Overview
- Anita Rani's My Life at Christmas aired on Dec. 7, featuring Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster reflecting on their relationship since first meeting in 1999.
- Stewart said band leader Carmine Appice withheld Lancaster’s phone number for nine months so he could recover from his divorce from Rachel Hunter.
- Lancaster became emotional as she described cautiously earning trust in Stewart’s large, age‑diverse family, saying the closeness they now share took time.
- The couple recalled a 2018 audience with Pope Francis that they described as powerful and spiritually affirming.
- Stewart credited maturity, honesty, avoiding late‑night disputes, and apologizing as pillars of their marriage; they married in 2007 and have two sons, born in 2005 and 2011.