Aging rock icon Rod Stewart is all work and no play these days, and insiders say it’s getting old for long-suffering wife Penny Lancaster, who’s missing the good ol’ days and is wondering what’s happened to his legendary mojo.
The 80-year-old “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” crooner was once known as much for his sex-capades as his string of hit tunes. He’s fathered eight kids with three wives and two galpals.
But sources say the “Hot Legs” singer is now consumed by his upcoming One Last Time Tour in the U.S. running from March 13 to Aug. 15 and brags he’s also working on “a country album, and I’m halfway through doing an original album.”
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That seems to be leaving wife Penny, 54, mom of his sons Alistair, 19, and Aiden, 14, alone in the bedroom.
“Penny feels like she barely recognizes him,” says an insider. “He used to be so full of energy — he worked hard but he had plenty left in the tank for her.”
“But these days she can hardly get him to pay attention to her long enough to enjoy a proper night out.”
“They used to take off on little trips at the drop of a hat, and their date nights were a huge part of what kept them close. But lately he’s either working or resting.”
The “Maggie May” singer was full of fun at age 62 when they wed in 2007, but now 18 years later, the insider says: “Rehearsing and doing his shows take so much out of him. When he’s not ‘on,’ so to speak, he’s practically laid out flat on his back.”
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“Penny feels like the public and the fans and even his friends get one version of Rod and she gets another, and she’s starting to complain.”
The legendary lothario is worth an estimated $300 million, so it’s not like he needs the bucks.
“Penny doesn’t understand why he pushes himself so hard to work and to entertain at the expense of their private life,” says the source. “She’s saying it feels like he’s married to his career instead of her.”
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