Photo: Padma Lakshmi/Instagram
Padma Lakshmi’s little girl has a lot to celebrate this year!
TheTop Chefhost, 51, paid tribute to daughter Krishna Thea onInstagramMonday, celebrating all the big changes that have come into her life since turning 13 earlier this year.
The photos feature Lakshmi with Krishna, whom the 12-time Emmy nominee shares with exAdam Dell, as well as some solo shots of the teen having fun.
In December, Lakshmi opened up on PEOPLE’s podcastMe Becoming Momabout the spark in media attention she recieved when she was pregnant with her daughter.
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“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 recalled.
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Lakshmi began dating Dell in 2009, two years after she divorced novelist Salman Rushdie. The pair ultimately split in late 2020.
In April, Lakshmi shared a video onInstagramof her and Krishna flying through the air on a rope swing and dropping into the water below at a beach in Hawaii. She later included a clip of them walking along the waterholding hands.
“We found this wonderful secluded beach on our way north to Hanalei,” she captioned the video. “Littlehands and I had so much fun playing with the rope swing and watching the ‘iwa birds (or frigatebirds) gliding and diving in the air.”
source: people.com
