Salman Rushdie has hit back at his ex-girlfriend, Pia Glenn, blasting her as a “large, radioactive bucket of stress.”
The acclaimed author was infuriated after the statuesque “Spamalot” star — who dated him for nearly six months before he dumped her by e-mail in June — told Page Six she was “dysfunctional” and still pining for his ex-wife, Padma Lakshmi.
A furious Rushdie told us yesterday, “The reason I broke up with Pia Glenn is that I came to feel that she’s an unstable person who carries around a large, radioactive bucket of stress wherever she goes. It was just exhausting to deal with.
“Her recent explosions . . . demonstrate that she is also an accomplished liar.
“It is hard even to list the untruths in her article. We never lived together — she lived at her father’s home in Freeport, LI. We never agreed to have children together. Our relationship lasted five and a half months, so it’s hard to see how I ‘stole a year’ of her life.
“What most distresses me, however, is her statement that I am still ‘obsessed’ with my ex-wife, Padma Lakshmi. When my marriage to Padma ended I was saddened and hurt, that’s true, but that was two and a half years ago, and, like any adult, I have accepted the world as it is.
“As any of my friends can attest, I long ago turned the page and moved on. It’s absurd of Ms. Glenn to say otherwise. I wish Padma nothing but the best, particularly now that she is expecting, and have written to her to congratulate her. End of story.”
To make matters worse, Rushdie said Glenn had besieged him with calls, forcing him to hang up. He said, “She is plainly confused, and desperate for attention. I’m sorry for her and I hope she gets well soon.”
Rushdie added in a statement: “She’s broke, unemployed . . . and obviously decided to sell me out.
“So she wants to be friends? Who would want to be friends with a woman who behaves as shabbily as she just did? I feel relieved that I got out when I did.”