The "naughty” habit that keeps 73-year-old Rod Stewart young
Although he was known for his adulterous behaviour and bad boy image, British rock icon Rod Stewart has traded his wild antics to slow down and focus on his career and family.
However, while speaking to 60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett, Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster, revealed the one naughty habit that keeps the 73-year-old musician young.
Lancaster described her husband of nearly 20 years as a “doting father” to their sons Alastair, 12, and Aiden, 7.
"He's a pushover," his ex-model wife told Bartlett.
"He teaches them the naughtiest things. We'll be in a restaurant and he'll put a pea on the end of a fork and bang it, see how far it gets across the restaurant.
"So, he is naughty," she said to which Stewart responded: "I will grow up one of these days."
Although Stewart has eight children born to five mothers, he is adamant that his two youngest sons will grow up in England.
"I want my kids to be brought up in this country.
"I've seen with kids being brought up in Beverly Hills, I've seen a lot of damage."
Stewart’s eldest son, Sean, 37, starred in a reality TV show showcasing spoilt rich kids in Hollywood.
"It's difficult isn't it, for kids to have high profile parents, someone like you?" asked Bartlett.
"It's a double-edged sword," Stewart replied.
"Because when they go through their school days, it's difficult for them. 'Your dad this, your dad that,' you know."
"But then the other side of it is they're always going to be financially well off, you know.
"I'm not going to give them tonnes of money, but they're going to be okay."
Sean also battled drug addiction in the past, which is a sensitive topic for Stewart and the topic of his first single ‘Didn’t I’ on his new album Blood Red Roses.
During the interview, Stewart also discussed the longevity of his marriage with his third wife, Lancaster.
"Go out, get drunk, pull a load of birds … I was that," the rock singer said.
"[Now] the soldier is back in the barracks; the banana is back in the fruit bowl ... the cue is back in the rack."
Lancaster said: “I think the truth and secret behind our longevity ... is just honesty and communication.”
Despite the success of his relationship, Stewart said that after all these years, his greatest pleasure is still performing on stage.
The musician, who has amassed earnings of more than $300 million in his career, said: “I love it. It's not only a pleasure being up there, but I can see the pleasure that I give other people and that is just, there's no drug in the world as good as that."
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