Padma Lakshmi That Was Kind Of Like Rubbing Salt In The Wound
Her parents separated when she was one and divorced a year later. in an interview in The Guardian, Lakshmi said, “My father had quit his job as an executive at Pfizer to manage her career. That was kind of like rubbing salt in the wound. I didn’t understand why he wanted that relationship with her, and not with me.” in 1984, when she was 14 years old, Padma was in a car accident in Malibu, causing an injury to her right arm that required surgery, which left a 7-inch scar between her elbow and shoulder. Lakshmi went to Workman High School in the City of Industry, California.

