Lakshmi and daughter Krishna had recently vacationed in India.
By Raif Karerat
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ABC News has announced that “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi — who turned 45 today, September 1 — will serve as a chief contributor on its daytime talk show “The View,” which will be looking to reignite its fortunes after a turbulent 18th season.
The day before, Lakshmi was spotted casually strolling around New York City with her daughter, Krishna. Krishna’s father is Adam Dell, the venture capitalist brother of Dell computer firm founder Michael Dell.
After a DNA test confirmed Krishna’s parentage Adam embarked on a court battle with Lakshmi to have access to their daughter. Lakshmi and Dell now have an apparently cordial relationship and have been spotted together in public with the child.
Krishna recently took a trip to India, the country of her mother’s birth, where she and Lakshmi toured the coastal cities of southern India.
In addition to playing with elephants and snapping scintillating photos of native dishes, the two took a dip in the pool.
Standing alongside her daughter in nearly matching bathing suits, the on-air television personality, producer, and author captioned one photo, “Maawm, it’s so hot and bright!!!! Um, yup we’re in India. #LastDip #LittleHands.”
In another, Lakshmi, who was earlier married to Salman Rushdie, took a selfie of her and her daughter in a train car with the caption, “Taking a mommy & daughter trip to the other Southern Coast!! #India #nofilter #neverhadafilter.”
She had also hash tagged one photo of her in a swim suit as “IdliBoobs” – to point out the fact that she had gained a few pounds, but it didn’t bother her too much. She has more than 600,000 followers on social media, and keeps her fans riveted to news of herself and her well maintained body with the help of boxing at a gym in New York City thrice a week.
The Clark University grad just garnered her fourth Emmy nomination for outstanding reality program as executive producer of Top Chef.
The 13th season of Top Chef, set in California, premieres this fall on Bravo.