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Padma Lakshmi talks about the time when her 'lover was dying of cancer': I just couldn't handle it all

Indian American model, TV host, author and activist Padma Lakshmi has recently shared the true story of the struggle behind an old stunning photo shoot that had turned heads when it was launched. The 50-year-old star posted the throwback photograph of a jewellery campaign shoot on Instagram, and quoted Oprah Winfrey in the caption. 'You can have it all, just not all at once-- @oprah'. In the photo, she is seen wearing a blazer with a plunging neckline and a few pieces of jewellery. She further mentioned, 'This is me in our jewelry campaign for The Padma Collection. I'm exhausted here, not only from doing Top Chef, losing the weight and running a jewelry company on the side but from all of the stresses that come with being a sole business owner. A year from when this picture was taken I had to make the difficult decision as a new mom to close my company, my lover was dying of cancer, and I just couldn't handle it all.' I learned so much about my priorities during that time'. Padma welcomed her daughter Krishna, whom she shares with her former-partner Adam Dell, in February 2010. In a past interview with an international portal, Padma had talked about his late beau Teddy Forstmann, who died of brain cancer in 2011. She said, 'He was my lover and his name was Teddy and we were never married nor did we live together, but he was sick for a lot longer than we knew. I remember the phone call and I remember asking, 'What time did he actually die?' Because the night before, I had like an alarm bell go off in my head and I called over to his house to say, 'I can come over right away.' He did not take himself too seriously, which is refreshing in someone who is that accomplished. He was really humble. He had self confidence. He had swagger. He was a man with a huge ego but he wore his uniqueness lightly.'

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