Penny Lancaster, 54, Calls Rod Stewart, 80, ‘Youthful Machine’ Amid Gold Digger Concerns

Penny Lancaster gushed that her husband Rod Stewart is ‘so youthful he’s a machine’ as she opened up about their relationship on Monday. 

The TV personality, 54, has been married to the rocker, 80, for 18 years but was forced to convince his six children that she wasn’t a golf digger when they first met.

When the couple first met, Penny was 27-years-old and Rod was 53, with two marriages behind him. 

Despite their age gap, the Police Constable revealed to Saga Magazine that the Maggie May hitmaker has promised to give her ‘another 20 years’. 

Penny said: ‘Rod’s so youthful, he’s like a machine. You can’t stop him. He’s the one that says, “We’re going out tomorrow night” or “Should we go to Paris this weekend?” I’m like, “We were out last night!” he has ideas about how he’ll wind down but he’ll never stop.

‘We’re already looking at tours next year and the year beyond. On his 80th birthday, he said to me, “I’m going to give you another 20 years”.’

The Loose Women panellist also revealed that when she first met Rod she ‘wasn’t a fan’ of his but the singer soon ‘sucked her in’ to his life. 

However, his family’s initial reaction to their relationship was quite strong as Rod had six children by four women. 

Penny added: ‘They were, “What’s her angle?” I was just… “I like the guy!” Whatever decisions Rod made with exes, I was always very inclusive with them, making sure they didn’t see me as a threat.’  

Rod put his first child up for adoption, Sarah, 61, who he welcomed with his ex-girlfriend Susannah Boffey when he was just 17, he later formed a relationship with her.

He had daughter Kimberly, 47, and son Sean, 45, with his ex-wife Alana Stewart and a daughter Ruby, 38, with his ex-girlfriend Kelly Emberg.

While married to his ex-wife Rachel Hunter, the Faces frontman had two more children, Renee, 33, and Liam, 30.

Penny and Rod later welcomed sons Alastair, 19, and Aiden, 14.   

It comes after Rod recently opened up about how his split from Rachel ‘tore him to shreds’.

Reflecting on the breakdown of their marriage, Rod admitted their age gap did end up being the reason for their eventual split.

Making rare comments about his ex-wife, he told The Times: ‘Rachel left me because she was too young – my sister said I should never have married her in the first place -but it tore me to shreds.’

Rod met his now-wife Penny Lancaster just six months after his split from Rachel, and said the gap was purely because his friend wouldn’t hand over her number.

When asked if he wanted to be single first, he quipped: ‘F***ing right, there were six months between Rachel and Penny because my bass player, who had Penny’s number, wouldn’t give it to me.

‘He said, “All you’re going to do now is s**g around”, and he was right: I had a splendid time in those six months.’

Rod gushed over his wife Penny, and told how she has ‘everything’ he wants as he revealed he is now happier than ever.

The Maggie May hitmaker first met his ex-wife Rachel at Roxbury Club in Los Angeles and told how he thought she was a ‘goddess’ in his 2012 autobiography.

‘There was a connection straight away. She was extremely beautiful, but there was something no-nonsense about her as well,’ he shared in the book.

‘It was there in her New Zealand accent, but also in her face, which was open and smart.

‘Not only was she as far removed as could be from the stereotype of the flaky model, but she already had money and fame.

‘That was a relief. In my position, that suspicion was always there: does this woman really like me, or just the stuff that surrounds me?’

Read the full interview in the October edition of Saga Magazine, on sale now.