Rod Stewart: My Wife Banned Me From Being Friends With Donald Trump

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rod-stewart-says-wife-penny-lancaster-banned-him-from-friendship-with-donald-trump?ref=home


Rod Stewart: My Wife Banned Me From Being Friends With Donald Trump
ON THE OUTS
Brett Bachman
Night Editor
Updated Jun. 12, 2023 5:04AM ET /
Published Jun. 11, 2023 11:29PM ET

Sir Rod Stewart said in a recent interview that his wife, the model Penny Lancaster, banned him from being friends with Donald Trump because of his derogatory comments toward women. The pair are neighbors in the same area of Palm Beach, Florida, and Stewart has performed at several of the former president’s casinos in the past—but their friendly relationship came to a halt when he married Lancaster. “I used to go to his Christmas party and the balls he held but my wife said ‘no,’” Stewart told Scottish Field magazine. “There was stuff he was coming out with, what he was saying about women he had known in the past, and Penny said ‘you’re not going. He’s a disgrace.’”

[Vinca]

1. Smart wife.

[elias7]

2. Smart husband

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Kinda disappointed that Rod did not arrive independently at these conclusions.

He would've continued showing up and not caring about TFG's statements or his treasonous behavior.

[3Hotdogs]

4. + 1

[ariadne0614]

17. +2

[marble falls]

24. +3.

[sarchasm]

80. +4

[jaxexpat]

6. Perhaps it is devotion to bestow upon one's spouse the reason for personal civility.

[padah513]

13. Well said. She's his better half.

[marble falls]

26. It works. I definately have a better half. I'm much better for it and don't get why she took on ...

... such a reclamation project as me.

She literally forced me to save my own life when I was too proud to seek medical intervention after my Cadillac health insurance pulled the rug out from under me.

[msfiddlestix]

31. Right?I I have seen some very shocking and disappointing support for that psychopath from musicians

I have had a lot of admiration and respect.. No more.

One more to drop from the list.

[Rebl2]

36. Same

Wonder if he thinks treason is okay

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. It's unclear when she said this

The Daily Beast article puts it as "when they married", which was 2007. But the Daily Telegraph article, on which that's based, doesn't seem to say it was "when they married", just some time after. The one date it puts on things is:

Speaking in 2018 about his friendship with Mr Trump, Sir Rod said: “Let me just clear up the situation. I’ve known Trump for a long time. I’ve done concerts for him in his casinos. I live probably three-quarters of a mile down the road from him on the beach in Florida.

“He’s always been extremely nice to me. He’s let my friends use his golf course for nothing, and I’ve had no problems with him at all.

“Is he a great president? Nah. I think his moral compass is way off. But on the other hand the country’s doing extremely well, although I believe part of that was down to president Obama – the country was starting to do great anyway, he’s just carrying it on.

“But we’ll see with the mid-term elections. It does seem like the walls are closing in on my dear friend.”

In the original for that, he then said

whoops, he corrects himself – “I won’t say dear friend, he’s just a friend.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20181002113915/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/rod-stewart-interview-blood-red-roses-faces-ronnie-wood-maggie-may-trump-brexit-referendum-a8558121.html

(The true source this year is an interview with the Scottish Field magazine, but that doesn't appear to be online)

[Celerity]

38. You shouldn't be surprised though. He has always been a bellend. He was a big Enoch Powell booster

and spoke approvingly of the white nationalist/neo Nazi National Front back in the day.

https://rogersmovienation.com/2020/10/16/documentary-review-remembering-when-british-music-turned-anti-racist-antifa-white-riot/

Remember that time Eric Clapton got up on stage and snapped “Get the wogs out, get the coons out” of his native Britain. That time David Bowie said “Britain is ready for a fascist leader?” “Good old days,” right?

Adam Ant using Nazi agitprop to launch his career. Clapton and Rod Stewart singing the praises of the white supremacist/Nazi “National Front,” a fringe political party that threatened to go mainstream before Thatcherism turned Britain hard right without the spoken-out-loud bigotry.

https://thequietus.com/articles/11246-physical-resistance-hundred-years-anti-fascism-extract

1976 was a busy year for anti-fascists. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was launched in the autumn. The story is a well-known one, but bears repeating. In August, Eric Clapton interrupted his set at the Birmingham Odeon to advise his fans to ‘Vote for Enoch Powell’ and ‘stop Britain becoming a black colony.’ In case his audience didn’t get the full implications of his message, Clapton expanded: ‘Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out’ and repeated the phrase ‘Keep Britain White’. His outburst prompted the photographer, Red Saunders, to write to the New Musical Express, Sounds, Melody Maker and the Socialist Worker to remind the guitarist ‘Half your music is black. You’re rock music’s biggest colonist.’ Saunders concluded his letter with the declaration: ‘We want to organise a rank and file movement against the racist poison music. We urge support for Rock Against Racism.’

