Padma

[karn33333]

admitting you have a problem is always the first step to recovery lol.

[ViralMessiah]

whats anti feminist about that? you're judging her looks,which are pretty damned nice. (and thats a good thing) then,since you didn't speak to her extensively,you're judging Salman Rushdie,in the assumption that he wouldn't marry a moron (which i also think is a compliment) ...i'm failing to see anything anti-feminist,or anything even mildly rude for that matter

[mmmrazor]

Penn must be trying to cozy up Jeff Zucker at NBC Universal. Why else would he randomly be promoting the star of a Bravo show?

[TheRealYoda1]

For a second, I read her name as Padmè.

[pennsays]

@TheRealYoda1 Like from Star Wars . . . oh, yes, given your user name, probably, yes. :-)

[l337pwnage]

Ya, for her age, she is fricken hawt!

[channelislander]

The only reason you'll be thinking about her intellect rather than exclusively about her looks is that she was married to Salman Rushdie?

[HolyJumpinJeezuz]

I just looked her up on Google to see what she looks like. No wondering she left you disoriented and stammering. Yow!

[eseymour516]

He looked her up online because he wanted to see what her name was?? Yeah, right! That's exactly the kind of BS I would have told my gf back in the day if she caught me Googling some actress. Maybe he meant that as a joke, but he said it so straight-faced. Anyway, Penn is hilarious!

[gruelin1]

well, the commercial works.

[MrDeppness]

I'm glad Penn can laugh about these things.

[soulcalibur22]

its not anti feminist you were taken by her looks so things didnt hapen in a cirtan order you know who you are already. lol

[WellDamn24]

And she writes cookbooks! Wow, Penn, considering how gauche you were the first time you met her, I suggest you do a lil more research so that you can impress her next time. LOL

[c9rm3n]

How can a person keep themselves from being so superficial?

Is it even possible?

[UserUnfriendly21]

That was a good one.

[gloriousbattle]

"All I want to say here, is I'm an asshole."

Well Penn... I didn't want to be the one to voice it.

Just playin' playa. Peace (-;

[BoredGamer]

We all bullshit ourselves, Penn.  It's just that some folks are brassy enough to call out their own bullshit rather than be too embarrassed to admit it. Kudos.

[ebiladdress]

Penn,

Just to take it one step further, you should feel like an asshole for feeling like an asshole so much on one topic ;)

hugs, nobody is perfect out here, we're all just fucking up as little as possible while we're around to fuck up :)

Well some religious people are perfect, at least till their nabbed doing meth in a motel with a teenage hooker, but thats all washable like whites with bleach :p

[JonO387]

She's not that hot.

[MMAvsSCIFI]

R.I.P. Norman Borlaug

[jgrowley3]

Judging books by their covers didn't your mother teach you better.

[shuttledik]

Video hasn't run yet, and I STILL know where you're coming from here.

Great episode, btw. Top Chef is awesmoe.

Mrs. Rushdie, indeed... lol

[imdanhoover]

sounds like you have a little crush going...you can admit it..i get the same way now/then...remember only a older man looking back on his life,or a married man can admit,we can be assholes...at times..thats strength...cheers

[sporty155]

ltn up on the bong

[xhagast]

You beat yourself up over nothing. What you did was to deduct that she had to be brilliant because Rushdie had been married to her. It wasn't judging her. I can look at you and deduct that you are a liberal slob because of your hair, clothes and weight. And? You ARE. And so am I. No big deal. It is bad when you think BAD things of somebody without knowing them. To think GOOD things is not that big a deal. You were nice to her when you met her. Others slobber. And not over her brains.

[216trixie]

Penn is not a liberal. He's libertarian....It's just as stupid to prejudge good things about someone as bad.

[xhagast]

But it is less mean.

[NiklasKing87]

did anyone else read Padme?

I'm such a nerd :(

[xhagast]

I thought he meant a man. Padma is a slavic male name. Far as I know...

[dykann123456789]

hahahahaha yeah i did at first,

and sadly i was like "yeah she is pretty beautiful"

[kendjo]

lol awesome penn so honest as always. this is in the vein of george carlin.

[caveman73]

One of the many reasons I think you're an awesome person Penn... Your wiliness to admit you can be an asshole.

She is really hot though...

[deepfiligree]

Ah, you are just so awesome. I have huge respect for anyone who analyzes their reactions and judgments regarding others. It just says great things about you as a person.

[FCKEVRY1]

Oh relax, will ya? We've always known you're an asshole!

[FCKEVRY1]

OMG, I didn't notice you without Teller!!!

[iltommyd]

but a Lovable Asshole !!!

[XulChris]

Penn, you're such an ass hole. ;-) You should also never judge someone by something someone else said. Regards.

[Ap0colyps6]

its not anti-feminist

that statement in itself is kinda sexist, but its understandable because of some of the things that modern feminists say.

If you truly want to respect someone, dont over-think things like this

[korleonis]

Why is it that Penn and only Penn has some lame ass commercial about some bullshit army crap anytime his videos start?

[TheLeftHand77]

Because Crackle sold them the advertising space.

[Wareagle5693]

It's not only Penn, and actually for me I never see that ad on his vids. I know what you're talking about tho because some people do.

[tobyeo]

You can skip the ad just by reloading the video once you come here. I never watch the ad I just reload.

[vonfeldt7]

Haha thanks! Never knew that.

