Padma Lakshmi: If You Don't Accept Trans Kids, 'You Have No Business Being a Parent' Celebrity The 'Top Chef' host launches her parenting lecturer on Twitter, noting that parents who can't accept their kids' gender identity declaration 'have no business being a parent.' Apr 1, 2021 AceShowbiz - Parenting is a never-ending learning process, and Padma Lakshmi has words of advice for fellow parents out there. Shortly after weighing in on the growing hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans, the " Top Chef" host expressed her opinion over parents who can't accept their kids' gender identity declaration. Taking it to her Twitter account on Wednesday, March 31, the mother of one gave a strong lecture to parents of transgender children. "If you can't accept your child for who they're telling you they are, then you have no business being a parent," she first tweeted. In a following post, she elaborated what she meant by offering a PSA on gender and sexual identity.