She’s intelligent, accomplished, beautiful, and an absolute icon.
She branched out into food-related entertainment, hosting several cooking shows and writing numerous cookbooks.
She also designed a fine jewelry line, as well as a home decor line.
We hit a tree dead-on and it stopped our fall.
Blood, glass, dirt, and leaves were everywhere.
We seemed to have been buried alive.
The tree trunk had fallen directly on top of our car."
The model was left with a fractured hip, and her right arm was shattered, which required surgery.
A seven-inch scar still serves as a reminder of the traumatic day.
So, she accompanied her mother to Planned Parenthood for an abortion.
But to countless readers, including Padma Lakshmi, Rushdie has been considered a genius.
As she toldPeople, “For us Indians, he’s like Hemingway.”
Their first date was in 1999 in Central Park, and they quickly found themselves becoming more deeply involved.
The couple moved in together in 2000, following Rushdie’s divorce from his wife.
The couple eventually wed in 2004, but Rushdie was far from the perfect husband, according to Lakshmi.
“I just wanted my own identity,” she said.
They ultimately divorced after just four years of marriage, but they remain friends today.
It took many years and several surgeries before Lakshmi’s condition was diagnosed and eventually became manageable.
I’m shocked that a health professional didn’t say, ‘This is weird.
Your cramps are above and beyond what they should be,’."
His agent released a statement toABC Newsthat read, “The news is not good.
In response, Lakshmi took toTwitterto show her support.
“Relieved @SalmanRushdie is pulling through after Friday’s nightmare.
Worried and wordless, can finally exhale.
Now hoping for swift healing,” the post read.
“I didn’t report it.
Not to my mother, not to my friends and certainly not to the police.
At first I was in shock.
“Soon I began to feel that it was my fault.
We had no language in the 1980s for date rape.”
“After I wrote it, I took to bed.
I went to bed for three days,” she said.
I also don’t recommend it.”
But now that her story is public knowledge, she can hope that her experience empowers others.
The acid caused severe burning on Nafiah’s face, eyes, chest, and arms.
Nafiah was wearing contact lenses that night and the acid melted the contact lenses onto her eyes.
We don’t know if Nafiah will ever regain vision again.”
Now, two years later, the assailant has yet to be identified.
She thankfully escaped the senseless attack with her life, but she may now face many years of hardship.
“I am heartbroken.
My dear paati is gone.
Rajima lived life serving others.
She raised us all.
She was my rock and example.
She was much more than a grandma, the only one I knew,” Lakshmi wrote.
After having some tests done, she decided to freeze some eggs, just in case.
“It was very scary …
I just did everything from my bed …
I tried as best I could to go on with business as usual.
Thankfully, Lakshmi delivered her daughter Krishna Thea safely in 2010.
However, the television host wanted Dell to be aware (and as involved as he liked).
Dell sued her in 2011, and they entered into a nearly two-year-long custody battle over Krishna.
She makes all the decisions on education, health, everything.”
Lakshmi’s relationship historyis doubtlessly complicated, but her love for Forstmann is undeniable.
In March of 2018, the “Top Chef” host appeared on E!
