Padma Lakshmi

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Nefertiti

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#101

Padma Lakshmi Speaks Out on Custody War Over Daughter, Nearly 1

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi's adorable daughter Krishna celebrates her first birthday next month -- but her parents are suddenly at war in a surprise custody battle.

Krishna's father, venture capitalist Adam Dell, filed a new lawsuit against his famous ex, filing for full custody. (New York Post's Page Six first revealed the filing.) According to an earlier agreement, Dell, 41, has visitation rights to see his daughter 9 days per month. Insiders told TMZ that Lakshmi felt "bullied" by her ex, who is apparently furious over the name Lakshmi chose for their child and the end of their relationship. (Once married to Pulitzer-winning author Salman Rushdie, Lakshmi is currently dating mogul Teddy Forstmann.)

"Adam Dell, above all else, wants to have an active and substantial role in the upbringing of his daughter with Padma Lakshmi," his attorney told the Post. "Mr. Dell has tried his best to avoid going to court." "Padma wants her daughter to be able to have a relationship with her father," an insider close to the Bravo star counters to UsMagazine.com.

A rep for Lakshmi tells Us in a statement: "Ms. Lakshmi believes that family matters should be kept private. She asks that those who join her in wanting the best for her daughter do the same."

Notes the rep of Dell's highly-publicized new court filing: "24 hours after the New York Post was told about Adam Dell's lawsuit, neither Padma Lakshmi nor her lawyers has received a copy of it; they only learned of it through a statement Mr. Dell provided to the press."

thunderboldcelebs

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#102

thunderboldcelebs

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#103

LIVE AND LET LIVE

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#104

Redbook Jan 2011

pinankd

Posts: 62

#105

Padma Lakshmi

Date of Birth

1 September 1970, Madras, India

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Salman Rushdie (17 April 2004 - 2007) (divorced)

Trivia

Speaks five languages.

Has a seven inch scar on her inside arm as a result of a major auto crash that she was in as a child.

Hosted "Padma's Passport" on the Food Network based on her popular cookbook, "Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-fat Recipes From Around The World".

Officially announced engagement to author Salman Rushdie on February 14, 2004, the 15th anniversary of the infamous fatwa issued against Rushdie by Islamic radicals for writing the novel "The Satanic Verses".

Was discovered by a photographer while spending part of her senior year studying in Spain and he convinced her to begin modeling.

Attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Wore a Luca Luca purple sari in her April 2004 wedding to Salman Rushdie.

Listed in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful issue. (May 7, 2007).

Ranked #87 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Is the first Indian woman to be a guest on and co-host on the TV show "The View" (1997) in 2007.

Appeared with Rocco DiSpirito on an episode of "Top Chef" (2006). They both have lived in the same apartment building in Manhattan, located at 415 E. 37th Street.

On February 20th 2010, she gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi.

Has battled endometriosis for many years.

At first tried to conceal the identity of the father of her daughter Krishna, but it was later revealed that Adam Dell, with whom Lakshmi had a short relationship, was the father of the baby.

pinankd

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#106

What you gonna do wid all that Breast? All that Breast? inside your chest????