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RankinRod Stewart made headlines earlier this year when he said that anyone who announces a “retirement” or “final” tour — like his old pal Elton John — is doing so just for a cash grab. Now, Rod says he feels badly about his comments.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Rod says, “I was a bit unfair to Elton on a drunk night on television in New York, when I spitefully said, ‘I think it’s bang out of order that you announce a farewell tour every time, and it stinks of grabbing money.'”
He adds, “I wish I hadn’t said it. I think [Elton’s] very upset with me. [My wife] Penny keeps saying, ‘Send him an apology.’ So I should, really.”
Speaking of his wife Penny, she and Rod have two children, 12-year-old Alastair and seven-year-old Aiden. Rod says of Aiden, “He’s been dressing up as a lady and I wanted to buy him a nice outfit for Christmas, but Pen said, ‘Don’t encourage him.’ I’ve seen lots of kids dress up as girls when they’re little, it doesn’t mean anything. And anyway, if he’s gay, so what? We need gay men in the world.”
And the interview ends with this little tidbit: The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer evidently regrets passing up the chance on an investment that would have made him a fortune.
“I was asked to invest in Starbucks about 20 years ago and I turned it down,” he claims. “I was saying, ‘Who is going to want to drink coffee all day? It’ll never happen.’ I was a cup of tea man. Now they’re on every street corner. I must have lost millions.”
Still, he admits, “I’ve got more money than I can spend. I’m not complaining at all.”
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