Rod Stewart, who is beginning a Las Vegas residency today, is a father of eight children in total. However he has admitted it is difficult to get them alltogether at the same time. “They always have plans.

.. So I say, ‘If you don’t come, it is coming out of your inheritance’.

So they show up," Rod commented in 2020. (Image: Getty) Link copied Sir Rod Stewart has quite a brood as a father to eight children and a grandfather to three. The singer's four daughters and four sons range in age from 60 to 13.

In 2021, he admitted in an interview with People that the huge age gaps mean he has to be "several different fathers". "You really have to treat all of them as individuals with individual problems," he explained. "As a dad, I've learned to listen and not blow my top," he said adding "seeing all my kids and my wife with big smiles on their faces" is what "makes me happiest.

" Despite all having their own lives the family do make a huge effort to see each other although it is rare to get all eight of his offspring in one place. Sir Rod has previously revealed that trying to get all of his children together at the same time can be a bit of a challenge. “They always have plans.

.. So I say, ‘If you don’t come, it is coming out of your inheritance’.

So they show up," Rod commented in 2020. The star has been married three times but has also welcomed children from other long-term relationships. His first wife was Alana Stewart.

They were married from 1979 to 1984 and shar.