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Pregnant Padma Lakshmi Strips Down for the Cover of Page Six Magazine

The Top Chef host, who is pregnant with her first child, poses in nothing but jewelry and a blanket as she graces the cover of Page Six magazine.

Although Padma Lakshmi was willing to reveal her body, she still would not reveal who the father of her baby is. Padma married Salman Rushdie in 2004 and the couple divorced in 2007. Speculation continues to mount on who exactly the father is and if it is indeed Salman.

The baby is due to arrive in early spring. The television host and former model announced the pregnancy in October

On baby weight Padma says in the magazine, “One of the reasons I think I’ve gained weight pretty quickly during my pregnancy is that I’m not exercising as much as I do normally… I can’t. I’m feeling tired, and I have this business to run.”

She added, “You can eat and work out, or you can be the person who only eats a cucumber every day. I’d get really irritable if all I ate was a cucumber, so I have to work hard.”

Padma says that after her divorce she is still reassembling the pieces of her life. her main concentration is now on her baby and new business ventures. She will be releasing a jewelry line at  Bergdorf Goodman and the American 24-hour shopping channel, Home Shopping Network.

She added that she is surprised that she gets recognized everywhere she goes.

“I went to a bar mitzvah on the Upper East Side last year, and not to toot my own horn, but I might as well have been Michael Jackson to these 13-year-old boys and girls. There were something like 30 children around me, and they were all practically hyperventilating. I had this swarm of little kids going, “Oh, my god! Oh, my god!”

This is the first child for Padma who suffers from the medical condition called endometriosis, which can cause infertility. She calls this her miracle baby as she never thought she would be able to have a child with the condition.

         

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Top Chef Host Padma Lakshmi Expecting First Child

It has been confirmed that the host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi is pregnant with her first child.

The rep for Padma Lakshmi sent a statement to Us Weekly that said, “Model, author, and Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi confirms that she is carrying her first child after years of struggling with endometriosis, a cause for which she has co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America.”

It went on to say, “As a result of her condition, this pregnancy has been referred to by her physician as nothing short of a medical miracle, and due to its delicate nature, we ask/implore the press to respect Ms. Lakshmi’s privacy at this time.”

Padma has talked openly about endometriosis and not even knowing that she had the condition. She told People, “I’m somebody who never knew I had this condition and always thought that everything was okay. I found out in a very hard, difficult way – and I had to be operated on. Now, I’m fine but it was a very trying ordeal.”

After seeing pictures of Padma on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards recently, there were a few rumors circulating that she was indeed pregnant.

There has been no identification on who the father of the baby is at this time. Padma recently split from her husband novelist Salman Rushdie in 2007 after 3 years of marriage.