Iman says she will never get married again after husband David Bowie dies

There was only one man for Iman.

The Somali supermodel has revealed that she will never marry again after the death of her husband David Bowie.

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar published on Tuesday, just five days before the fifth anniversary of the death of her soulmate, the 65-year-old woman promised to remain a widow.

“David is in our hearts and minds daily, for all of us,” she told the publication. “You know, this was my true love. My daughter once asked me if I was going to remarry and I said, ‘never’.”

Despite the status of twins as icons in their industries, the beauty of their union, she said, was how normal it was.

“It couldn’t have been more regular!” she insisted. “It was a really daily wedding.”

“He was a very funny and warm gentleman – you know, everyone talks about him being futuristic, but no, he wasn’t, he liked wearing a three-piece suit more than anything.”

“It was a beautiful, normal life and that was what was great. We could live in New York, pick up our daughter from school, walk everywhere … You know, I wish I had more years.”

The legendary singer died of liver cancer on January 10, 2016, two days after his 69th birthday; the coming birthdays, his wife admitted, are the “saddest moments”. However, a trip to the redwoods in San Francisco on her birthday last year convinced her that he is still with her.

“He’s hiding in plain sight. His fans are still around, his music is still relevant,” she said. “And on the day of his death, I took a walk and a blue bird flew in front of me. A blue bird, above all!”

(In Bowie’s last single released in his life – “Lazarus” – he sings: “You know, I’ll be free / Just like that blue bird / Isn’t he just like me now?”)

“I asked the tour guide and he said, ‘Oh, they are very rare here, blue birds’,” she said. “And now, instead of remembering how sad, it’s another happy day.”

The couple met in 1990, introduced by a mutual friend, and got married within two years. They shared a daughter Lexi, now 20 years old.

Bowie was Iman’s third husband; she was married to Somali businessman Hassan at the age of 18, which lasted only two years. She was also married to basketball player Spencer Haywood, with whom she shares her daughter Zulekha, from 1977 to 1987. Bowie also had a son, film director Duncan Jones, with his first wife Angie.

The model also opened up to the magazine about her desire to return to her home in Somalia one day, if it were safe.

“What I miss is the idea of ​​belonging,” she said when she returned to Africa, “where you are not seen as someone else … That feeling never leaves an immigrant or a refugee, ever.”

However, her foster home in America also doesn’t look as safe as it used to.

“Once, when I was in my early twenties, I drove with a friend of mine from the East Coast to the West Coast. I have to say that I would never do that now, because I wouldn’t feel safe in certain places as a black person. That’s how the country is divided … ”

Iman’s point about Bowie’s continued relevance and his point about the state of race relations amalgamated in a single Twitter trend the day before the interview was posted, when this 1983 interview clip of Bowie calling on MTV for ignoring black artists resurfaced:

In another part of the interview, Iman also explained a little about why she left the catwalk, in large part because of celebrity intrusion into the fashion industry.

“The shows were delayed because they were being made for Paris Hilton or something!” she exclaimed. “It was ridiculous. I was like, no, I’m not going to be part of that circus.”