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Padma Lakshmiis opening up about the spark in media attention when she was pregnant with her daughter.
“I was sort of between relationships without going into the specifics. It definitely complicated the situation, and as we know, our society is a patriarchal society, so I knew that it was not the ideal way, obviously, to be in the situation I was in,” the cookbook author tells host Zoë Ruderman, Head of Digital at PEOPLE.
“I was just happy. That stuff was certainly there. It was in the background, it was always like a white noise presence,” theTaste the Nation: Holiday Edition, which is streaming on Hulu now, star says. “It certainly was icky when the press started snooping around in various countries — not just America, but in India, England, Australia. At that time, it was splashed all over the newspapers and it was mortifying.”
“But on the other hand, it was inconsequential because the main event was that I was going to be a mom,” she adds.
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Lakshmi began dating Dell in 2009, two years after she divorced novelist Salman Rushdie.
Last year, shecelebrated her 50th birthdayfrom quarantine with Dell and Krishna while reflecting on the “mix of misery and elation” from the past year.
“But personally, at home things were peaceful,” Lakshmiwrote. “We made a cocoon for our family. We lived for the first time all under one roof. We became closer.”
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Lakshmi currently hosts the holiday edition of her hit showTaste of the Nation, is available in Hulu.
Like previous episodes ofTaste the Nation, each episode of the new special will highlight unique traditions through the lens of a different immigrant culture and city, like Korean New Year in Los Angeles and Cuban Christmas in Miami.
Lakshmi, who executive produces the series, started the show touncover the roots and relationship between America’s food, humanity and history — highlighting stories that challenge notions of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American along the way.
TheTop Chefstar considers this series her passion project. “This is what American food looks like. This is the original. This is the real America,” she’s previously said.
Taste the Nation: Holiday Editionis available on Hulu now.
source: people.com
