Editing Salman Rushdie (section)

==Personal life==
Rushdie has been married five times and has two children; his first four marriages ended in divorce. He was first married to Clarissa Luard,<ref name="LUARD 1965 p. 465">Descended from the gentry family LUARD, formerly of Byborough. See Burke's Landed Gentry 18th edn. vol. 1 (1965), p. 465, col. 2.</ref> literature officer of the [[Arts Council of England]],<ref>{{cite journal|first=Susheila|last=Nasta|author-link=Susheila Nasta|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02690050008589686?journalCode=rwas20|title=Clarissa Luard 1948–1999|journal=[[Wasafiri]]|date=18 July 2008|volume=15|issue=31|page=59|doi=10.1080/02690050008589686|s2cid=162777055|access-date=13 August 2022|archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813100624/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02690050008589686?journalCode=rwas20|url-status=live}}</ref> from 1976 to 1987. The couple had a son, Zafar, born in 1979,<ref>Free BMD website. Birth registered Q3 1979 Camden.</ref> who is married to the London-based jazz singer [[Natalie Coyle]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kim |first=Leena |date=1 November 2016 |title=Zafar Rushdie and Natalie Coyle Marry in His Father Salman's Adopted City |url=http://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/a8188/zafar-rushdie-natalie-coyle-wedding/ |magazine=Town & Country |location=New York |publisher=Hearst Communications |access-date=3 October 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004043934/http://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/a8188/zafar-rushdie-natalie-coyle-wedding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He left Clarissa Luard in the mid-1980s for the Australian writer [[Robyn Davidson]], to whom he was introduced by their mutual friend [[Bruce Chatwin]].<ref>Bruce Chatwin, letter to [[Ninette Dutton]], 1 November 1984, in ''Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin'', ed. Elizabeth Chatwin and [[Nicholas Shakespeare]], p. 395</ref> Rushdie and Davidson never married, and they had split up by the time his divorce from Clarissa came through in 1987. Rushdie's second wife was the American novelist [[Marianne Wiggins]]; they were married in 1988 and divorced in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grove |first=Lloyd |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/07/rushdie-wiggins-uncommon-bond/46de9f08-5873-4d44-8aae-6704d7725361/ |title=Rushdie Wiggins' Uncommon Bond |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 March 1989 |accessdate=12 August 2022 |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812180441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/03/07/rushdie-wiggins-uncommon-bond/46de9f08-5873-4d44-8aae-6704d7725361/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-03-mn-271-story.html|title=Rushdie Granted Divorce From American Wife|date=3 March 1993|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=12 August 2022|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812180434/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-03-mn-271-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> His third wife, from 1997 to 2004, was British editor and author Elizabeth West;<ref>{{cite news |last=Bain |first=Ellissa |date=13 August 2022 |title=Who is Salman Rushdie's wife? Inside his four marriages |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/08/13/who-is-salman-rushdies-wife-inside-his-four-marriages/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813090443/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/08/13/who-is-salman-rushdies-wife-inside-his-four-marriages/ |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=13 August 2022 |work=[[HITC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/elizabethwest|title=Elizabeth West|work=[[Macmillan Publishers|usmacmillan.com]]|access-date=13 August 2022|archive-date=4 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204014640/https://us.macmillan.com/author/elizabethwest|url-status=live}}</ref> they have a son, Milan, born in 1997. After a miscarriage, the couple ended their relationship in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=11 Revelations From Salman Rushdie's Memoir, 'Joseph Anton' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/11-revelations-from-salman-rushdies-memoir-joseph-anton |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/you-saw-an-illusion-and-you-destroyed-your-family-for-it-20120917-2612h.html |title='You saw an illusion and you destroyed your family for it.' |first=Salman|last=Rushdie|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 September 2012 |access-date=12 August 2022 |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812180433/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/you-saw-an-illusion-and-you-destroyed-your-family-for-it-20120917-2612h.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, very shortly after his third divorce, Rushdie married [[Padma Lakshmi]], an Indian-born actress, model, television personality, producer, author, businessperson, and activist. At the time of their first meeting in 1999, Lakshmi was 28, while Rushdie was 51.<ref>{{cite web |title="Demanding husband" : Padma Lakshmi writes about her marriage to Salman Rushdie |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/demanding-husband-padma-lakshmi-writes-about-her-marriage-salman-rushdie-39966 |website=The News Minute |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=March 7, 2024}}</ref> Rushdie stated that Lakshmi had asked for a divorce in January 2007,<ref>{{cite news|last=Anthony|first=Andrew|title=The Bookers' favourite|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/06/classics.salmanrushdie|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 April 2008|access-date=4 September 2022|quote=By this he means the end of his marriage. In January of 2007, Lakshmi asked for a divorce.|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905013629/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/06/classics.salmanrushdie|url-status=live}}</ref> and later that year, in July, the couple filed it.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=ed1a664d-9538-487b-9f0b-9bc4b4e5330c |first=Julie|last= Keller| date= 3 July 2007 | newspaper = [[E!]] | title= Rushdie, ''Top Chef'' Wife Skewer Marriage | archive-date= 30 September 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190150/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=ed1a664d-9538-487b-9f0b-9bc4b4e5330c}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Atad|first=Corey|title=Padma Lakshmi Is 'Relieved' That Ex-Husband Salman Rushdie Is Recovering After Stabbing Attack|url=https://etcanada.com/news/920393/padma-lakshmi-is-relieved-that-ex-husband-salman-rushdie-is-recovering-after-stabbing-attack/|date=14 August 2022|access-date=4 September 2022|website=ET Canada|quote=They filed for divorce in 2007.|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905013632/https://etcanada.com/news/920393/padma-lakshmi-is-relieved-that-ex-husband-salman-rushdie-is-recovering-after-stabbing-attack/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Padma Lakshmi criticized Rushdie as insecure and spoiled, stating he constantly craved praise and demanded "frequent sex."<ref>{{cite web |last1=GORKA |first1=SHIFALI |title=Salman Rushdie's ex Padma Lakshmi spotted in NYC hours after he was stabbed, here's a look at his 4 ex-wives |url=https://meaww.com/salman-rushdie-ex-wives-the-satanic-verses-married-four-times-padma-lakshmi-clarissa-luard-zafar |website=MEAWW |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=August 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Salman Rushdie needed constant care and frequent sex, reveals Padma Lakshmi in her memoir |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/what-s-hot/story/salman-rushdie-needed-constant-care-and-frequent-sex-says-indian-american-top-chef-host-and-supermodel-padma-lakshmi-in-her-memoir-love-loss-and-what-we-ate-marriage-ted-forstmann-312094-2016-03-07 |website=India Today |date=7 March 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What Padma Lakshmi's marriage to Salman Rushdie tells us about high-maintenance husbands |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/what-padma-lakshmis-relationship-with-salman-rushdie-tells-us-ab/ |website=Telegraph |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> Rushdie derided her, calling her a "bad investment."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hauser |first1=Christine |title=Padma Lakshmi Opens Up About Rushdie in Memoir |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/arts/padma-lakshmi-opens-up-about-rushdie-in-memoir.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=March 9, 2016}}</ref> Lakshmi also stated that Rushdie was insensitive to her painful [[endometriosis]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Lakshmi Dishes on Her Darkest Days With Salman Rushdie |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/padma-lakshmi-dishes-on-her-darkest-days-with-salman-rushdie |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=March 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=My fiery marriage to Rushdie: At first he brought me breakfast, then he turned cold, says ex-wife |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/my-fiery-marriage-to-rushdie-at-first-he-brought-me-breakfast-then-he-turned-cold-says-ex-wife |website=National Post |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=March 8, 2016}}</ref>

