Rod Stewart opened up about a recent health scare with his 11-year-old son, Aiden.
Stewart told FourFourTwo that his youngest son was rushed to the hospital after “going blue and unconscious” while playing for his Young Hoops soccer team.
Stewart continued to say, “We thought my boy had a heart attack. He was going blue and was unconscious until he calmed down. It was scary, but it turned out to be a panic attack.”
“The lad wanted to do well, pulled on the Hoops in Scotland for his dad,” he added.
Stewart, 77, did not elaborate on the incident but did tell the outlet that there was another medical scare during the game.
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“Another boy fell backwards and banged his head — he’s still not back. In all of my days watching football, that’s the only time two ambulances had been called,” he said.
Stewart is the father of eight children. Alastair and Aiden, now 17 and 11 with his wife Penny Lancaster. He also has other children with past girlfriends and ex-wives beginning with his daughter Sarah, 59, son Sean, 42, daughter Kimberly, 43, daughter Ruby, 35, daughter Renee, 30, and Son Liam, 28.
In a 2021 interview with PEOPLE, Stewart talked about his parenting techniques and how he has had to adapt over the years.
“I have to be several different fathers because of the different age groups of my kids,” Stewart said. “You really have to treat all of them as individuals with individual problems.”
He continued to say, “All the [older] kids went through their little bad period of drinking too much and dabbling in drugs — except for Liam; I don’t think he ever did — but they all came out on the other side. As a dad, I’ve learned to listen and not blow my top.”
