Salman Rushdie's ex-wife Padma Laxmi is dating another

It may still be some time before Casanova author Salman Rushdie finds a new woman. But it looks like his estranged wife, TV host Padma Lakshmi already has a new man in her life. She's been spending a lot of time with American billionaire Ted Forstmann who once courted Elizabeth Hurley and Princess Diana.
Reps for Lakshmi and Forstmann insist that it’s because she had become a client of Forstmann's sports and entertainment marketing giant – International Management Group (IMG). Yet the rumours still persist.
IMG is now due to announce a slate of endorsement and licensing projects for Lakshmi. IMG is global, and so is Padma's appeal. It's a good marriage," the Daily News quoted an insider, as saying. Another industry source admitted that it was a ‘little odd’ that Frostmann was taking such interest in Lakshmi.
"(It's) a little odd that Teddy is taking such an interest in Padma's career. It's not the side of the business he usually focuses on," the source said.
Rumours first started when the two attended the Elie Wiesel Foundation tribute to Oprah Winfrey at the Waldorf together in May. On that occasion when they were snapped together, Lakshmi asked the photog to delete the image – saying that the snap was blurry. Though she agreed to pose for him again, it was without Frostmann this time.