Following his split from Lakshmi, Rushdie was frequently seen with various women, including [[Riya Sen]], journalist [[Aita Ighodaro]], and actresses [[Olivia Wilde]] and [[Rosario Dawson]], among others.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=As Salman Rushdie steps out with another beautiful woman... just how DOES he do it? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/as-salman-rushdie-steps-out-with-another-beautiful-woman-just-how-does-he-do-it-6884015.html |website=Standard |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> In 2009, actress Pia Glenn slammed him as "cowardly, dysfunctional, and immature" after he dumped her via email.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rushdie is cowardly, dysfunctional and immature: Ex-lover |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/rushdie-is-cowardly-dysfunctional-and-immature-ex-lover-58774-2009-10-17 |website=India Today |access-date=October 7, 2024 |date=October 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

In 2021, Rushdie married American poet and novelist [[Rachel Eliza Griffiths]].<ref name=darkly>{{cite web|quote=""Language is a knife: Language is a way of cutting things open and revealing the truth""|first=Alan|last=Yentob|authorlink=Alan Yentob|year=2024|title=Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z2fw|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Remnick, David |author-link=David Remnick |date=February 13–20, 2023 |title=Defiance : despite a near–fatal stabbing—and decades of death threats—Salman Rushdie won't stop telling stories |department=Profiles |journal=The New Yorker |volume=99 |issue=1 |pages=50–61 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/salman-rushdie-recovery-victory-city <!--|access-date=2025-05-12-->}} Online version is titled "The defiance of Salman Rushdie".</ref>

In 1999, Rushdie had an operation to correct [[ptosis (eyelid)|ptosis]], a problem with the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that causes drooping of the upper eyelid. According to Rushdie, this condition made it increasingly difficult for him to open his eyes. He said: "If I hadn't had an operation, in a couple of years from now I wouldn't have been able to open my eyes at all."<ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9904/15/rushdie/ "Rushdie: New book out from under shadow of fatwa"], CNN, 15 April 1999. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528051847/http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9904/15/rushdie/ |date=28 May 2010 }} Retrieved 21 April 2007.</ref>

Since 2000, Rushdie has lived in the United States, mostly near [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]] in [[Lower Manhattan]], New York City.<ref>Holson, Laura M., [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/fashion/salman-rushdie-out-of-exile-is-a-fixture-on-the-social-scene.html "From Exile to Everywhere"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160323/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/fashion/salman-rushdie-out-of-exile-is-a-fixture-on-the-social-scene.html |date=21 August 2012}}, ''The New York Times'', 23 March 2012 (online), 25 March 2012 (print). Retrieved 26 March 2012.</ref> He is a fan of the English [[Association football|football]] club [[Tottenham Hotspur]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collie|first1=Ashley|title=Shakespeare's Hotspur Would Be Proud to See His Namesake Tottenham Hotspur Leading Another British Invasion of America|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashley-jude-collie/shakespeares-hotspur-woul_b_7836846.html|access-date=5 September 2017|website=HuffingtonPost.com|date=21 July 2015|publisher=HPMG News|archive-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919030034/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashley-jude-collie/shakespeares-hotspur-woul_b_7836846.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He has been a holder of the [[Person of Indian Origin Card]], which grants certain rights to people of the Indian diaspora short of full citizenship.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Salman Rushdie row: 'Those having objection to PIO should move court' |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/salman-rushdie-row-those-having-objection-to-pio-should-move-court/articleshow/11448670.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826040334/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/salman-rushdie-row-those-having-objection-to-pio-should-move-court/articleshow/11448670.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=2023-08-26 |access-date=2021-03-26 |newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>