Supermodels Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista have sparked a secret backstage feud after unfollowing each other on Instagram.
The pair appeared on the catwalk at Vogue’s World Show in London last week, but speculation of a feud began to mount after 53-year-old Naomi failed to tag Linda in her post.
The Canadian fashion model was noticeably missing from the lineup of Instagram handles, which included Cindy Crawford, 57, and Christy Turlington, 54, who appeared on stage alongside the 1990s fashion icons.
Eagle-eyed followers picked this up and took to the comments section to ask why Linda wasn’t tagged.
One wrote: ‘Soooo Linda was NOT in the tag’ and ‘What’s going on here between these two? Very sad moment.’
Supermodels: Naomi Campbell (left) and Linda Evangelista (right) have sparked a secret feud (pictured last week with Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington)
World apart: Rumors started to build when both Naomi (third from right) and Linda (third from left) were not seated next to each other when they both attended the Fendi Milan Fashion Week show
The rumors mounted further when Naomi and Linda were not seated next to each other when they both attended Kim Jones’ Fendi collection during Milan Fashion Week earlier this week.
Instead, they sat five apart, with Naomi sitting next to fellow supermodel Kate Moss and Demi Moore, while Linda took her seat next to Suki Waterhouse and Naomi Watts.
Naomi reportedly unfollowed Linda on Instagram on Wednesday.
MailOnline has contacted Naomi and Linda’s representatives for comment.
The unfollowing comes as a surprise to fans as their series The Supermodels was released on Apple TV+.
The four-part show focuses on the top models of the 1990s, with Naomi and Linda joining Christy and Cindy in the line-up.
The series is directed by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills, while the series is executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries.
Originally from South London, Naomi established herself as one of the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s.
‘Where’s Linda?’ The pair appeared on the catwalk at Vogue’s World Show in London last week, but speculation of a feud began to mount after Naomi, 53, failed to tag Linda in her post
No trace of her: Naomi reportedly unfollowed Linda on Instagram on Wednesday
Feud? Linda doesn’t follow Naomi Campbell either
‘What’s Happening?’: The unfollowing comes as a surprise to fans as their series The Supermodels was released on Apple TV+
I still have it! The ’90s supermodels were greeted with wild applause from the Theater Royal Drury Lane audience
Throwback: Linda pictured in 1991 on the Versace Milan Fashion Week catwalk with Cindy, Naomi and Christy
Just before she turned 16, she was on the cover of British Elle, and in 1987 she became the first black cover girl of British Vogue since 1966.
Linda is now considered one of the most talented and influential models of all time.
She has appeared on more than 700 magazine covers and is best known as photographer Steven Meisel’s longtime muse and the phrase, “We don’t wake up on less than $10,000 a day.”
Although Naomi has been a regular face on the fashion scene in recent years, it was a poignant moment for Linda when she appeared on stage at the Vogue World Show.
Linda had previously revealed she was done ‘hiding’ after years out of the spotlight following a botched fat freezing procedure that left her ‘permanently disfigured’.
At the time, she took to her main Instagram page and wrote an emotional statement to explain why she hadn’t been out in public and admitted she had fallen into a “deep depression.”
“Today I took a big step toward righting a wrong I have suffered and kept to myself for over five years,” she began.
“For my followers who have wondered why I haven’t been working while my colleagues’ careers have flourished, the reason is because I was brutally disfigured by Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting procedure, which did the opposite of what it promised.”
Linda candidly revealed: ‘It increased my fat cells rather than reducing them, and left me permanently disfigured, even after undergoing two painful, botched corrective surgeries. I have been left, as the media describes, ‘unrecognizable’.’
‘I have developed Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia or PAH, a risk I was not aware of before undergoing the procedures.’
Emotionally, she added: “PAH has not only destroyed my livelihood, it has put me in a cycle of deep depression, deep sadness and the deepest depths of self-loathing. In this process I have become a hermit.’
‘With this lawsuit, I am moving forward to overcome my shame and make my story public. I’m so tired of living this way. I’d like to walk out the door with my arms up, even if I don’t look like myself anymore.’
In 2022, the supermodel settled the $50 million lawsuit against Zeltiq Aesthetics – although the settlement amount was not disclosed.