Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster once made a pact to 'never spend more than 10 days apart.'
The couple are currently said to be desperately working on their 17-year marriage after the singer reneged on their plans to sell his $74 million Beverly Hills mansion and return full-time to the UK.
The veteran British rocker, 79, is refusing to leave LA, while a furious Penny, 53, does not want to stay in the US despite Rod extending his Las Vegas residency and rejecting two offers on their sprawling property.
In a resurfaced clip from an episode of Loose Women in 2017, Penny gave her insight into long distance relationships and revealed how she and her husband once vowed to never spend too much time apart.
Speaking on the ITV programme, she explained: 'He is still working hard he is not going to retire anytime soon.'
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster once made a pact to 'never spend more than 10 days apart' but they are now clashing over his decision to not want to move back to the UK (stock image)
The couple are currently said to be working on their 17-year marriage after the singer reneged on their plans to sell his $74 million Beverly Hills mansion and return full-time to the UK (pictured two weeks ago)
Penny continued: 'For the first year of our relationship he was in America and I was in the UK, I was still studying at college, so we had that seperation.
'I thought if this is going to work then this is going to make a very strong foundation and it will give us better leverage for later on.
'But nowadays with the kids still school and Rod at work, we've made a pact to not spend any longer than 10 days apart. The longest we spent apart was two weeks and we were like "this is too much, we can't do this".'
Recalling their first meeting on on Loose Women in 2015, Penny revealed how she was 'dared' by a friend to go up and ask for his autograph at a concert.
'The next day I got an invitation to go and photograph him at a concert because I was at college at the time,' she said.
Rod explained: 'I got her phone number and I gave it to my bass player, but he kept it for six months, I'd just gone through a break up and he said I wasn't ready yet.'
'I did call her six months later.'
Penny continued: 'The funny thing is when I got to photograph him, I though he was asking me out of the kindness of his heart. Then he called me up six month later and goes "I'd love to see those photos you took."'
In a resurfaced clip from Loose Women in 2017, Penny gave her insight into long distance relationships and revealed how she and Rod once vowed to never spend too much time apart
She said: Penny continued: 'For the first year of our relationship he was in America and I was in the UK, I was still studying at college, so we had that seperation... it was too much'
Recalling their first meeting on on Loose Women in 2015, Penny revealed how she was 'dared' by a friend to go up and ask for his autograph at a concert
Rod explained: 'I got her phone number and I gave it to my bass player, but he kept it for six months, I'd just gone through a break up and he said I wasn't ready yet'
On Wednesday, DailyMail.com learned the pair are now at a 'stalemate,' with Rod refusing to leave LA, and Penny refusing to stay after he extended his Las Vegas residency and rejected two offers on the sprawling nine-bedroom property just over a month ago.
‘Rod loves his life in LA and he flies back and forth to Vegas for his gigs,’ a well-placed insider said. ‘He gets to spend quality time with his grandchildren and hosts a banquet dinner almost every Sunday night at home for a crowd of his best friends.’
Rod revealed plans to relocate to his native UK in June 2023 when he listed his 33,000-square-foot Beverly Hills abode – which also includes a three-story guesthouse, swimming pool and a sizable soccer pitch for $70 million.
He then cranked up the asking price to $80 million in December, before slashing it by $6 million in February to leave a $74 million price tag.
But the rocker has since pulled the property from the market, leaving Penny - who is a regular on UK panel show Loose Women, works as a special constable for the City of London Police and considers the British countryside ‘home’ - fuming.
‘Penny has no plans to return to LA, which she’s not a fan of, while Rod has no plans to move back right now,’ the insider continued.
‘They’re at a stalemate and Penny is angry that Rod’s gone back on his word. It’s about saving their marriage right now.’
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Stewart and Lancaster for comment.
Rod, who first moved to LA in 1975, paid $12 million for the land on which he built his yellow stately mansion in 1991 after roping in California architect to the stars Richard Landry.
The property boasts 12 bathrooms, a huge formal dining room for over 20 guests, a speakeasy, a movie theater, a wood-paneled library, a wine room, two gyms, an eat-in chef’s kitchen, a tearoom – and also currently houses his 1,500sq ft model railway.
On Wednesday, DailyMail.com learned the pair are now at a 'stalemate,' with Rod refusing to leave LA, and Penny refusing to stay after he extended his Las Vegas residency
‘Penny has no plans to return to LA, which she’s not a fan of, while Rod has no plans to move back right now,’ the insider said
He confirmed his return to the UK last June, citing his sons’ education as one of the leading factors.
‘The chance of me selling is very, very slim because I really love it so unless I get the right price I won’t sell it,’ he told Chris Evans on Virgin Radio.
‘I love Los Angeles and the American people have been very good to me, but it’s time to leave. My two boys, [17] and 12, are going to school here [UK].’
The Grammy-winner planned to make his palatial Essex estate, known as Durrington House, his permanent residence. He and Lancaster purchased the 10-bedroom, 18th century property back in 2016.
