Padma Lakshmihas enjoyed a hugely successful and wide-ranging career thus far.

Asthe New York Timesnotes, they originally met a party in 1999 and subsequently married in 2004.

Rushdie believed she was using her ailment as an excuse not to have sex.

Padma Lakshmi poses on the red carpet

Looking back on their eight-year relationship, Rushdie dismisses it as living “a sort of life together.”

They split after six months due to Gere being on the rebound after his own divorce.

Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie pose at an event together

Padma Lakshmi and Adam Dell pose on the red carpet together