Padma Lakshmi Says She Doesn't Want Her Teen Daughter to Pursue Modeling
Padma Lakshmi is steering her daughter Krishna away from the runway -- in fact ... it sounds like she's outright discouraging her from following in her footsteps as a model.
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00:00Are you looking for your daughter to follow in your footsteps?
00:04You show a lot of her...
00:05As a model?
00:06No.
00:07Hell no.
00:08She doesn't need the money, first of all.
00:09And no, I would like her to do something that engages her intellect and her creativity and
00:15talent.
00:16Not that there's not creativity in modeling, but it's not a good life for a young woman.
00:23That's interesting.
00:24And I don't think she needs that.
00:25I needed the money.
00:26I paid off my college loans that way.
00:28She has many more resources than I had when I was growing up and I actually had dissuaded
00:35her from modeling.
00:38There have been people that have come up to her and I've just said no.
00:40Oh, that's very interesting.
00:41Good for you as a mom.
00:42Yeah, I mean, I think she wants to wind up on the cover of a magazine.
00:46She should do it through her work, not just her appearance.
00:52So you're not one of those sort of celebrity parents who don't sort of like help their
00:55kid out financially and that sort of...
00:56A lot of them say, make your own path.
00:58Yeah, no, she's got to make her own path still, but she's only 14.
01:03I mean, she's not even in high school yet, so give her a shot, you know.
01:07I'm not going to throw her out in the street and go, OK, here you go.
01:11You know, as long as she's studying, I think we'll help her.
01:16But if she's not studying, then she needs to make her own way.
01:19Yes.
01:20Last thing, does she want to be a cook?
01:22She's a good cook, but no, she wants to be a musician.
01:25She's a very talented songwriter and she also wants to act and she will be going to
01:31a performing arts school that she got into all on her own merit.
01:34That's fantastic.
01:35Well, thank you so much, Padma.
01:36Thank you, TMZ.
01:37I appreciate your time.
01:38Cheers.
01:39Bye.
01:40See you later.