Rod Stewart reportedly disapproved of daughter Kimberly Stewart dating Calum Best - and had words after Russell Brand made jokes about sleeping with her, but he’s said to be impressed with her new boyfriend Tommy Lee.

According to the Mirror, Rod thought it was hilarious that Tommy, who was previously married to Pamela Anderson, hired a helicopter to whisk Kimberly away on a date but forgot to get permission to land the craft.

Rod is quoted by the newspaper as saying: “I’ve tried some manoeuvres in my time to pursue a woman, but I’ve got to admit this is a pretty strong move.”

“Attempting to land a helicopter in my garden [in Los Angeles] just to impress my daughter… That is quite something!”

Rod and new wife Penny Lancaster met with Kimberly and Tommy at the Soho Hotel in London on Wednesday for lunch and given her dad’s past behaviour, Kimberly was expecting the first meeting to be a fraught affair - but a source close to the socialite revealed the opposite was true: “Instead Kimberly was stunned at how chivalrous her dad was being - Tommy makes her former squeezes look like choirboys in comparison.”