Clapton was unrepentant. He told Melody Maker the following week that Powell ‘was the only bloke telling the truth, for the good of the country.’ Maybe he was hoping that being a rock star would immunise him from public opprobrium. After all, Rod Stewart had made similar remarks without provoking too much in the way of public disapproval and David Bowie, whilst in a drug-induced haze, had declared that that Britain was ready for a fascist leader and had ridden around Victoria Station in an open top Mercedes giving a Nazi salute. The Bowie incidents did create a brief furore in the press but the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement had failed to muster any meaningful response. Clapton’s outburst was the tipping point. The growing anti-racist sentiment of a younger generation challenged both the casual and the politicised racism of their elders. Hundreds of letters supporting Saunders flooded into the papers. Within months, Rock Against Racism (RAR) was born.

[The Roux Comes First]

39. Me, Too

But I have noticed that once in a while a celebrity with the sort of fame that RS has develops (or is born with), shall we say, some character imbalances, often just perturbations in the profile we would want to have in a person to feel they'd make a proper friend. Like, say, decent judgment on the character of other people. [sarcasm]

It also seems safe to assume that a superstar would be just the sort of person to inspire abject fawning in tfg and possibly even drag him a few micrometers out of his psychopathy for a spell.

[Bev54]

47. Sound like this was long before he became president.

She seem like a very down to earth woman. She also is a constabulary volunteer in the UK.

[swong19104]

63. What do you expect from a person who sings

True, that was a 70s song, where date rape was a perfectly acceptable behavior for men. /s

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

76. I used to like a song, but it has the same date rape theme...

... With a heaping side of classism.

"If's her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor just do what you feel"

[LakeArenal]

77. Or the Outfield: I just wanna use your love tonight.

Or America: I can’t marry you and I’m a poor correspondent but : love me just a little, just enough to show you care.

[SouthernDem4ever]

64. +1

That was my first thought too.

[liberal_mama]

68. Rod must not be a good judge of character if he was ever friends with Trump

It's good his wife set him right though and put down her foot.

[yourout]

5. He should be thanking her hourly for that one

[jimmy the one]

7. Maggie may not go to MAL

You made a first-class fool out of me
But I'm as blind as a fool can be
You stole my heart, but I love[d] you anyway
Maggie [er, Donald] I wished I'd never seen your face

[malaise]

8. Bwaaaaaaah😀😀😀😀

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217993821

[jimmy the one]

60. Magats May

Give the gold medal to 'wake up maggots'.
.. er, appears autocorrected to 'magats'; well done autocorrect (joking).
.. begs the question whether 'magats' will become a new dictionary word this year (or is it already?)

Rod Stewart did say he liked to play at trumps golf course. Boo Rod, you do not need the reflected glory nor trumps infamy haunting you, shoulda realized that from the git go.
I looked it up few years back to see how many pro golfers played at Trump's courses, and was shocked it appeared most of the american notables, including tiger woods, mickleson, bryson cham----, even rory. Seemed like most american pro golfers got some reflected glorious perverted joy from chumming it up with trump and his money. At least a few years back, wonder how they think now that it's become more of a stigma to play there.

[malaise]

62. Yeah for a new dictionary word

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MAGATs.

I stopped watching golf after Woods played with Slobby- two first rate scumbags - one who was once a great golfer.

[jimmy the one]

65. hidden innuendo

Yeah for a new dictionarynword

is that second 'N' in there accidentally or intentional? almost skipped my notice.
I think the latter. If so I get your drift.
Maybe 'dictionarynword ' will make it as well someday!
Cheers, Malaise.

[malaise]

67. Typo sometimes I hit n instead of the space bar on the iPad😀

[jimmy the one]

73. thanks for clarification

OK then, but somehow it tied in. Lemme explain, maybe you already know what I'm saying.
You wrote dictionarynword which on second read I thought you meant a new 'dictionary n word' (to add to the dictionary) which magat could become sort of for the maga rightwing nutjobs, though hardly as derogatory as the n word as America knows it.
Well I voted Obama twice, Kamela Harris once, black lives matter & trump is corrupt, and the first time I used the n word was when I was fifty and it was not in a malicious way, but speaking civilly about how slave owners would refer to their slaves. Heck, Dave Chappelle has used it far more than me!
Cheers again, M.

[LakeArenal]

78. ❣️

[Joinfortmill]

34. LOL

[liberal N proud]

9. Mine didn't have to!

I couldn’t.

