Padma Lakshmi Shows Support and Love for Fatima Ali After She Confirmed Her Cancer Has Returned

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Padma on a #TopChef’s Cancer Diagnosis

Padma Lakshmi from #TopChef tells Andy Cohen about supporting Season 15 #TopChef contestant Fatima Ali when she went into surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.

Following Bravo's Top Chef contestant Fatima Ali confirming that, Padma Lakshmi, who has been one of the chef's , is in a touching tribute to the chef's courage and talent on Twitter.

"Dear friends, I have seen [Fatima] grow and blossom every day I walked into the [Bravo's Top Chef] kitchen. I have seen her ambition sharpen over weeks of competition, seen Fatima soar along with all of you," she wrote, adding, "Most of you will read [Fatima’s] writing for the first time in this [Bon Appetit] piece [in which she confirmed the diagnosis]. Since her diagnosis I have been fortunate enough to get to know her deeper and in a new light. Over these months, I have come to know her family."

Padma continued, "Her mother has shown me her older writing which is just as poignant. I am pleased to share my friend’s story with you all today. I am so proud of her. I can tell you that in these months I have not only seen her continue to find her voice, but been inspired by her exponentially."

In her essay about her health journey, Fatima confirmed that she learned of the prognosis in September. "The cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone. My oncologist has told me that I have a year to live, with or without the new chemotherapy regimen," Fatima wrote. "I was looking forward to being 30, flirty, and thriving. Guess I have to step it up on the flirting. I have no time to lose."

The winner was , a type of bone and soft tissue cancer, in late 2017. After going through several rounds of chemotherapy,   to remove the tumor and surrounding cells in her left shoulder in January 2018.  by her doctors last winter. She later shared that  after completing her last round of chemotherapy in August.

Below are more of Padma's tweets applauding the chef in the wake of the news:

I have gotten to know most of her family and in them I see my own. I was in the hospital with her the morning she had surgery months ago and witnessed her courage. The day after my @nytimes piece came out, I went to see her, and she cheered me on by holding my hand

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) October 10, 2018

from the hospital bed, assuring me I had not flayed myself in vain. I was with her last night as she went in for radiation and she still turned back to smile at her mother and me when the nurse with the wheelchair came. I hope that this year brings her as much as she can hope for

— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) October 10, 2018

Padma wrapped up the message with this heartwarming note: "You’ve said on [Bravo's Top Chef] that growing up I inspired you. But Fati, now, it’s you who inspire[s] me. Everyday. I love you, [Fatima]."

Below more Bravo's Top Chef folks open up about Fatima.

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