Padma Lakshmi is set to be a mom — she’s pregnant with her first child!
Top Chef host Lakshmi, 39, has struggled for years with endometriosis, a condition that occurs when tissues that line the uterus grow outside the uterus, resulting in painful menstrual cycles and uterine scarring that could lead to infertility. The baby’s father has not been identified and no other details were available.
“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,” Padma’s rep said in a statement to Us Weekly magazine Thursday.
“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,” the rep continues.
Over the years, Lakshmi has spoken out about endometriosis and, earlier this year, she co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America to bring awareness to women who suffer from the same reproductive health issue.
“I’m somebody who never knew I had this condition and always thought that everything was okay,” she said in April. “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.”
Lakshmi — who won the Best First Book award for her first cookbook, Easy Exotic, at the 1999 World Cookbook Awards in Versailles, France — split from novelist Salman Rushdie in 2007 after three years of marriage.
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