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  • Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Daughter’s Father, Divorce From Salman Rushdie

    Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has revealed that there was a time when she didn’t know the identity of her daughter’s father.

    In an interview with the Today show, Lakshmi, 45, opened up about her new memoir, Love, Loss and What We Ate, which details secrets about her 2007 divorce from Salman Rushdie and the paternity of her little girl, 6-year-old Krishna.

    Lakshmi spoke frankly with Lauer about her decision to date two guys after the end of her marriage to Rushdie.

    “It probably wasn’t the best choice, but it was the choice that I made at the time,” she told Lauer. “I didn’t want to be in a serious relationship. I was still really hurting from my divorce. I probably shouldn’t have been with anybody and just taken the time I needed for myself. But I was presented with two very different, very interesting men. Men do it all the time. I chose to do it, and I was open with the men involved. I’m going to own my history.”

    In her memoir, Lakshmi details late billionaire Teddy Forstmann’s reaction to discovering that he was not the father of little Krishna, who was instead fathered by Adam Dell, the brother of Dell Computer founder Michael Dell.

    People magazine reports that when Lakshmi told Forstmann the truth, his reaction was volatile.

    “I saw his face go white, then beet red,” she wrote in the memoir. “It was as if the room could not contain him, or as if his body could not contain his fury at the information he had just received.”

    Despite the shocking news, Forstmann decided to remain by Lakshmi’s side and even left part of his fortune in his will for baby Krishna when he passed away in November 2011.

    When she wrote the memoir, Lakshmi decided to dedicate it to Forstman.

    “He wasn’t going to leave my side,” Lakshmi writes in the memoir. “Maybe he didn’t know if he could stay in a romantic relationship with me or not. I think neither of us knew what was going to happen, but he was resolute in making sure I wasn’t alone. He held my hand and he held it very publicly.”

  • Richard Gere, Padma Lakshmi Call It Quits

    Richard Gere, Padma Lakshmi Call It Quits

    Richard Gere and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi have reportedly called it quits after dating for about six months. They two started dating following Gere’s split from wife Carey Lowell.

    “It started very recently and quietly. It’s very new,” a source told Us Weekly back in April. “I wouldn’t even go as far as calling them a couple. They are dating. It’s the first time Padma has dated anyone since Teddy [Forstmann, who died in 2011], and it’s something she’s been approaching very, very delicately.”

    “They’re just getting to know each other. They’re just having fun,” the source added.

    Apparently that fun is over.

    Richard Gere and Carey Lowell are parents to teenage son Homer. Lakshmi has a daughter, four-year-old Kristina. Richard Gere was once married to supermodel Cindy Crawford.

    The Pretty Woman actor recently touted his latest film, Time Out of Mind, in which he plays a homeless man.

    “What probably really helped was I was right in the middle of a divorce [from Carey Lowell], so the emotions were right on the surface,” he joked during his speech at he Film Society of Lincoln Center last week. No mention was made of his split from Padma Lakshmi.

    Lakshmi also shied away from mentioning her split from Richard Gere. She didn’t say anything while a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday and she failed to mention it while she was on The Today Show on Tuesday. E! reports she did mention recently–while on TV–that she is single.

    It will be interesting to learn if anything is divulged about the reasons behind Richard Gere and Padma Lakshmi’s split. Certainly after just six months–and the very low profile the two kept–people didn’t expect a ‘happily ever after.’ Inquiring minds always like to learn the details, however.

  • Richard Gere and Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi Call It Quits

    Richard Gere and his girlfriend of six months, Bravo’s Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, have ended their romance.

    The New York Post‘s Page Six first reported the breakup, with a source explaining that Gere and Lakshmi “decided they would be better as friends.”

    The couple have been very private about their relationship and they were rarely photographed.

    In a recent television appearance, Lakshmi announced that she was single. She also didn’t mention the split during Friday’s appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show nor on NBC’s Today Tuesday.

    Last week, while speaking at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Gere said he’s very proud of his new movie, Time Out of Mind, in which he plays a homeless man.

    “What probably really helped was I was right in the middle of a divorce [from Carey Lowell], so the emotions were right on the surface,” the 64-year-oldstar quipped.

    Lakshmi, 44, was married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007. She later dated billionaire Teddy Forstmann until he died of brain cancer in 2011. Lakshmi also has a three-year-old daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell, with venture capitalist ex-boyfriend Adam Dell, the brother of computer maker Michael Dell.

    Gere is set to begin work on a new film, Oppenheimer, by award-winning Israeli director Joseph Cedar. Meanwhile, Lakshmi has been traveling quite a bit after filming in Boston wrapped for a new season of Top Chef.

    Gere and Lowell have a son together, 14-year-old Homer.

    Time Out of Mind is in limited release and Top Chef airs 10 p.m. ET each Wednesday on Bravo.

  • Richard Gere ‘Quietly’ Dating Top Chef’s Lakshmi?

