After welcoming her daughter last year, Padma Lakshmi was faced with raising Krishna Thea on her own; Twenty months later, however, parenting has evolved into a group effort. “In truth, I am a single mother. But I don’t feel alone at all in parenting my daughter,” the “Top Chef” host, whose support system includes extended family and friends said.
“Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends.” Admitting it certainly “takes a village” to raise a child, Lakshmi, 41, is thrilled her daughter is growing up in a diverse environment. “The more who encompass her, the more different kinds of people who are in Krishna’s life, the better off she is,” she says.
Despite Lakshmi’s success in the spotlight, she maintains a tight circle of trust around her daughter and shields Krishna from the public eye.
