Salman Rushdie with former wife, Padma Lakshmi
Aimee Mullins
Posted on 04/14/2008 12:26:34 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick
Four failed marriages and a string of link-ups later, Salman Rushdie may have finally found his perfect match.
The Booker-winning novelist is currently believed to be happy in the company of athlete-model Aimee Mullins, 28 years younger and at least two inches taller than him. The two were seen at a Manhattan party earlier this month, where guests said they looked more than just friends — as the two would have liked others to believe. “Aimee said, ‘We’re good friends, we are close friends’. They certainly looked like they were on a date. They arrived together, left together and were being touchy feely,” the Daily Mail quoted a guest as saying. “Salman would take her arm as they walked around the room and when he was talking to people, she’d wait a step behind him. She said they’d been to a movie earlier that day and they’d been drinking together since the afternoon.”
Rushdie, whose Enchantress of Florence was recently released, has been linked to several women, including a Bollywood actor, since his heart-breaking divorce from fourth wife Padma Lakshmi.
What possibly attracted Rushdie, 60, to Aimee, the daughter of an Irish immigrant to the US, is her courage and determination. Aimee was born without shin bones, and her legs were amputated below the knee when she was one. The fresh-faced beauty, rated by People as one of the world’s top 50 beauties, fought back. Wearing artificial stumps, she became a champion athlete, setting world records at the 1996 Paralympics.
A lucrative career as a model followed. She became a star attraction in catwalks and appeared on the cover of fashion magazines. “If I want something, I get it,” Aimee was quoted as saying.
Salman Rushdie with former wife, Padma Lakshmi
Aimee Mullins
Wow. He sure doesn’t have any trouble getting quality talent!
}:-)4
How? Just tell me...how does the man do it?
Just how much money does that guy have anyway??
"Those who control language, control minds."
- Ayn Rand
PS: I have never read any of Salman's books.
The only thing I can think of is some chicks dig guys with a price on their head, that or he has assets hidden away somewhere...
I'd hit it.
Unseen talents? Wow, it would take a lot to date a guy with a fatwa on his head.
Uhhh....
No.
Quote from Aimee - “I find death Fatwas from crazy Ayatollahs SOOOOOO sexy!”
Says here she’s the youngest person with a security clearance for the Pentagon.
http://www.superiorpics.com/aimee_mullins/
It looks like Rushdie might argue that what fame and money won’t get you ain’t worth having...
Rushdie raises (no pun intended, yeah right.) English cucumbers? LOL.
I buy those at Costco along with the bags of red bell peppers. Great in salads. My wife always thinks I’m glad to see her when I get home.
Love your tag line.
Well, you know me . . . typical white guy.
The girls definitely got some spring in ‘er step.
The cross-eyed, scruffy egghead look just pulls in the chicks like magic.
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