Penny Lancaster in tears recalling Rod Stewart health update reaction
Penny Lancaster emotional as she discusses menopause
Rod Stewart’s wife Penny Lancaster was reduced to tears as she addressed her debilitating menopause symptoms with Carolyn Harris MP in an emotional clip. Penny is calling for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to be free on the NHS to help women.
In the heartbreaking clip from the charity Wellbeing of Women, the 52-year-old tearfully explained: “Rod had to usher the kids out of the room at the time, but within five minutes they came back in.”
Penny started to break down in tears as she struggled to say the next part of her sentence.
As she was crying, she explained: “They said, ‘It’s going to be okay mummy’.
“I remember Rod saying [to the children], ‘I know mummy’s having a hard time, it’s the hormones just like when you have your period but it’s a lot worse.”
The antidepressants masked a lot of the symptoms but they did not deal with the underlying condition.
Penny said she also feels passionate about making HRT free for women to have as “half the population are dealing with it”.
She said: “70 percent of the NHS [nurses] are female so we can’t afford to lose any more nurses from the NHS.
“We are not asking for extra, we are just asking for our hormones back to feel normal.
“So if the Government could just give us what they promised and bring in, ideally, free HRT or if not, a huge discount on it.”
Earlier this month, Penny opened up to Dan Walker on Channel 5 about Rod supporting her through menopause.
She said: “70 percent of the NHS [nurses] are female so we can’t afford to lose any more nurses from the NHS.
“We are not asking for extra, we are just asking for our hormones back to feel normal.
“So if the Government could just give us what they promised and bring in, ideally, free HRT or if not, a huge discount on it.”
In October 2022, Penny opened up to Dan Walker on Channel 5 about Rod supporting her through menopause.
“It crept up on me just as much as it did to [my family],” the former model told the broadcaster.
“It was a learning curve for everyone but I had luckily had the support of my husband, who was very understanding and I’m quite good at wearing my heart on my sleeve and discussing all sorts of topics.”
She gushed: “He’s a great advocate for men to watch out for those symptoms and look on the internet.”
Penny’s full interview for the Wellbeing of Women campaign Let’s #ChatMenopause can be watch on wellbeingofwomen.org.uk.
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