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NewsJuly, 4 Rod Stewart admits split from Rachel Hunter tore him 'to shreds'
Rod Stewart admits his split from ex-wife Rachel Hunter tore him "to shreds". The Hot Legs singer blamed their 24-year age gap for the marriage breakdown, in a candid interview published this week. Rod met NZ model Rachel, 55, in an LA nightclub when she was just 21 - an age difference which he now says created an unfixable gulf between them. "Rachel left me because she was too young," 80-year-old Rod told The Times, before adding that his sister Mary had expressed doubts about the romance and believed Rachel was "too young". "My sister said I should never have married her in the first place," he said. "But it tore me to shreds." The rasp-voiced rocker also addressed the six-month gap between his marriage to Rachel ending in 1999, and his romance with now-wife Penny Lancaster, 54, beginning the same year. Rod revealed the gap would have been even shorter, had his band's bass player been willing to give him Penny's phone number sooner. "F**king 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 joked, adding he enjoyed the half-year break between relationships to its fullest. "He said, 'All you're going to do now is shag around', and he was right: I had a splendid time in those six months."
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