[ret5hd]

10. Apartheid didn't bother him...

don’t see why he shouldn’t be friend with trump.

[LisaM]

51. And Beyonce just played in Dubai for $35 million

despite their awful record on women's rights and gay rights. She even left her pro gay songs off the playlist.

It's funny that this came up, because the New Yorker just had a long article about celebrities doing private gigs for huge money. Sometimes it's something like a Bar Mitzvah or corporate party. Other times it's for events in places like Dubai by people who should know better and also don't need the money.

[SunSeeker]

52. Ug. I didn't know that. Did she need the money that badly?

[LisaM]

57. Maybe her ego did.

I was remembering as I read the article about all the bands that boycotted South Africa during apartheid and thinking, this is the result? People play for huge fees in Dubai and other places with enormous human rights violations and no one cares?

The three holdouts for private gigs they mentioned were interesting. Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and AC/DC.

[malaise]

11. Wake up Donnie

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217993821

[Danascot]

12. Note that "disgrace"

is one of Trumps 100 word vocabulary.

[ShazzieB]

55. I noticed that right away!

It's one of his favorites, along with disaster. Anything he doesn't like is a disaster, a disgrace, or both.

[MissMillie]

14. Souds like Rod has a keeper! (n/t)

.

[2naSalit]

15. But it was only because...

His spouse objected? Were it not for her, they would be friends?

Never liked that guy anyway, I mean, read to the lyrics of his songs if you want an unhealthy dose of disgusting misogyny. Have to read them because it's hard to tell what he's trying to sing with his alley cat with asthma sound.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

16. +1

[spooky3]

19. Agree. Never could understand why people bought

His records (after the first).

[2naSalit]

22. Their first one...

Was okay, he had a good band. As a trained vocalist, it almost makes my throat hurt to listen to singers who sound like they're being electrocuted or are in severe agony like that. I liked Janis Joplin but I can only listen to her in small doses.

[3catwoman3]

45. He does sound like his vocal cords...

...have been replaced by very coarse sandpaper.

[Lucky Luciano]

48. As a trained vocalist, have a look at Jinjer's song Pisces.

Quite a range on her! I’m guessing you most likely won’t care for it though (after you pick your jaw up off the floor)…incredible belt at the end which is my favorite part.

[druidity33]

28. I liked Faces. But that's pretty much it. nt.

[Ligyron]

33. There's a lot of misogyny in rock music.

Stewart wrote "Ball Trap", "Stay With Me", "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones, etc.

I have no clue but I wonder if Hip Hop or Rap is any better in today's supposedly enlightened world?

[2naSalit]

35. Indeed...

I have left a lot of it behind because of the lyrics. Hip Hop and Rap never appealed to me mostly because of the lyrics.

[Caliman73]

49. No, they are not...

The misogyny in music has been an issue for a long time and will likely continue to be one.

Rap, from the beginning has had a problem with its depiction of women and continues to have a problem.

[Celerity]

40. he has been an open supporter of racist politicians and groups at times since at least the 70s

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217997078#post38

[2naSalit]

41. Heard about some of that...

Not surprised about it.

[Celerity]

43. because it was over here across the pound, not so many Americans even knew or cared

I wager 95+ per cent of Americans have no clue who Enoch Powell (Rivers of Blood) or the National Front are/were.

[2naSalit]

44. And...

I would have to agree with you. So many lack a global perspective that it's a bit scary.

[Celerity]

46. Enoch Powell is sort of like America's George Wallace. I think that is a decent analogy, granted far

from perfect. Powell was vastly more intellectual, for instance.

They both died in 1998.


Rivers of Blood speech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech

The "Rivers of Blood" speech was made by British Member of Parliament (MP) Enoch Powell on 20 April 1968, to a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, England. His speech strongly criticised mass immigration, especially Commonwealth immigration to the United Kingdom and the proposed Race Relations Bill. It became known as the "Rivers of Blood" speech, although Powell always referred to it as "the Birmingham speech". The former name alludes to a line from Virgil's Aeneid which Powell quoted:

As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'.

The speech caused a political storm, making Powell one of the most talked about and divisive politicians in the country; it led to his controversial dismissal from the Shadow Cabinet by Conservative Party Leader Edward Heath. According to most accounts, the popularity of Powell's perspective on immigration may have been a decisive factor in the Conservatives' surprise victory in the 1970 general election, although he became one of the most persistent opponents of the subsequent Heath government.

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[NJCher]

81. I certainly don't

And I don’t think I’ve ever heard rod stewart. The name sounds vaguely familiar.

Most of the time when pop culture references are made here, I don’t get them.

