Penny Lancaster tears up on Loose Women over 'blended' family admission
During Wednesday's Loose Women, Penny Lancaster became tearful while discussing her 'blended' family with the panel.
Loose Women: Penny Lancaster tearfully talks about family
While discussing her family on Wednesday's instalment of Loose Women, Penny Lancaster struggled to hold back tears in front of her fellow panellists.
Penny, 54, joined Jane Moore, Nadia Sawalha, Kelly Brook and Christine Lampard on the ITV chat show to promote her new book, Someone Like Me, which sees her open up about her life for the very first time.
In a heartfelt moment on Loose Women, Penny spoke about her stepchildren, as her husband Sir Rod Stewart has six children from previous relationships. He and Penny share two sons, Alistair and Aiden.
Jane praised Penny's "blended" family, saying: "You've been the glue, I think. You've played it very slowly. I love all the photos of you all, you get together and it's just a massive blended family. Everybody looks really happy."
"I'm so blessed. My biggest gift, my boys, is having that lot as their siblings," Penny responded as she choked back tears.
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"I have to say, a lot of that is down to you being receptive. Being a nice person for them to be around," Jane added.
Sharing her approach to the situation, Penny added: "It's having that empathy isn't it? Understanding what it's like for others in that situation, not just yourself."
Penny married Sir Rod in 2007 after beginning dating in 1999. The couple welcomed their first son Alistair in 2005, followed by Aiden in 2011.
Rod has four daughters, Sarah, Kimberly, Renee and Ruby, as well as sons Liam and Sean, with four previous wives.
Penny has revealed that she and Rod even considered adoption in recent years, but it "ended up not happening" as the couple were concerned there "might be too much of an age gap".
The mum-of-two also told Saga magazine that having children was non-negotiable for her, and had Rod ruled out children when she met him, she'd would have left.
"Yes [I would have left him]. And that would have been very hard," she told the outlet. "But we just went with the flow. Now Rod always says, ‘I wish I’d said yes [to babies] earlier, because then we could have had more children.’"
Penny, a former model, has carved out her own career despite being married to the iconic rocker. She has become a well-known TV personality, appearing as a regular panellist on Loose Women, and is also a serving police constable, having completed her training in 2021.
Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV1
