Sir Rod Stewart has rebuffed the use of politically correct language. The Maggie May singer admitted he freely calls people “darling” or “love” and is not concerned with policing the way he speaks.
Addressing his stance in a new interview, the legendary crooner explained he uses the terms in a friendly manner.
The 76-year-old commented that the use of “darling” is not offensive if said towards someone in the appropriate way.
The musician opened up about his thoughts on political correctness as he claimed phrases such as “love” are now supposedly off-limits in today’s society.
“You’re not allowed to call anybody ‘darling’ or ‘love’, that’s all out the window now,” Rod commented.
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“I think that they’re friendly terms, as long as it’s not shouting across the road, ‘Allo, darling, what you got in that basket?'”
The Do Ya Think I’m Sexy crooner claimed when he uses them people are not offended.
He continued to The Telegraph: “All the girls in my band I call darling, and I don’t think their husbands or boyfriends are offended.
“I call men friends darling. I call Elton [John] darling.”
Two of his new songs, Precious Memories and Anybody Else But You, are dedicated to Penny.
“I’m madly in love,” he told the same publication. “These days, I don’t flirt with anybody at all. I wouldn’t dare! I mean, I don’t want to!”
Rod met his third wife in 1999, and they wed eight years later.
The couple have two sons together – Alastair, who is 15, and Aiden, 10.