Why Rod Stewart Put Daughter Up for Adoption

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 22nd 2010 07:37AM

Rod Stewart is opening up about the daughter he gave up for adoption, revealing he was "absolutely stone broke" when Sarah Streeter was born and had no other option. "She was put up for adoption when I was 17 or 18, I think," the rocker said on 'The Joy Behar Show' Thursday.

Stewart has recently been in contact with his daughter, now 46, following the deaths of her adoptive parents.

"Since her mom and dad have died, we've tried to come together and be close together, and it's working out pretty well," Stewart said. "I never felt like I was her dad, because I didn't take her to school, change her nappies, there was no paternal thing there, but I'm trying."

The rocker, whose wife Penny is pregnant with the couple's second child, has seven children, including Streeter, his eldest.

Streeter is slowly getting to know her father through phone calls and family get-togethers.

"There's no anger there," Streeter told UK's Daily Mail. "I never was angry about what happened really, just sad. But now I'm older; I see things differently and realize that it has been as difficult for him over the years as it has been for me. Now we're at the start of a new chapter, and that's wonderful."

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By jetdogy

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You are so jealous!

By Jett

I don't know anyone who doesn't like Rod. If you don't, then you do not know anything about this great man. YOU ROCK ROD! Love you!

By Kay

Children deserve to know their biological parents even if they are placed into another family. As an adoptive parent, I cherish the time my children have with their birthfamily. Children are placed for many reasons and deserve to have a loving home whether it is with their natural parents or adoptive parents. I'm thrilled to see family reunite when it was a closed adoption.

By Rich

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Ok My Opinion...you can stand there forever telling me that your adoptive parents are your real parents but the fact is that they are NOT. That is why they are called adoptive. I'm not trying to argue with you and I feel bad for you that you were ever adopted. My reasoning go far beyond having a short conversation with you on this message board. You started life with your real father as a living thing. Your father gave you life. Your mother did not give you life. In olden times people said, and it's still said to this day, that "she is going to have his child". When a child is born it should be handed over to the child's father. Let me say that I mean no disrespect towards women because they do carry and FEED the child for 9 months BUT they did not give the child life. If a child were handed over to the father after being born maybe alot of these jerks that just run around getting women pregnant would stop. Divorce courts and lawyers wouldn'g be making so much money off of child custody issues either. The welfare mother just having babies to collect is a whole different topic. These welfare mothers and people collecting welfare in general need to be investigated. If someone is able and collecting welfare why not have the government find some work for them to do while they are collecting their welfare money? One more thing about the adopted parents issue...I'll give you a very brief history about myself...when my own daughter was 6 months old and my wife and I were separated. My wife could not care for her properly so I gave up my career of 12 years to stay home and care for her myself. I didn't have any money either. I sold the possesions I had to keep going and at the same time taught myself a valuable skill that I could use to work from home. ANYONE could do the same if they put their mind to it. Fathers, when you have a child, that child is YOUR responsibility and not the responsibility of some adoptive parents.

By lilacblossom26

There is no reason to feel bad for anyone who is adopted if they went to a loving home with parents that treasured and cherished them. If my parents put me up for adoption because they didn't want me or they were too stuck in their own little world to care for me, I would have been quite glad to be taken in by people who loved and cherished me. I'm not saying that's the situation with every child. Some parents are simply unable to care for the child at that time and they really want the best things for their child and they want to give them the opportunities that they might not have if they kept it. And parents don't always have to be biological. If they love, care for, and provide for the child, they are a parent, regardless of DNA. Think before you type. You were not adopted, you didn't have to deal with that situation, and you obviously are so close-minded that you can't understand that it is sometimes necessary. And don't forget that the parents who adopt these children also have their own reasons for doing so, whether it's simply because they have big enough hearts to want to take care of a child that needs a home, or that they cannot have their own children. If this is wrong to you, then you are a sad, pathetic little man and I hope that your daughter doesn't grow up to be like you. Also, if there was no woman, there would be no child. So the woman does indeed give the baby life. All the man does is stick it in and plant a seed. The woman does the rest. Don't you DARE say a woman doesn't give the baby life.

