Rob Lowe spent much of the 1980s as a member of the “Brat Pack”, a group of young, powerful and reckless actors and actresses. He is just as good-looking now as he was back in the 80s, which is why I named him this month’s “Man of Style.”
As I said earlier, Rob was one of the nine original members of the 1980s “Brat Pack”, along with Judd Nelson, Demi Moore, Anthony Michael Hall, Sean Penn, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy.
Now at 55, Rob has bounced back from a sex tape scandal, saying that it was the “greatest thing that ever happened” to him.
“In 1988 he paid a very public price, when a videotape surfaced of Lowe having sex with two young women in an Atlanta hotel. One was 22, the other 16, but because the incident occurred in Georgia, where the age of consent is 16, Lowe did not face criminal charges. Still, his image took a hit.” {Source: QG}
In 2011, Rob told USA Today that if he did not dye his hair, it would be entirely grey. He said he went grey at age 24.
“There’s this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can’t be in pain or they can’t have rough lives or be deep or interesting. They can’t be any of the things that you long to play as an actor. I’m getting to play those parts now and loving it. When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn’t have taken myself seriously.”
Rob Lowe, IMDb
Interesting facts about Rob Lowe:
- Rob has a rigorous exercise regimen and loves outdoor sports.
- He also is dedicated to a low-carb diet (he is a spokesman for Atkins).
- He is, by both profession and personal inclination, invested in self-care. (He launched Profile, a skin-care line including an under-eye serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, and shaving gel, in 2015.)
- He’s open about his desire to look good. {Source: Men’s Health}
“Men deny having vanity—that’s the greatest vanity,” Lowe says. “Not me. I’m vain as f**k.”
Rob Lowe, Men’s Health
- Rob is deaf in his right ear, due to a virus he caught when he was an infant.
- In 2011, Rob wrote a memoir titled Stories I Only Tell My Friends, which was released in May 2011.
- In 2014, Rob wrote a second book titled Love Life, which was released in April that year. He uses stories and observations from his life in a poignant and humorous series of true tales about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and sons, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.
- Rob was the first male spokesperson for the 2000 Lee National Denim Day fundraiser, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. {His grandmother and great-grandmother both suffered from breast cancer, and his mother died of the disease in late 2003.} {Source: Booms Beat}
Are you a fan of Rob Lowe’s? What do you think about his status as a sex symbol and as a man of style?
Yours Truly,
Vanessa
