Penny Lancaster praises 'patient' Rod Stewart in emotional baby admission

Penny Lancaster made a sad admission about her IVF journey with her husband Rod Stewart during an interview on BBC Breakfast.

The model turned Special Constable spoke with Charlotte Gallagher about her new memoir in which she opens up about her personal life and marriage to the Maggie Mag hitmaker.

She also made a heartbreaking admission about her and Rod trying for a baby through IVF. Penny began, "I mean, there's a certain amount of injections you have to do, one in the stomach and one in your bottom. You know, I was injecting myself backstage at Rod's shows, on planes, at home, you know, like wherever it was necessary."

When asked how Rod was during the process, the model continued, "Rod was very patient and very committed. And he just said, 'Look, darling, if you want to keep giving it a go, I'm right behind you. Let's go for this.'

"And he had a great sense of humor with the whole thing as well. He always talks about how the doctor puts his sperm under a microscope to study it, and one sperm had two heads and one had a couple of feet."

She added, "So I think for women and men to be able to talk openly about it, the serious side, and sort of putting a bit of fun back into it."

When speaking about how she met Rod, Penny admitted, "It was a Christmas party, and a friend of mine dared me to go and get an autograph, and it happened to be Rod Stewart."

Charlotte went on to ask Penny about how her parents reacted to the news she was dating Rod, to which she explained, "They always knew I was more attracted to an older person, but Rod Stewart, they thought, 'this could come with some hurdles or some problems along the way'.

"But in fact, my dad, being a lawyer in the City of London, decided, 'I was going to wear a leather jacket when they met'. And Rod said, 'Right, I'm going to wear a pinstripe suit like a lawyer'.

"So they both kind of like switched outfits for their first introduction. But they got on like a house on fire, and so did he and my mum. I suppose they come from the same generation, almost the same age, as one another."

During the heartfelt interview, Penny also discussed her dyslexia and how she was a "write-off" at school.

"I mean, I was kind of a write-off at school. I'll never make anything of myself, and the fear of standing up in class and having to read in front of people was just horrifying," she shared.

"And now I'm writing my own book, and through my charity work, I've stood up in front of audiences and made speeches and been on Loose Women. So I've learned to adapt, and because life now is much more understanding about dyslexia."

BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One.