Top Chef beauty Padma Lakshmi has admitted: “I like me better naked.”
The former model - who was previously married to author Salman Rushdie - said she prefers not to wear clothes.
She said: “I don’t mean that in a vain way.
“When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on.
“Clothes are adjectives - they [...]

Top Chef presenter Padma Lakshmi accidentally revealed the sex of her unborn baby when she appeared on a US chat show.
The TV star, who was previously married to novelist Salman Rushdie, referred to the baby as “she”– and then seemed to quickly correct her mistake.
“She was kicking,” she said when asked about her baby bump [...]

Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife Padma Lakshmi has revealed her top weight loss tips and they include ditching faddy diets, eating fried chicken and saying yes to carbs.
The 5ft 10ins model – who recently announced she is pregnant with her first child – confesses that she puts on between 10 and 15lbs while filming Top Chef. [...]

Author Salman Rushdie has called his ex-lover, actress Pia Glenn, “unstable” and “an accomplished liar”.
Rushdie lashed out after Glenn claimed the reason they broke up was because Rushdie is still obsessed with his ex-wife Padma Lakshmi.
But a furious Rushdie has retaliated, saying: “The reason I broke up with Pia Glenn is that I came to [...]

Salman Rushdie’s ex-girlfriend has revealed that they split up because he was still obsessed with former wife Padma Lakshmi.
Actress Pia Glenn said the 62-year-old novelist told her that he loved her and was happily planning a future together, after she moved into his New York home.
“I told him I wanted children, and he was happy [...]

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has revealed she is expecting her first child after suffering from endometriosis.
Lakshmi, 39, has not revealed the father of the baby but reports have said it could be Manu Nathan. However, her rep denies the claim.
Her rep said to Usmagazine.com: “Model, author and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is [...]

Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife’s career is really cooking now.
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has signed up for a culinary-based U.S. sitcom.
The show, which, for the moment, is called Single Serving, will feature the Indian-born model playing a single woman in the food world.
No writers have yet been attached to the fledgling show, which will run on [...]