The bitter battle between Padma and her ex is finally over — and now their 2-year-old will take Adam’s last name!
After claiming Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, 41, refused to put his name on the birth certificate, venture capitalist (and the brother of Dell founder Michael Dell) Adam Dell, 42, will now be recognized as Krishna‘s dad. Also fighting for full custody, he’s received extra custody and visitation rights, according to The Daily Mail.
Padma allegedly told Adam she had hoped her ex billionaire boyfriend Teddy Forstmann was the biological father and refused to put his name on the birth certificate!
Teddy reportedly acted as the role of father in little Krishna’s life, and Padma even encouraged the little girl to call him “Papa.” Although Teddy wasn’t Krishna’s biological dad, he still left the tot $1.8 billion trust fund when he passed away in Nov. 2011!
But now Adam will have more of a role in the girl’s life.
“Their dispute was settled privately, out of court,” a source told the New York Post. “Dell got improved visitation and custody rights. He had wanted full custody, but they came to a compromise. Padma maintains the same rights she always had.”
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Brianna
Posted at 9:44 AM on March 19, 2012
Seriously people….I’ve been hearing about him trying to be with his little girl since she was born. What was she thinking to hold him back from his daughter? She’s only hurting the little girl in the long run. I hate when women pull the power trip and try to keep fathers from their children. Yes, there are some dead beat dads out there, but that shouldn’t keep the good ones from their children. Hopefully she gets whats coming to her. I don’t like her anymore.