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Alana Stewart on life, love and heartbreak

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    Former model makes private life public in new memoir

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I didn't really fascinating that I love to watch -- watch the people and and death.

Is this season.

Is so conscious of themselves in the way they look -- it's everybody's looking at the minute they're being photographed as much as somebody -- is being photographed.

And that I know I I find it's fun because -- I can't say that.

This doesn't impress me anyway and as a little girl like -- Texas and then being around all these people it is fascinating.

She let Barry tell life but the former model actress and best selling author of our brand new memoir rear view mirror.

Says it hasn't all been champagne and caviar delighted to welcome my friend Alana Stewart to the program.

It's gonna hit book rear view mirror well from your mouth to -- they fired -- how to.

Thought looking back plus hot where you don't get that it has always -- almost forty years ago you believe that I was pregnant with Ashley was like 37 years ago I can't believe it and you weren't there on the beach surrounded by a beautiful women -- you can give it got.

-- out of me and George walk in the B says look how beautiful you war.

Has serious -- -- such a doll but anyway I I had no idea at all this drama going on till I read this wonderful autobiography.

You know raped at the age of eighteen believe me alcohol.

You know not dealing with these two.

Used George there are with George Hamilton on the one hand Rod Stewart on the other.

You know how did you keep that part of your life hidden for so long.

And why.

Well because I -- a very private person basically and that's why after I wrote the book I sort of went into a panic attack thinking oh my god now my life is really going to be an open but but.

I felt like -- just sharing my challenges and my struggles that maybe I can help somebody else going through.

A similar thing because as you said I've gone through a variety of different challenges in my life and I grew up very very poor with.

In my early years I -- with my grandmother and she was a very religious woman and very.

Strong belief in god and she taught me some real home deep home in Texas values and I think that's kind of what's gotten me through my life.

-- -- -- -- Neck and coaches -- -- yes my god has a certain I don't know why -- -- -- stuck in stuck in my head and that you can pronouncing this amazing now I guess.

-- you know living next few in in Malibu years ago that you were fabulously wealthy from.

George Hamilton from your own efforts from Rod Stewart.

One of the most successful rockers of all time would come to be wasn't the case.

No I wasn't the case at all when when George and I split up we sat down and -- out our agreement on an Afghan and it cost my attorneys bill was 750 dollars.

And then there guns I'm Hollywood a very and Hollywood and when rod and I split up it was said a whole different story but I I walked away with with.

Not very much and willingly.

Because I was young still and I thought I'd worked in my life would take a different turn and I was probably foolish at the time.

Why did you think that Rod Stewart would change from being the legendary womanizer and that he was.

Doesn't every woman when she falls in love think that the man is going to change for her.

Sure but that's.

Well I thought that too you know and we did for the first few years of our marriage we had a real fairy tale marriage we -- very much in love and then.

You know slowly but surely it it started to crumble I was known longer the fun loving girl that he met because suddenly I had three small children and I wanted to stay home and be with the kids and he wasn't quite ready to give up the rock style life yet and you know I take I write about in the book I certainly take 50% of the -- it was not all his fault not by any means.

You know I -- you we hold books up when he saved read this book I really want you to this is really terrific alana Stewart's -- law.

No holds barred rear view mirror.

Good luck with it thank you so much -- so nice to see you thank you -- has -- -- looking down memory lane.

It is a great to be here that's out that's it for us for Lima and and for me policy on the radio and social.