By noel

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Rich, have you heard about rape, incest and infidelity? A child MAY know its father, but the child ALWAYS knows its mother! As for giving the child to the father.....is he going to breast feed, get up in the middle of the night, and provide SUPPORT for the child? Some may do all for the child, but most leave the mom to handle everything. That Rod is reaching out to his child is to his credit, but putting a child up for adoption is an act of love for most mothers and some dads.

By Kathy

He was only 17 he made the right decision. There's no way at that very young age he could give that baby what she needed. I only wish more teens would think of the child first and do the same.

By prodigalcamehome

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I think that it is a big mistake causing only confusion for everyone. The parent/child relationship ends when a child is placed for adoption. It is better for everyone to think of this as the beginning of life -- the former situation was not the right choice or adoption would not have been chosen.

By Bait

Well said. However, we must keep in mind that not everyone is as strong as you and your husband. I congratulate you for doing a good job raising your family.

By Bob Gardner

I'm a grandparent with a grandchild I've been trying to locate for years. His 17 year old mother, Stacy Reynolds, (son's girlfriend) gave him to an aunt to raise in Florida. His name is Justin Reynolds unless they changed the name. I can't locate the mother, the aunt or anyone. Justin would be in his early 20's and he has a port wine birthmark on on side of his face. He was born in Tennessee.

By New York

I will be praying that you find your grandson. God Bless you both

By WILL

to all you pious people , never judge a man untill you've walked a mile in his shoes

By Mari

do any of you have a website where i can read on how a man should handle finding out he has an 11 year old he didn't know of? it's a long story and that's what happen with casual relationships in young people. That father is my son and he now is having a very difficult time stepping up to the plate in a father role. He has stopped talking to me and has detached me from any contact with his now 2 yr old whom I adore and all because unlike him, I did step up to the role of granma as soon as I met my 11 yr grandson. I felt so blessed and just tried to love both of them but it has cost me the loss of my son and my 2 yrd grandbaby. I want to read/hear grown up and mature right way to handle this situation. So far, what I've done has only distanced me more from my son who now calls me a snake for even speaking to the mother of my 11 yr old granson. Help!!!

By Rod-U-suck

What a pathetic individual full of himself, to give up a child just like that. I always believe he was a normal person, I can see I was WRONG!.

Well good for you! But most 17 year olds are ill equipped to take care of a baby. I'm glad you were so resourceful. Now you need to get down from your pedestal and understand the plight of others. You said you gave up a career 'of 12 years' so obviously you were into your early 30's maybe, AND married. I do not condone welfare mothers that have a baby every year and live off the taxpayers that's wrong! But to say adoptive parents aren't ones real parents is a terrible disservice to all thos ewho adopted children. A real parent is one who has taken care of and nurtured a child, be that the biological parents or adoptive parents. Adoptive parents ARE the parents of the child or children they adopt.

By CMG

AT LEAST ROD STEWART HAS ADMITED TO HAVING A CHILD AT A YOUNG AGE, AND PUTTING UP UP FOR ADOPTION, NOT LIKE OPHRA( how ever you spell her name)she won't ever talk about giving up the child she had when she was young, i give rod alot of credit..

By lincolnmanor

Who told you that Oprah ever had a Child or put a Child up for ADOPTION? Where did you read that? If THIS IS TRUE, It's her BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT IT, IF AND WHENEVER SHE'S R E A D Y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By mark

Mary, not your decision and if your smart you'll encourage her to

By Cheri

Joy Beher has her own show? EEwwww!! Why? I couldn't even watch the interview because of that. Her voice.......Ugg, fingernails on a chalkboard!

By dcs1256

Not that this is totally pertinent to this story, based on some interactions Mr. Stewart has had with his fans, I would say that he is an a-hole.

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