German model, Heidi Klum, finally opens up about her bodyguard turned boyfriend, Martin Kristen. She declares in a German interview, "Yes! I'm in love!"

Heidi Klum finally admits she is in love with their family bodyguard. Martin Kristen is one lucky man as the gorgeous supermodel declares her love for the bodyguard. Using her native language, she exclaimed, "Ja! Ich bin verliebt!"

The 39-year-old model has kept her silence about her private relationship with Martin. And after almost a year since her split from Seal, Heidi can't stop talking about her new flame.

During her interview with Bunte magazine, the model revealed her love for Martin and how's he's been good to her kids.

"They like him very much," she said.  "That's one reasons I like him so much. He's been helping me for four years now. And he takes wonderful care of the kids. He plays with them, he protects them. I trust him."

Heidi also revealed that they are planning to spend Christmas together with her parents in California. She is probably ready to formally introduce her new boyfriend to her old folks.

Heidi and Martin were first linked in August but she says that they are not trying to hide their relationship. She insists that they just prefer to be quiet about things which was going on between them.

"Martin is not hiding. He's just not the sort of guy looking for the spotlight. He prefers to stay in the background," Heidi said. "There will always be people who will criticize whoever I live with, what kind of clothes I wear or what hairstyle I have. At the end of the day, you have to do what makes you happy. That's the rule I live by."

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