“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi revealed that she was molested when she was a young girl living in Queens, New York at age 7 Lakshmi suffers from endometriosis and was pretty much told by her doctor she would never conceive “the old fashioned way.” Soon after she found out she was pregnant she realized she was unsure of the child's paternity. She was dating both the late IMG CEO and billionaire Teddy Forstmann and Adam Dell, brother of Dell Computer founder Michael.