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Penny Lancaster admits ‘it’s difficult to keep the tears back’ as she opens up on traumatic sexual assault

Loose Women panelist Penny Lancaster was left sobbing as she recalled speaking out about traumatic sexual assault she suffered.

Appearing on the Loose Women podcast, Penny was praising production staff on the ITV daytime show saying she’s “always felt extremely safe” as well as welcomed as a panelist on the programme. For those reasons, Penny explained as she became emotional, the 54-year-old wife of Rod Stewart said she had been encouraged to address the horrifying incident – even though she hadn’t opened up to family members about what she’d endured. Coleen reached out to support her podcast co-star, holding Penny’s hand as she responded: “It’s an incredible show for that, isn’t it?

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