On the Top Chef Emmy nomination: "[It] was a big f***ing deal."
On life after her divorce from husband Salman Rushdie: "I'm really f***ing sad."
On writing her new cookbook: "Finishing the f***ing book was like being in labor for two years!"
On hosting dinner party: "I pulled this out of my ass."
Talking to Harvey Weinstein about her charity event: "I'm an ambassador now for Keep a Child Alive and we're doing a campaign and an event and you should buy a f***ing table." Weinstein's smiling response: "I will buy a f***ing table."
Responding to Russell Simmons who asked if she had a boyfriend:
"No, I don't," Padma said, laughing, "and if I did, I couldn't tell you. My husband would call f***ing Reuters."
On tabloid coverage of her romance with Salman Rushdie and her bra size: "[A gossip column] ran an item saying we were together and they ran my bra size," said Padma, laughing. "Except they got it wrong-they said it was 36C. I said, 34C, motherf***er!"
On her current living situation: "Now I'm staying in a hotel with all my shit in storage."
Yikes. Why do we have the feeling that the editors had to work overtime on Top Chef to delete all of her colorful comments? Actually, we'd love to see her uncensored comments on Top Chef when Anthony Bourdain was a judge. No doubt they terrified the contestants.
Padma Lakshmi did a no-holds-barred 
