<p>The 39-year-old former wife of controversial author Salman Rushdie is carrying the child of Dell, a venture capitalist who teaches at Columbia Business School, reported New York Post.<br />The 40-year-old teacher is the younger brother of billionaire computer maker Michael Dell.<br />Lakshmi, who has been linked to corporate honcho Teddy Forstmann for quite sometime now, was first spotted with Dell nearly two years ago at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.<br /><br />A month later, the pair were spotted together at Evelyn Lauder's party for breast cancer research.<br /><br />Lakshmi, who hosts a cookery show 'Top Chef', was recently hospitalized for five days due to complications in her pregnancy.<br /><br />"The baby was in serious danger. Teddy has been by her side the whole time. He has been incredibly wonderful and supportive," said a source.<br />After she broke the news of her pregnancy in October last year, it was widely speculated that Forstmann was the father of the child.<br /><br />"She has no interest in sharing with the public the identity of the father. She asks that people respect her privacy," said Lakshmi's publicist, Christina Papadopoulos.<br />Neither Dell nor Forstmann have confirmed or denied the reports.</p>
<p>The 39-year-old former wife of controversial author Salman Rushdie is carrying the child of Dell, a venture capitalist who teaches at Columbia Business School, reported New York Post.<br />The 40-year-old teacher is the younger brother of billionaire computer maker Michael Dell.<br />Lakshmi, who has been linked to corporate honcho Teddy Forstmann for quite sometime now, was first spotted with Dell nearly two years ago at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.<br /><br />A month later, the pair were spotted together at Evelyn Lauder's party for breast cancer research.<br /><br />Lakshmi, who hosts a cookery show 'Top Chef', was recently hospitalized for five days due to complications in her pregnancy.<br /><br />"The baby was in serious danger. Teddy has been by her side the whole time. He has been incredibly wonderful and supportive," said a source.<br />After she broke the news of her pregnancy in October last year, it was widely speculated that Forstmann was the father of the child.<br /><br />"She has no interest in sharing with the public the identity of the father. She asks that people respect her privacy," said Lakshmi's publicist, Christina Papadopoulos.<br />Neither Dell nor Forstmann have confirmed or denied the reports.</p>
