padma lakshmi says she understands why women didn't report their assault because she didn't. er rr at dy for sex. i didn't report it, lakshmi writes. not to my mother, not to my friends, not to the police. she began tvirginity, it would deal or a conscious decision. the loss of control was disorienting. but lakshmi says by the time she wassilenced. when i was 7 years old, i was touched between my legs. when i told my mother and grandfather, they sent me to india to live for a year. if you speak up, you will be cast out. lakshmi is sharing now because of the allegations against supreme court brett kavanaugh. some say a man shouldn't pay a price for an act he committed as a teenager. but the woman pays a price for the rest of her life. president trump's tweet on friday questioned why kavanaugh's initial lance then, milano, ashley judd and mira sorvino, have joined celeb and ordinary people alike, sharing their own stories with #whyididntreport. and on monday, members of the #timesup movement wore all black and posted photos on social media, with #believesurvivors. now, lakshmi s

. >> padma lakshmi recycled the gown she wore last october.had to lay down in the limo to prevent wrinkles in her zac posen dress. >> i always said they should have a little station here for us girls to take the dress off, to have a quick steam and i put it back on. >> what is the one secret of >> very high. it's like x rated when i sit down. >> oh, is it? >> look at this girl. you forgot your britches. >> oh, no, they're on. >> i bought it online. >> wait. who? stop. stop. you got it online? >> yeah. >> it's by carolina herrera. she's kind of mean. i was like i'm never wearing carolina herrera again cut to just literally the emmys. >> tell me about this outfit 'cause it's a pant suit but it's a dress. it kind of flows. >> it's like just like that exactly that. >> layers of fabric went into the tracee ellis ross validity no couture. fans compared the look to cotton candy irl. look was tiffany's gown too. she's giving me p.e. class parachute vibes. >> hot dog on a stick. >> hot dog on a stick. >> kevin, that is couture. >> speaking of fashion,

top chef" host padma lakshmi says she was raped at 16 and never reported it.she broke her silence in an op-ed for the new york times. she said she was assaulted by a 23- year-old man she was dating. "he knew that i was a virgin and that i was unsure of when i would be ready to have sex," she wrote. "on new year's eve, just a few months after we first started dating, he raped me." she said she pleaded with him, "please don't do this." like so many others, she said she stayed quiet afterward. (catherine) about her experience in an op-ed piece in the new york times...and in an instagram post. saying in part - that it happens to women every day....and "we all have the opportunity to change the narrative and believe survivors." (pam) phone calls into the y-w-c-a silicon domest sexual assault hotline have increased. officials say, they are seeing a 20-percent jump in calls as a result of the "me too" movement.... and the supreme court nomination hearings.officials say, counselors tell survivors ... it is never too late to report allegations of abuse. ".... it's a cr

since then, padma lakshmi, alys milano, ashy judd have join thous of celebrides ordinary people alikeark agg a response on line with the #why iidn't support. member of the time's up move wore all black and post photos on sial medi with the #believ. nowhe says she is trying to pass these lessons on to her 8-ye daughte i have been telling her the simp and most obvious words it took me muc tof my life unde. if anybody touches new your privak or you feel uncomf you yell loud, get out of the t andl some. is allowed to put their hands on you. your bodys yours. this came out just a day before the kavanaugh ho coincid? >> no right. she wants people to remember, as we consider whom we appoint to make decisions on the highe court of the land. again, kavst denies all the alles aga him and the white istanding by him. kate, thank you. > still ahead thismorning, help for parents. parents like nataliele mo you want help with your kids who are obsessed with video games. ever since i started renting from national. beca...and choose any car ose the in the aisle.ounter... and i don't wait when i return,