Host of “Top Chef” and Author Salman Rushdie To Divorce
Today a spokesman for author Salman Rushdie announced that he and wife Padma Lakshmi, who is the host of “Top Chef” are getting divorced. He stated that it was her desire to end the marriage. They were married in 2004. He is now 60 and she is 36.
Rushdie lived in hiding for 9 years after he wrote a novel titled “The Satanic Verses” which caused outrage among Muslims. He was selected for knighthood by Queen Elizabeth just two weeks ago. Muslims in Iraq and Pakistan have voiced outrage at the Queen’s selection.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini pronounced a fatwa on Rushdie on February 14, 1989. He called on Muslims to kill Rushdie for the perceived blasphemy against Islam in his book “The Satanic Verses”.
Rushdie’s statement today asked for privacy during this difficult time.
