
Top Chef Host Shares Pictures Showing What A Working Mom Has To Do Everyday
By Aimee LutkinNov. 18 2019, Updated 2:23 p.m. ET
Padma Lakshmi is the gorgeous, entertaining, and accomplished host of Top Chef, and she's also a mom. Her daughter, Krishna, who she sweetly calls Little Hands, might be her mini-me today but at one point she was just a newborn and Padma had to juggle being a single mom and her Bravo gig, which means she has a pretty full day, and probably a busy night, too.
Luckily, she has some help today. "I don't juggle it all—I'm very privileged," she told Bravo TV. "I have a lot of hands helping me. My hours are so crazy. If I have to be on the Today Show at 7:15, for example, who is going to take my daughter to school? My nanny is awesome. She was in the Indian army for five years. She was a female paratrooper. And she's a great cook."
Padma recently shared a throwback photo of exactly how busy some of her daily moments were — without nannies or assistants — like the time she had to balance breasfeeding her kid while applying her own makeup:
Multi-tasking: level 💯on set at @BravoTopChef #tbt pic.twitter.com/i41u2rz3ZJ
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 10, 2018
People are impressed:
#Respect https://t.co/MwQCVkVLly
— Anushay Hossain (@AnushayHossain) May 10, 2018
And inspired:
You’re amazing! #momgoals
— jillian stokes (@jmstokes) May 10, 2018
They can even relate:
Love this! It never ends for working moms! Thank you for sharing!
— AmyFalbaumAssociates (@AmyFalbaum) May 10, 2018
#MomGoals You are #AMAZING! 😍 pic.twitter.com/xGBb9rRUUT
— CollegeSavingsTrust (@CollegeSavingsU) May 10, 2018
Shero 💪🏼✊🏼❤
— Dr. Drama (@TheDrDrama) May 10, 2018
Wow! That’s mom power!
— G B (@RabRakha14) May 10, 2018
Though a few are wondering if Lakshmi is applying makeup for the next season of Top Chef, because that's their priority:
First off Boss Status big time! Second: So you are already filming for next season?
— Ricky cunningham (@foodman33) May 10, 2018
I was more excited thinking you were filming again 😩😩😩😩
— Marie (@Team_Beckett) May 10, 2018
We also have a fair helping of haters:
I am worried about that baby' eyes
— Rinku Hasan (@rinkuhasan) May 11, 2018
I’m sure your can afford an assistant... to breastfeed your baby.
— Vaughn Fry (@VaughnFry) May 11, 2018
Am sure you have someone to put on the makeup while u hold the baby right??!! I think thats what should matter! Or before or after u feed the baby??!!! If its just a pic to convey a message then its ok, i mean!
— M.D. (@ManjuDesh9) May 11, 2018
Look, they're not wrong. Lakshmi probably does have someone else who can apply her makeup, but she's a TV host, not a queen. Moms gotta do for themselves sometimes, even famous ones.
And she also needs to make time for things like eating pizza:
Cheers to the freakin’ weekend 🍷🍕 #TGIF #tubpizza pic.twitter.com/vE87xjdLp6
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 4, 2018
Dancing in the car:
Car dancing is one of my specialties 💁🏽♀️ @MissyElliott #getyourfreakon #limitedmobility pic.twitter.com/hvKzG2THgC
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 9, 2018
Working out:
😅🥊 @NICKIMINAJ #mondaymotivation #chunli pic.twitter.com/Ud6VcLjzYi
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 7, 2018
And drinking margaritas:
When the marg is 🌶 #cincodemayo pic.twitter.com/nEFTZI7bed
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 5, 2018
Mom stuff.
And if you don't like it, you're jealous.
Lakshmi is in this working mom gig to win it.