    Richard Gere ‘Quietly’ Dating Top Chef’s Lakshmi?

    Looks like Richard Gere is already dating despite the fact his divorce from Carey Lowell isn’t yet finalized.

    Page Six reports the 64-year-old actor is indeed dating Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi.

    “It started very recently and quietly,” a source told Us Magazine. “It’s very new. I wouldn’t even go as far as calling them a couple. They are dating. It’s the first time Padma has dated anyone since Teddy [Forstmann], and it’s something she’s been approaching very, very delicately. They just getting to know each other. They’re just having fun.”

    Lowell and Gere, 64, have been married for 11 years and are parents to their 14-year-old son Homer.

    Lakshmi, 43, has a daughter with Adam Dell, the brother of computer genius Michael Dell. She currently lives in New York City with 3-year-old Krishna. She was the wife of Salman Rushdie for three years before divorcing in 2007 and also dated billionaire Teddy Forstmann before he died in 2011.

    Gere was previously married to Cindy Crawford for four years before the couple divorced in 1995.

    Gere and Lowell, 53, who were married in 2002, parted ways in September 2013.

    Gere is currently filming the movie Time Out of Mind, portraying a homeless man trying to reconnect with his daughter Maggie (Jena Malone).

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  • Richard Gere Reportedly Dating Padma Lakshmi

    Richard Gere Reportedly Dating Padma Lakshmi

    Richard Gere has recently begun dating Padma Lakshmi, according to Page Six.

    “They have been quietly spending some time together. It is all very new and recent, and happened while he has been filming in New York,” a source told the publication.

    “It’s the first time Padma has dated anyone since Teddy [Forstmann], and it’s something she’s been approaching very, very delicately. They’re just getting to know each other. They’re just having fun,” a source told Us Weekly.

    Gere, 64, is in the process of divorcing Carey Lowell, a former actress and model whom he married in 2002. They were together for seven years prior to marrying. The two have a 14-year-old son, Homer.

    News of the separation broke in September 2013 and according to sources, Gere and Lowell had “been spending time apart for quite some time.”

    “They have a place in Bedford [NY], and he likes it because it’s quiet and he likes the solitude,” said the source. “She likes being in North Haven in the limelight. They live next door to Jimmy Buffett and his family, and they’re good friends.”

    Gere was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995. Lowell was married twice prior to her marriage to Gere and has a 24-year-old daughter from her second marriage.

    Lakshmi, 43, is known for her role as host of the Emmy Award-winning reality show Top Chef. Besides hosting the show since 2006, Lakshmi has written several cookbooks in addition to stints as a model and actress.

    In 2004 she famously married the well-known and often controversial novelist Salman Rushdie. Like Lakshmi, Rushie was born in India. The two divorced three years later.

    Lakshmi has a three-year-old daughter, Krishna, with ex Adam Dell, brother of computer icon Michael Dell.

    Lakshmi dated billionaire Teddy Forstmann for several years until his death in November 2011 and the two were together when her daughter was born.

    Gere is currently filming Time Out of Mind in New York City. He plays a homeless man who attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Jena Malone.)

    Gere has said he’s been fascinated with the project for years:

    “It is a profoundly human story that we are determined to make into a powerful film that speaks to everyone.”

    Prior to filming Time Out of Mind, Gere was busy with Franny, Henry & Me, and the sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

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  • Giada De Laurentiis Accidentally Slices Finger During Live Thanksgiving Special

    On Saturday during Food Network’s live Thanksgiving special, Giada De Laurentiis had an unfortunate mishap while on set with Ina Garten, Alton Brown and Bobby Flay.

    The Italian-born American Chef happened to cut her finger after her knife slipped while cutting a slice of turkey. By the look on De Laurentiis’ face, the injury was pretty bad.

    “She seemed to go pale and got very quiet putting pressure on it and whispering to Ina that it was bad…She looked like she was about to faint,” an eyewitness reported to RadarOnline.com.

    During commercial break, De Laurentiis went to seek medical attention, in which Brown shared with the viewers after the show had resumed.

    Soon after, she returned on set with a bandaged finger.

    On Twitter, De Laurentiis posted an Instagram photo link revealing just how awful the cut was. However, to make light of the situation, she even added in a cheerful remark.

    De Laurentiis has been on the Food Network since 2002. Her Emmy Award winning daytime show, “Everyday Italian,” features some of her best Italian dishes and recipes.

    A a celebrity chef, De Laurentiis is also known for other media involvements, partnerships and humanitarian efforts.

    Other accomplishments include:

    • Cooking products and tools available at Target.
    • A number of cookbooks like “Giada’s Family Dinners,” a #1 New York Times best-seller.
    • Past appearances on the “Today Show.”
    • Helping international relief organization, Oxfam America, as an enlisted celebrity Ambassador.

    In her most recent TV series, “Giada at Home,” she provides tips on how to prepare meals and successful parties for family and friends.

    As far as we know, this is her first and hopefully her last accident caught on live TV.

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