While no one would expect an icon like Rod Stewart to be able to fix a leaky faucet, you'd think he could fry an egg without supervision.
But you'd be sadly mistaken, as the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer sheepishly admitted recently.
Stewart tells Rolling Stone in a new interview that there's no hyperbole at play when he claims on his new album, Blood Red Roses, that he can't even boil an egg.
"In the '70s, it was a different era," he said. "We used to have girlfriends we'd shack up with. And then you'd sort of get fed up with them and they'd leave, or you'd kick 'em out. Horrible, but then you realize, 'Who's gonna cook me dinner? Who's gonna cook me breakfast?' And you find yourself walking down to the local café."
That could explain why the singer has been married three times. He says he's yet to learn his way around the kitchen, though he did try it once.
"I'm still absolutely hopeless," Stewart continued. "I cannot cook to save me life. The last time I tried to make a boiled egg, I had about 20 pans and things out of the cupboard. What a mess. Nothing to be proud of."
Stewart's lone culinary achievements include "a bit of toast and a cup of tea in the afternoon," he admitted.
Good thing he can still sing, huh?
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