[SnakeladyGreta]

No, you're not an asshole... you're a guy. If you had been an asshole, you wouldn't have thought ANYTHING further than "she's beautiful." You've just shown yourself to be a kind-hearted and intelligent guy. (No surprise to many of us). So, don't beat yourself up!

[latenightloki]

Best Penn Says... EVER!

[ZombiedustXXX]

Penn, you are not an asshole!

Assholes just want to shit on everything.

[fairlylargejohn]

The only thing I see that's "wrong" here is that Penn assumed that Salman Rushdie is some sort of world-class genius. Hey, maybe I'm wrong, but that guy has always been at the top of the D-Bag list for me, right up there with Michael Moore and the likes.

Some of his ideas about a unified world government made me cringe so many times...

[SourAppleKiss]

don't get mad at yourself, if you kept your thoughts to yourself when meeting and speaking to Padma. if your thoughts didn't escape in subtle ways in your choice of words I don't think you really did anything wrong.

[sachaput]

She is an amazing looking lady. You can actually see how smart she is on Top Chef, which surprised a bit the first season.

[hoomelemele1]

yes you are an ass, she doens't need to be smart to be married to SR, men like pretty women and will even marry someone who doesn't speak their own language.

[lancechamplain]

You ain't an asshole.

[daddydon48]

Looked that lady up, Damn she's a actual 10, if she's as smart as she looks then that would make her a 20!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

This episode was awesome. :D

[gamewarrior2216]

I think we've all been there... give or take.

[flabslapper]

I always thought of you more as a dick with good intentions than an asshole

[imkluu]

Yeah, defiantly more of a dick.

[MoPapparani]

so you're an asshole....join the club, Penn :D

[N21X]

The question I have, Penn, is did she ever give you any reason to think there was more to her than what you saw?

Perhaps you're not an asshole. ;)

Sure we shouldn't judge people so quickly but at the same time we have to give people something to judge us by.

[fkerpants]

I concur.

[Chris090883]

You may think your an asshole, but your a funny asshole, and it's better to be called an asshole than a whole ass.

[keyser257]

Had a similar 'judgement' situation happen to me actually - went on a couple dates, found out they were a porn star, screwed and stupidly dismissed the whole situation - HUGE regret of mine, only realized in hindsight that 'porn stars need love too'.... bad judgement, would love to take it back, I'd love to be able to get it off my chest, like you were able to do with this video - you live and you learn... nice job, we're both assholes

[kittyeggrolls]

We still love ya, Penn.

[kjmoon21]

You're a good guy, Penn.

[pretorious700]

fuck feminism...look at the guilt trips it has engendered....if a woman is beautiful, enjoy her for it, don't feel guilty about it....Penn, your balls are in danger here

[15kalas15]

haha padma is really hot

[MsWanderer1]

Don't worry Penn, even the most intelligent men like dumb women that will spread for them; in fact they prefer them.

[drklucavi]

i call BS on that one right there, i cant stand dumb people, its a turn off

[AncelDeLambert]

Mostly because it's such an easy thing to rectify. Pick up a For Dummies book on ANYTHING. Problem solved.

[MsWanderer1]

Well then drklucavi, you are a rare gentleman and if you have a PhD, you are similar to the one I married, but I don't think you can talk from experience like I can; I've met the wives of many of my phyisicist colleagues and most are technically and politically dumb as hell; great housewives and cooks though. :-))

[drklucavi]

actually i'm a 25 year old gamer bum that can't work livin with me parents still, but i will always be a fan of intelligence.

[Woad25]

I second the call on BS on this one. I'd take a smart but homely looking girl over a hot but stupid girl any day of the week!

[RoninSanjuro]

Any way you slice him he comes up asshole

[ziggyplayedguitar07]

I don't know much about Padma Lakshmi. other than she's a beautiful woman who likes meat. Good enough for me. ;)

[JesusSavesAtCitibank]

WAIT, WHAT?

[netposer]

Haha, you're an asshole if you do and an asshole if you don't. Penn RULES!!!!

[chefextra]

penn has weird ideals about women......i think he may be one of those men that yells at women in the checkout lines at the grocery store and follows them in his car to criticize their driving....!....

[Mauhadeeb28]

HAHA!!!! That is a good one. I still like Penn either way.

[86COLE]

My favorite thing about Penn is he isn't afraid to call B.S. on anyone, even himself, Team Penn!

[debaser71]

it's called having a crush...get over it, yarrr!

[TheObnubilators]

what a teddy bear penn is. i would totally cuddle with him in a totally non-gay way if I had the chance... welll...

[PeacefulDescent]

Aww I'm sure she got a kick out of you, she seems very nice.

[Onodera1980]

Yah, I saw you on Top Chef and Friends! I can't wait to see you on the Office!

[Libratarot]

It must suck having a brain that works :)  or to find out that you are human.

[Jkelquedi]

I am sure she is smart enough to already know that (just kiddin')  My confession, I am an a hole too sometimes.

[kburke1933]

Aw, Penn, we already knew you were an asshole.  But, it takes a real person to be able to admit they fucked up, acknowledge it and move on from it.

[CivilRadiant]

yawn

[elspoko]

You're not an asshole.

Sometimes people forget that others outside of their normal circle are regular people, and treat/think differently instead of taking the person themselves as is.

It's only human.

[DanTheN00b]

Like it penn