[Celerity]

82. Enoch Powell and the National Front are obviously what I was referring to, not Stewart.

[NJCher]

83. Since I don't know any of them

Complete whoosh here.

No offense intended.

And now I must bid this thread adieu since I am completely out of my element.

[Sky Jewels]

69. And of course he wouldn't have a career if it weren't for the Black musicians he ripped off.

[diva77]

53. I think you have a future as a music critic!

[RAB910]

18. An embarrassing admission by Stewart. It's akin to saying, "I was friends with Hitler before my..."

[panader0]

20. Rod who? Sorry. Never cared much for the guy.

[Skittles]

21. he married well

[Freddie]

23. Third time's the charm

He has 8 kids by 5 different women. I read his autobiography and he really comes across as a good guy who’s lead quite an interesting life. And he adores his wife Penny.

[2naSalit]

25. ...

Shit, that was good!

[Hortensis]

27. :) Good for her. And him. Sounds like she wouldn't have married

a man with that problem. And the one she did respected her wishes: friendly-neighbors relationship over.

[relayerbob]

29. But if not for her? Then what?

[edhopper]

30. C'mon people

they weren't friends, he went to parties Trump held and his wife told him it was a bad thing. Didn't take much to convince him. People in those circles hang with a lot of awful people. You want to look at the guest list at Kissinger recent 100th birthday.

[617Blue]

32. He had to be told? nt

[Farmer-Rick]

42. You know who else use to live near Trump and Stewart?

Epstein. He was a neighbor in Palm Beach to both of them. Sounds like a degenerate group of people live in Palm Beach.

[Niagara]

50. Here's a photo of casual acquaintances together at Mel's and Donnie's 2005 wedding.

Although, I'm fairly positive that Bill Clinton didn't bump lines of cocaine in the bathroom with Donnie during any special gatherings. Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump were actually friends at one time, so it's only natural that parents would mingle, especially in the same social circles where their children are friends.




There's an abundance of people who attended this party and that party of this person's party and that person's party that actually were A-C-Q-U-A-I-N-T-A-N-C-E-S.

[SunSeeker]

54. That was before Mango Mussolini betrayed us with Russia and tried to overthrow our democracy.

And before over a dozen women came forward accusing him of sexual assault. And before his birtherism. And before he banned Muslims from entering the country. And before he called Mexican immigrants rapists.

Back then, he was just known for being a loudmouth, womanizing real estate guy who went nuts over the Central Park 5 case. Yes, he was repulsive back then, but nothing like he is known to be now. Now he is undeniably a full blown racist, traitorous fascist who has been adjudicated as having committed sexual assault. There is just no excuse for socializing with Trump now. None.

[Niagara]

56. I understand what you're saying, Sunseeker.

I'm not sure when Rod was hanging around at Donnie's and the article doesn't specify what years this occurred. Rod and his current wife got married in 2007, not much of a timeline between 2005 to 2007.



The thing is, the majority of us have been acquaintances with someone that was not exactly our friend.

[Cha]

58. Good on your wife, Penny, Enlightening

you Rod Stewart!

And, look how far beyond what an idiot Misogynist Dt is..

[Ziggysmom]

59. Never liked Rod or his beliefs. His voice irritates me.

Now I see he's a real douchebag.

[RainCaster]

61. Like so many of us, he is made better by listening to his wife

It took me a long time to learn that, but I did.

[BigmanPigman]

70. Too bad Jerry Hall didn't tell her hubby not to play with tRump.

[ZonkerHarris]

71. Rock BBC stars and jock stars don't think a lot of things through

[AZ8theist]

72. WHO?

[Aussie105]

74. Rod is not political.

And doesn't see the harm Trump was doing.

Rod just wants to party.

Penny, keep him clued up please!

[murielm99]

79. I have had to set my husband straight a few times.

He is very open and friendly with everyone. He needs to use a bit more caution.

I am thankful that he listens most of the time.

[Celerity]

84. Of course he was/is politcal. He has been a racist shitehawk for decades.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217997078#post38

[GenThePerservering]

75. Neither Rod Stewart

nor Eric Clapton have been worth listening to for years. They did good stuff early on, but Rod has been on the Casino circuit for years. Clapton is like a wet noodle.

I'm a big hip-hop fan. There's a good deal of non-misogynistic rap and hip-hop, with some very powerful women that has been coming out. Gangstah rap has such an Incel overtone with its constant strutting and threats that it's just a parody of itself. The late Coolio, OTOH, wrote "Gangster Paradise" which told the world what the life was really like. That was back in the 90s.

But sounds like Rod just knew Golfer Trump and didn't pay much attention to his politics (which were always flip-flopping) - good he listened to his wife.