One incredible anecdote about Nicole Kimpel concerns how she helped save Antonio Banderas’ life when he suffered a heart attack in 2017. The serendipitous moment went down when Kimpel ran to the store for aspirin because she had a headache, and there weren’t any painkillers in their house. “The next morning, when I started having the symptoms and I clearly knew what was going on, she put one of those aspirins inside of my tongue and that saved my life,” Banderas explained to Jimmy Kimmel in 2019. “So I had a second chance, and some stuff changed in my life, since then.” Banderas had three stents put in his arteries as a part of his recovery plan.
When the German-born Kimpel isn’t saving the day, she runs a fashion brand alongside her sister, Barbara Kimpel. And if you think the business aficionado is aiming to steal her famous partner’s thunder, think again. “I don’t need to be in the spotlight,” she told Magzter. “Fame is part of my life because my partner is famous. But I think I’ve learned to deal with it naturally, without it affecting me.”
We can’t say for certain, but it sounds like Kimpel and Banderas are in it for the long haul.
Written by: Nicki