Penny Lancaster has spoken out about sex and intimacy later in life following Prue Leith's recent admission that at age 86, she uses testosterone gel to keep her libido alive. It came after a doctor had told the Bake Off judge that people her age typically "give up" on having sex. It's typically sparked by hormone changes, but it doesn't necessarily mean things need to stop in that department all together.

Penny appeared on Loose Women to talk about Prue's admission after the comment from her doctor, speaking alongside Christine Lampard, Nadia Sawalha and Gloria Hunniford. She told the panel: "Why should life stop at all, for any of us?" and explained that she also buys testosterone gel "because I want to feel virile". She was adamant that just because women lose their hormones during menopause, they shouldn't have to lose their sex lives as well.

She was asked by the panellists if she wanted to feel as virile as her husband, Rod Stewart, to which she immediately said: "No one can beat him! There's 80 and there's 80 - there's not being able to get out of bed, and there's going touring around the world."

Penny also said that as an older woman you want to feel "powerful and strong" and stated that since she started taking testosterone, she's got her spark back.

Meanwhile, Gloria Hunniford said that she's happy for Prue, but after losing her husband Stephen in 2024, sex isn't something that's on the cards for her. She said: "The thought of stripping my clothes off and jumping into bed with a new man, forget it."

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She praised Prue for "always being very open about her sex life". The Loose Women account shared the clip on Instagram which sparked conversation too, with one user writing in the comments at the time: "We hear this struggle from so many women trying to get testosterone. We all want our mojo back!"

Another said: "I think sex is just as important later in life and also better in a lot of ways due to maturity and knowledge."

It came as Women and Home shared how Dr Miriam Stoppard discussed the "taboo" surrounding sex after retirement age on BBC's Woman's Hour. She described it as a "matter of rights" and mirrored Penny's idea, stating: "Your sexuality is present until you die".