• Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi expecting her first child

    Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has revealed she is expecting her first child after suffering from endometriosis.

    Lakshmi, 39, has not revealed the father of the baby but reports have said it could be Manu Nathan. However, her rep denies the claim.

    Her rep said to Usmagazine.com: “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.

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

    Lakshmi split from her novelist husband Salman Rushdie in 2007 after three years of marriage.