Heidi Klum Had a 'Big Fight' with Ex Flavio Briatore About Getting Pineapple Pizza on the Menu at Their New Restaurant

Heidi Klum might have controversial opinions when it comes to pizza!

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the 51-year-old supermodel spoke exclusively with PEOPLE at the premiere of Crazy Pizza NYC, the upscale pizzeria chain’s newest location.

Speaking about her favorite controversial pizza toppings, Klum – who is a partner and investor in the New York location – opened up about working with her ex, Italian businessman Flavio Briatore.

According to the model, she and Briatore – the biological father of her daughter Leni, 20, who was also at the restaurant’s opening – had a “big fight” when deciding which toppings would be on the menu.

“One thing I had a big fight with Flavia about – because, you know, I’m German, and in Germany we have Hawaiian pizza – it’s pineapple and ham,” America has talent the judge revealed. “I grew up on Hawaiian pizza so it has pineapple, but Italians think this is the worst thing on the planet.”

Antoine Verglas and Heidi Klum try pineapple pizza at Crazy Pizza.

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The model recalled how Briatore told her: “They’re like, ‘No way. We’re not doing this.’ And I said, ‘But why?’ There are a lot of tourists, from what I’ve heard. [that like it]”

“Besides, I’m also a partner. So I feel like I should have a say,” she joked. “So he said, ‘Okay.’ But he usually says, “There’s no way Italians don’t make pizza in Hawaii.” I said, ‘Well, in Germany, Italians are in Germany, and [also it’s] my friends from Australia [go-to] also.”

Although the item is not on Crazy Pizza NYC’s official menu, a special version of the pizza was served to the model during the restaurant’s grand opening on Tuesday, October 29. She said Briatore asked her to partner on the New York City location — because of her knowledge of the area — and hoped “people love food” so they could potentially do “more” business ventures together.

Heidi Klum and Flavio Briatore.

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Although Briatore and Klum’s relationship ended before she had Leni, the model said she and her ex worked well together – and the opening was attended by her husband Tom Kaulitz, along with her sons Johan, 17, and Lou, 15. . She also shares Henry, 19, with Seal.

“Leni’s biological dad, Flavio, asked me to partner with him and his pizza ventures,” she said, referring to Crazy Pizza’s 14 locations around the world. “So this is the first in America, with more to come.”

Heidi Klum and husband Tom Kaulitz at the NYC opening.

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Heidi Klum and daughter Leni Klum at the opening of Crazy Pizza NYC.

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“It looks so cute,” she added. “I’m so happy with it… I think it looks amazing. It’s super chic. And obviously the food is amazing, and we leave that to the Italians.”

Elsewhere in her chat with PEOPLE, Klum teased what she has in store for her 2024 Halloween costume, as she’s known for her extravagant Halloween costumes at her annual New York City Halloween party.

“I’m always worried,” the German-born star said of planning her costumes. “Because there is no real trial. like, I can’t do a real rehearsal before I’m in it. Because I never know if everything works until the day [of]. And then you know, and then something happens and I’m like, ‘Oh, God.'”

Located in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood at 218 Lafayette St., Crazy Pizza will open to the public on November 6.

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