Ellen DeGeneres On Heidi Klum Having Lice: Host Asks Supermodel 'Do You Bathe?'
Even German supermodel Heidi Klum and her kids do not get spared from having lice.
During an interview with comedian Ellen DeGeneres in her "Ellen DeGeneres Show," the 42-year-old model admitted that she and her four kids, 11-year-old Leni, 10-year-old Henri, 9-year-old Johan and 6-year-old Lou, had contracted the head critters when the children brought them home.
"First of all, I heard that your whole house is full of lice. So that's why I didn't hug her," DeGeneres said when Klum said the comedian is "scared of her lice."
The "Project Runway" host explained that her kids' school nurse saw them a few months ago when her daughter was itching in her head.
"They looked and sure enough, they found a little egg. I mean, they are like beyond small so we had the lice fairies come over to our house," said Klum.
DeGeneres said that the lice issue is just horrible and when she asked Klum how many times it had happened, the model said it was the second. Out of shock, DeGeneres joked and asked, "Do you bathe?!" and Klum responded, "Of course, we do!"
"Why are you booked her today? I don't understand. Why would not you just stay home and say I'll come next week or something," DeGeneres joked on the supermodel who admitted that she had just become lice-free a few days ago.
Klum further defended her cleansed locks by saying that they have gotten a certificate from the lice fairies who come at home to brush the hair for hours until the lice come off.
The first time Klum had lice issues was in May when she admitted that she fears she may have passed some lice to her friends, according to Contact Music.
"Sure enough, (I'm) covered in lice eggs and lice on my head. Who knows how many months I've had these already? I mean, I went to Australia to New Zealand to London to New York! I went all over the place! I took them global...! It's a mum's nightmare."
Meanwhile, biologist and assistant director at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Kyong Sup Yoon told Today that Klum has been infested of head lice rather than body lice since she had acquired them from her children.
The biologist even said that head louse infestation "is not associated with social, economic" and even personal hygiene status. In fact, some researchers believe that lice even like living in a clean head.
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