‘I’ve lost my wife’: Penny Lancaster reveals husband Rod Stewart was jealous of her dancing in the arms of another man on Strictly Come Dancing
Penny Lancaster has revealed her husband Rod Stewart was jealous of her dancing with another man on Strictly Come Dancing.
The former model, 49, took part in the fifth series of the BBC show in 2007 and was partnered up with dancer Ian Waite.
The pair made it to the sixth round before they were voted off, but not before Penny’s rocker husband made his feelings known.
Jealous: Penny Lancaster revealed her husband Rod Stewart was relieved when she was partnered with Ian Waite on Strictly Come Dancing, who is gay
Teaming up again with Ian on Wednesday, Penny spoke about her ballroom experience as part of his Fitsteps show on Facebook Live.
The Loose Women star said: ‘The funniest thing is, my husband said “it’s fantastic, you’re going to go on and do Strictly, that’s brilliant, your wildest dream. Go for it girl”.
‘But then he was like, “who are you dancing with?”‘
‘I said, “‘it’s Ian and he said “oh that’s fine then!”‘
Protective: But the model admitted the singer was still ‘jealous’ at the thought of her dancing with another man
Happy times: Penny enjoyed her time on the dance floor and made it through six weeks of the competition
But, Penny admitted Rod still felt a pang of jealousy at his wife dancing with someone else.
She said: ‘He still got jealous because I’ve lost my wife, she’s in the arms of another man.
‘She’s spending five to six hours a day with another man. But of course he loved you and send his best wishes.’
Catching up: The Loose Women star said husband Rod and dancer Ian became close despite his initial fears
Rod recently gushed that wife Penny is ‘everything’ to him, as he reflected on their relationship.
The singer, 75, looked back on their marriage in a candid interview with The Mirror last month and admitted she helped him become a better person.
Of their two decades of marital bliss, he said: ‘I’m stunned that Penny has kept me around for 20 years.
‘I’m stunned she’s kept me around for 20 years’: Rod gushed that wife Penny is ‘everything’ to him as he reflected on their relationship in a recent interview
‘They have not invented the words for how I feel about her. She is everything.’
He went on to say that she helped him understand the importance of a long and happy marriage, as he admitted: ‘It took me a while to learn, because I have been a scallywag in the past.’
Rod explained that being with Penny made him learn ‘good manners’ which he also tries to instil on his children, while he feels he helped her gain ‘a lot of confidence’ during the course of their relationship.
Penny and Rod began dating in 1999 before marrying eight years later in the medieval monastery La Cervara in Portofino.
Gushing: Of their two decades of marital bliss, Rod said ‘they have not invented the words for how I feel about her. She is everything’