Just before revealing her plans to leave TopChef, PadmaLakshmi and SaritaChoudhury got candid about motherhood, representation, activism, and food.
had come earlier. I had certainly been trying to get it bought earlier. I mean six networks turned us down.LAKSHMI: I think it also came about because of my own epiphany and call to action in the 2016 election when there was all this terrible vitriol about immigrants in this country during the campaign by Trump. The Muslim ban, “all Mexicans are rapists,” all that stuff. As an immigrant, it really pissed me off. I got involved with the ACLU. Tom Hanks recruited me along with Tina Fey.
I firmly believe that everybody has a fascinating story. You just have to be willing to look for it and listen. That’s my job as a writer. I approachI’m doing much more off camera in preparation and in post-production than the days we’re actually filming the show.is the Padma I recognize so strongly. You’re totally listening and you don’t know what’s coming next.LAKSHMI: We were struggling with the title. For a long time, it was called “Padma’s Untitled Show.
That cultural mashup is the key to why, in my opinion, American culture and pop culture are one of our greatest exports. And it’s one of the things that contribute to us being a superpower; it’s not just the military, it’s not just the powerhouse. The economic powerhouse is also powered by generations of immigrants who have toiled for a better life for themselves and have brought the American experiment forward.
LAKSHMI: Yeah. It’s not easy to shoot. They’ll always throw you in the bright sun because they think they need more light…LAKSHMI: I didn’t have to squint, which was the experience I had in my twenties and thirties as a model. This amazing lucky confluence ofcoming out. I had been home for a month after being on the road with both shows, literally from February to October. I had been working out like a beast.
CHOUDHURY: I think we’re lucky we have daughters, because they get it profoundly. But they also need us. And we need them to need us because we couldn’t just do this. It would not be enough for us, in a weird way.
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