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Salman Rushdie called me a 'bad investment': Padma Lakshmi

In her autobiography, 'Love, Loss and What We Ate', the 'Boom' ac... Read More
Model-turned-actress and '

Top Chef Host

', Padma Lakshmi has revealed some explosive details about her sexual life with former husband Salman Rushdie. In her autobiography, 'Love, Loss and What We Ate', the '

Boom

' actress claimed that Rushdie was insensitive to her medical condition and once even called her a 'bad investment' after she refused his sexual advances.

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The Indian American model and Nobel Laureate, Salman Rushdie got married in 2004 and divorced three years after their marriage. In her memoir, Padma Lakshmi also spoke about how Rushdie had to be consoled every year when he did not win the Nobel Prize for literature.

According to PTI, Lakshmi's book is 'rich with sensual prose and punctuated with evocative recipes, is alive with the scents, tastes, and textures of a life that spans complex geographies both internal and external. Speaking about her former husband, the 45-year-old actress also shared that Rushdie needed constant care, feeding and frequent sex. He was even insensitive to a medical condition that made intercourse painful for her, quoted Dailymail.

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