Rod Stewart Reveals Shocking Secret to 17 Years of Marriage Bliss with Penny Lancaster
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Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster are sharing the secrets behind their successful marriage after recently celebrating their 17th wedding anniversary.
In a joint interview with HELLO! magazine, the 79-year-old rock icon and 53-year-old model, who tied the knot in June 2007, explained how they make spending quality time together a priority and approach instances when they do not see eye to eye.
“We love life and make date nights for one another, among touring and family time,” Stewart said.
“We listen to each other and try to resolve all our disagreements, the dirty laundry as Penny says, right away, and before we go to bed,” the Grammy Award winner added.
Lancaster told the outlet that having a “healthy attraction” to each other was an important part of their relationship.
“Rod and I can have dinner in a crowded room or just the two of us – we always have eyes for each other,” the British model said. “There’s this look, this connection, this message without words.”
Stewart and Lancaster are parents to sons Alastair Wallace, 18, and Aiden Patrick, 13. When the pair married, Stewart was already a father of six.
Stewart shares his oldest child, daughter Sarah Streeter, 60, with his ex-girlfriend Susannah Boffey. Sarah was raised by adoptive parents, only connecting with her father as an adult.
In April 1979, the rock star married his first wife, Alana Stewart, and they welcomed daughter Kimberly, 44, in August of that year. The former couple, who also share son Sean, 43, divorced in 1984.
Stewart and model Kelly Emberg are parents to daughter Ruby, 36. The two were together for seven years before calling it quits in 1990.
In December 1990, Stewart married Rachel Hunter. The singer and the model share daughter Renee, 32, and son Liam, 29. Stewart and Hunter divorced in 2006.
While speaking with HELLO!, Lancaster reflected on how she bonded with her stepchildren after she first began dating Stewart in 1999.
“I knew that I had to be honest with them, too, so that they would accept me,” she said. “I couldn’t pretend to please every single one of them, so I was just myself. It took a while, but they came to trust me.”
Lancaster went on to say that their big blended family enjoys coming together for big celebrations. In June, the couple traveled to Dubrovnik, Croatia, for Liam’s wedding. Stewart’s other seven children and Hunter also attended the nuptials.
“We like to take every opportunity to bring the family, children, and grandchildren together,” Lancaster said. “Part of the family lives in America, part in England, so it requires a lot of planning, but at least two or three times a year, the whole clan comes together.”
