NEW YORK: Heidi Klum is denying that she had an affair with her bodyguard while married to pop singer Seal. But now, having split from Seal, she says she is seeing the bodyguard.

On Wednesday's edition of the Katie Couric talk show, Klum said she ''never looked at another man'' while she and Seal were together. But more recently, she and the family's bodyguard of four years have gotten to know each other ''from a completely different side.''

Klum chose not to call their connection a relationship, saying, ''it's just started.'' She called him ''a great man.''  Seal criticized Klum for having a relationship with the man before their divorce was final.

The 39-year-old supermodel and TV star filed for divorce from Seal earlier this year after seven years of marriage. They have four children.