Back in 1988, Rob Lowe was one the first celebrities to be caught in a sex tape scandal and now the actor says he did it to 20 years too early. He explained to Marc Maron, “It would have helped my career.”
Instead, his career took a downward spiral and he was not fully welcomed back into Hollywood until 1992’s Wayne’s World. Even then, it still took over a decade before his career really got going again.
As his career stalled, he became a big drinker. Within a year it caused him to hit rock bottom until he sought help. That is when he got sober and remains so until this day almost 30 years later.
Lowe also took a positive turn from all of that. He says without those incidents he would not have his memoirs and his a one-man show. If you have not read the book, it is worth the read.
Lowe also revealed that John Hughes never called him to be in any of his movies. Which seems kind of shocking because he is a member of the Brat Pack.
