Padma Lakshmi has praised her ex-husband, who is 23-years her senior
Los Angeles:
Salman Rushdie and PadmaLakshmi's marriage may have lasted only three years but theTop Chef host says they had great time together because theBooker prize winning author "was a great wit and flirt".
In an interview to Playboy magazine, where the Chennaiborn supermodel appears in a series of revealing photographs,the 42-year-old celebrity has praised her ex-husband, who is23-years her senior.
"Now there is somebody who has great wit and is a greatflirt. I don't regret a day I spent with Salman, but it wastiring. He has a big life, and it only got bigger when we weretogether. I'm happy to have stood next to him holding hishand, but we were in very different parts of our lives."
The marriage of Lakshmi and Mumbai born author hadbaffled many as Rushdie is not known for his good looks whilethe supermodel has made a career out of her looks.
"Comments like that came out of ignorance. If you saw ustogether you would know exactly why we were together."The couple's marriage lasted three years until 2007, withPadma going on to have a baby daughter Krishna, nowtwo-years-old, by computer mogul Adam Dell.
Rushdie, 65, is not so generous about his fourth ex-wifein his recently published memoir 'Joseph Anton'.Describing her as 'Millenarian Illusion', Rushdie haspainted Lakshmi as someone who was ambitious andcelebrity-seeking. Rushdie said Padma's beauty swept him overbecause she "seemed to contain his Indian past and hisAmerican future."
"She was capable of saying things of such majesticnarcissism.... her moodiness was unpredictable and extreme."She was ambitious and was determined to strike out forherself. "In the end she did."
In an interview to Playboy magazine, where the Chennaiborn supermodel appears in a series of revealing photographs,the 42-year-old celebrity has praised her ex-husband, who is23-years her senior.
"Now there is somebody who has great wit and is a greatflirt. I don't regret a day I spent with Salman, but it wastiring. He has a big life, and it only got bigger when we weretogether. I'm happy to have stood next to him holding hishand, but we were in very different parts of our lives."
The marriage of Lakshmi and Mumbai born author hadbaffled many as Rushdie is not known for his good looks whilethe supermodel has made a career out of her looks.
"Comments like that came out of ignorance. If you saw ustogether you would know exactly why we were together."The couple's marriage lasted three years until 2007, withPadma going on to have a baby daughter Krishna, nowtwo-years-old, by computer mogul Adam Dell.
Rushdie, 65, is not so generous about his fourth ex-wifein his recently published memoir 'Joseph Anton'.Describing her as 'Millenarian Illusion', Rushdie haspainted Lakshmi as someone who was ambitious andcelebrity-seeking. Rushdie said Padma's beauty swept him overbecause she "seemed to contain his Indian past and hisAmerican future."
"She was capable of saying things of such majesticnarcissism.... her moodiness was unpredictable and extreme."She was ambitious and was determined to strike out forherself. "In the end she did."
