Penny Lancaster stuns Loose Women panel saying 'men like to spread their seed'

Penny Lancaster left the Loose Women panel gobsmacked during Tuesday's show as she discussed men becoming fathers later on in life.

The 50-year-old blonde married singer Sir Rod Stewart in 2007 and gave birth to their two sons when he was 60 and 65-years-old.

Asked if she was conscious of him being an older dad, Penny replied: "Not at all. A lot of older women have children and of course it’s much harder for them, men can have children at any age, and I think it just depends on what kind of older man you are.

"My rockstar has got the fitness of a 35-year-old and he’s not retired. So I don’t consider him in that older category."

Penny Lancaster stunned the Loose Women panel when she said ‘men like to spread their seed’ (ITV)

Penny continued: "It’s really been so amazing for my boys because of his traditional values and the morals that he’s instilled and the boys have naturally picked up, those kind of more old-fashioned values. I think the younger generation, they sort of skip over those things."

Asked if she thinks Rod is a better dad now than he was when he was younger, Penny said: "He’s had the time to reflect and learn the lessons of the past.

Brenda Edwards was heard gasping as Penny spoke about men wanting to have more kids (ITV)

"He does have regrets of not being there for the older ones, but he’s certainly made up for it and we’re one big family now, all of us."

Janet then interjected: "We always talk about older dads and of course older women don’t have that option.

"How often do you ever hear of a 28-year-old man marrying a woman age 60, it just doesn't work that way around and I suppose you know society will have come a bit further down the road regarding that more as normal than freakish, as it is at the moment."

Janet Street Porter joked that she 'might want to spread' her seed too but it might take longer (ITV)

Penny has two sons with her 76-year-old husband Sir Rod Stewart (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

"You're not so fertile at that age though," Penny butted in, as Janet continued: "No but there are woman now having babies through surrogates and so on...

"But men like to spread their seed, it's part of their generation," Penny added, as the rest of the panel gasped.

"I think we'll park that one!" Janet laughed, as Penny said: "Well, it's true, it's true."

"I might want to spread my seed but it might be an awfully long wait for anything to happen!" Janet then joked.

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12:30pm on ITV.