Crown ArchetypeRod Stewart's new memoir, Rod: The Autobiography, is full of true stories of ***, ***** and rock 'n' roll, but it also includes the origin and then denial of one particular rumor that's been dogging the singer for years.  You may know the one we're talking about...the one that involves sailors and a stomach pump.

In an excerpt from Rod published in Rolling Stone magazine, Stewart explains that the entire story was a fabrication cooked up by Tony Toon, his assistant and publicist in the '70s, as a way to get back at him after Rod fired him. read more ≫