I was hurt.’
Cindy said having a family changed her perspective on doing nude photoshoots and ditched the raunchy content before she got married (she is pictured posing for Playboy in 1998)
Cindy joked her children Kaia, 23, and Presley, 26 – who she shares with her husband Rande Gerber (all pictured in 2016) – are no doubt ‘traumatised’ by her nude photoshoots
‘It’s not even the most revealing picture of me by far, but when I look at it, I know what I was feeling,’ she explained.
On the other hand, Cindy revealed she always felt ‘comfortable’ and ‘100 per cent safe’ working with photographer Herb, who died of pneumonia aged 50 in 2002.
‘Once you’ve done a naked picture, then people think, oh, she does nudes, but it’s not that way. It has to be right. The chemistry has to be right,’ she went on.
‘I have to feel comfortable. With Herb, I felt 100% safe and not sexualised. He looked at people like architecture. So I could do it with him.
‘I did it with straight guys too, but just certain people maybe give you a weird vibe, and I had one. And I just didn’t know how to say no – or didn’t say no.’
Cindy is preparing to celebrate her 60th birthday in February and recently gave an insight into her self-care routine.
She launched her skincare range Meaningful Beauty over 20 years ago with French doctor Jean-Louis Sebagh, and dished on her favourite products to maintain her flawless glow.
‘When you feel good about yourself and feel confident, you hold your head a little higher and that’s what people really see,’ she told People, noting a key ingredient in the range is Charentais cantaloupe extract.
Though her decades-long career including a string of nude photographs, Cindy candidly admitted she regretted doing one shot because she felt manipulated into doing it
Cindy said she swears by Meaningful Beauty’s sun-protectant moisturizer, which has anti-aging properties.
‘It melts into the skin, so it works great under makeup,’ she explained of the winning formula.
‘My goal is for women to be less overwhelmed by skincare. Our systems make it easy to get the best ingredients all in one place.’
Cindy and Sebagh’s range of skin-enhancing products debuted in 2004, and in 2021, expanded to include haircare items.
An Instagram tagline describes the company as Cindy’s ‘breakthrough secret to younger looking skin and hair.’
‘A lot of women don’t really start taking care of their skin until they start noticing those signs of aging. I think that was the same for hair for me,’ she told People at the time.
