Their affection wasn’t fully realized until Rod chartered a yacht for a trip to the Bahamas a few weeks later.
On December 15, 1990, the two exchanged vows at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, where his sister Mary reportedly offered a grim prognostication: “That girl will break his heart one day.”
And when Rachel informed him that she wanted to end their marriage in 1998, exactly that happened.
Rod claimed that Rachel, who was approaching her 30th birthday and had two kids, felt miserable and that she needed to leave her husband’s presence behind in order to live her own life.
Rod was crushed and fell victim to a crushing sadness that would leave him unable to function for more than four months.
He shed 12 lbs, he declared. He was constantly cold. He started spending the daytimes curled up on the couch with a blanket covering me and a hot water bottle resting against my chest. That’s why they call it heartbroken, he realized; you can actually feel it in your heart.
Are Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter still friends?
Before the gloom gradually dissipated, he resorted to counseling and took up yoga in an effort to cope.
Rod and Penny, both 51, are still friendly with Rachel, 52, and Alana, Rod’s first wife.
Alastair, 16, and Aiden, 11, are two of Rod’s boys with Loose Women presenter Penny, whom he married in 2007.
