Padma Lakshmi is supporting her ex-husband Salman Rushdie in his recovery.
The ‘Top Chef’ star tweeted on Sunday that she was “relieved” that Rushdie was “recovering after Friday’s nightmare” in which he was stabbed multiple times while on stage in New York.
“Worried and wordless, can finally exhale,” Lakshmi also wrote in his tweet. “Now I hope for a speedy recovery.”
She was married to the famous author from 2004 to 2007.
Rushdie, 75, has long been the subject of threats due to controversy over some of his writings.
On Sunday, his family said he was in critical condition in hospital.
“Although his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual fiery and provocative sense of humor remains intact,” his son Zafar Rushdie said in a statement.
Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested by a state trooper after the attack and taken into custody as the suspect responsible for the knife attack.