'Major meltdowns!' Penny Lancaster on Rod Stewart's 'empathy' for her menopause symptoms

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Loose Women panelist Penny has since told how the rocker's "empathy" and excellent communication skills helped her to get through the hormonal changes.The 51-year-old confessed that she had suffered "major meltdowns".Penny recalled: "I couldn't justify my feelings and emotions, couldn't pull myself out of it and would collapse into a ball of tears of frustration and scream."She admitted that her behaviour was totally out of character, and rockstar Rod initially felt terrified.However, he soon grew to understand the reasons for the changes."He had empathy towards me and how I was suffering," Penny revealed."We've always been good at communicating with one another and explaining how we feel, so he got to understand."Then he wanted to encourage men to sit up and take note," she told The Telegraph."He's going: 'This isn't just a women's problem.

We need to recognise it.' It affects husbands, partners, children..."The Maggie May hitmaker, 77, was so on board with the situation that he even publicly backed the Menopause Mandate campaign, which has also been supported by fellow TV presenters Davina McCall and Mariella Frostrup.He elaborated on his experiences with Penny when he was her guest on an episode of Loose Women."I googled menopause so much when she was going through it," he admitted."She was in a fragile situation [and] I just had to listen and learn and get ready for saucepans being thrown through the kitchen!'It was frightening, it wasn't the person I married," he continued candidly.However, he added: "She explained it through the tears and we talked it through."Penny has also been open about her ordeal with waiting to receive mood-saving hormone replacement medication.Owing to a current HRT shortage in the UK, she.