Padma Lakshmi Co-Hosts With Anderson Cooper After Fuming Over Claims She Is Dating Hotelier Vikram Chatwall 'Please Stop The Lies' She Tweets [PHOTOS]

Padma Lakshmi co-hosted Anderson Cooper's CNN show Friday two days after fuming over an item on the New York Post's Page Six, linking her to hotel magnate Vikram Chatwall.

"Pls stop the lies," Lakshmi tweeted Wednesday. "I'm NOT dating anyone or vacationing with or 'cozy' with anyone. Susan [Sarandon] was my only date to Blossom Ball."

Earlier that day, Page Six had reported that the 42-year-old "Top Chef" host attended the annual Blossom Ball in New York City she hosts to benefit the Endometriosis Foundation of America, with Chatwell, whose properties include the Dream Hotel.

The paper claimed Padma and Vikram just returned from vacationing in India and alleges they have been dating since January.

Lakshmi's former boyfriend Theodore Forstmann died of cancer in 2011, according to US Weekly. Padma was married to novelist Salman Rushdie from 2003 to 2007. She has a 3-year-old daughter named Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell.

On Friday, Lakshmi was all smiles when she co-hosted Anderson Cooper's news program on CNN.

Posing for an Instagram photo, Padma joked about Anderson's sexual orientation in the post accompanying a photo of her kissing Anderson on the cheek.

"Once again barkin up the wrong tree," Lakshmi wrote.