Padma Lakshmi proudly proclaims she has entered her 'sexual peak' at 53 while posing in her new lingerie line By Deirdre Durkan-simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 16:56 EDT, 30 May 2024 | Updated: 17:10 EDT, 30 May 2024 e-mail 12 shares 5 View comments Padma Lakshmi says she has entered her 'sexual peak' at age 53 following her traditional upbringing in a 'very conservative South Indian family.' After freeing herself from expectations, the former Top Chef host said she feels 'great' about embracing her age and sexuality.
'Look, I’m at my sexual peak,' she told Us Weekly on Wednesday while promoting her Bare Necessities collaboration. 'Let’s just say what it is. I am.
And I feel great about that. I don’t care what anybody thinks.' She continued: 'I don’t care what my mother thinks, unless she’s very supportive.
' The mother-of-one explained that she previously 'really lived in fear' of others' judgement and was 'terrified' that her 'grandfather was going to see those Helmut Newton pictures.' Padma Lakshmi revealed she feels that she has entered her 'sexual peak' at age 53 following her traditional upbringing in a 'very conservative South Indian family' 'But I am free of all that. I just didn’t meet their expectations at all,' she explained.
While she says she weighs about 35 pounds more than she did at age 23, Lakshmi said she feels 'so much sexier.' 'I love it. I wouldn’t go back to that body,' the model insisted.
'I love saying I’m 53...
and people are like,.