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In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take a bull by the horns, not by, um...

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Padma Lakshmi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 1
Actor
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Television Actor
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Madras
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan
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