While Padma Lakshmi is most known for her activism and culinary prowess, the television host and author is also known for her high-profile romances.

Lakshmi was briefly married to author Salman Rushdie, a relationship that both parties discussed in their respective memoirs. In 2009, she was locked in a tough custody battle with ex Adam Dell, the father of her daughter, Krishna, while also dating Theodore Frostmann.

After being romantically linked with Terrance Hayes in 2021, Lakshmi went on to spark dating rumors with Top Chef season 17 winner Melissa King, after the pair wore corresponding Addams Family-themed Halloween Costumes in October 2025. (King went as Gomez Addams, while Lakshmi dressed as his wife, Morticia Addams.)

“Melissa is somebody whose cooking I always loved,” Lakshmi t

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