Rod stewart sexuality

Rod Stewart is hoping to put some long-standing murmurings about his love life to bed, so to speak.

During an appearance on "Katie," Stewart told host Katie Couric that he is "as heterosexual as they come," in response to a question about a rumor the rock legend once had to have his stomach pumped after a wild bedtime with sailors in San Diego, Greg in Hollywood and The Advocate are reporting.

According to Stewart, the myth was actually the work of a vengeful representative: "I used to verb this guy operate for me, he was a gay publicist. He’s deceased now so he might be watching. I had to fire him because he did something terrible, which I won’t go into."

Stewart, who has been married to model Penny Lancaster since , went on to note, "So he wanted revenge so he started this rumor about me, and it was horrible because my kids were at school. So that is definitely not true."

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Rod Stewart Finally Addresses Urban Myths: &#;I&#;m as Heterosexual as they Come&#;

Rod Stewart&#;s autobiography is out, and it&#;s as full of stories as Keith Richards&#; book was last year. Rod is on with Katie Couric right now, and he just addressed the most persistent urban myth about him&#;that he had to own his stomach pumped after an encounter in a San Diego gay bar. Yes, they actually addressed this. Rod &#; who is very good natured in the interview&#; got a excellent laugh. &#;I&#;m as heterosexual as they come!&#; he laughed. He explained that a former publicist, who was gay, made up the story after Rod had to heat him. The story took on its own life, just like a similar one about Richard Gere (which is, yes, completely untrue).

This is how the story reads in his book:

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