Padma Lakshmi Reveals She’s In Her 'Sexual Peak' & The Photos From Her Latest Campaign Prove It
Former Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi may be 53 years old, but she’s embracing her sex appeal now more than ever.
Talking to Us Weekly at the launch of her new lingerie, loungewear and bathing suit campaign with Bare Necessities, Lakshmi opened up about her newfound sexiness. “Look, I’m at my sexual peak,” she said.
“Let’s just say what it is. I am,” she continued, totally feeling herself. “And I feel great about that. I don’t care what anybody thinks. I don’t care what my mother thinks unless she’s very supportive.”
Lakshmi then explained why she’s changed her perspective, and why she used to hide herself at first. “I come from a very conservative South Indian family. I was terrified that my grandfather was going to see those Helmut Newton pictures,” she said, referring to the skin-baring photoshoots she’s done with the photographer in the past. “But I am free of all that. I just didn’t meet their expectations at all.”
Padma Lakshmi. (Bare Necessities)
Talking to People, Lakshmi echoed those feelings, saying she’s more confident now than at the beginning of her career. “I feel more confident today than I did when I actually looked perkier, tighter, smaller, in my twenties,” Lakshmi told the outlet. “So, I wouldn’t change that for the world.”
”I wouldn’t change having that body and that resumé of that 23-year-old, with having the resumé I do at 53 with the body of a 53-year-old,” she reflected. “I would much rather stay right where I am.”
“I think that’s really important to tell girls and young women,” she added. “But that’s really what gave me confidence.”
Padma Lakshmi. (Bare Necessities)
A big part of her feeling herself could also stem from the collection, which is targeted at women like her who want to feel sexy without giving up support.
“I want them to feel happy and confident and comfortable,” Lakshmi told Us Weekly. “No matter how beautiful you look, if you’re not comfortable, you won’t look beautiful.”
“I want people to reach for these things, wear it, feel good, and then go on and do the things that are really important in life, like falling in love, doing the projects they want to, being with their kids, dancing till midnight.”
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