Padma Lakshmi Says She Doesn't Want Her Teen Daughter to Pursue Modeling

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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.

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