the past is never perfect, but it had a skeleton Rob Lowe Closet’s son John Owen Lowe didn’t expect to stumble.
John Owen Opens Up to Men’s Health About the moment she found out about her father’s infamous sex tape Since the late 80’s, Filmed during the 1988 Democratic National Convention, in an interview published Tuesday. In 1989, Lowe faced a lawsuit from the mother of a 16-year-old girl involved in the tape. The actor denied knowing that the girl was underage cbs news and Yahoo.
“I was in eighth grade or freshman year of high school, and some kid said, ‘You know, your dad has a sex tape online,'” recalled John Owen, 28. “I was like, ‘What?’ ,
“You know what it’s like? Santa Claus,” John Owen continued. “I don’t think most parents ever have that moment where they sit the kids down and go, ‘Okay, we have to tell you something.’ A kid just takes it for granted. There weren’t milestones, like, ‘Well, he’s 16 now, it’s time for him to learn about this part of our lives.’ ,
Lowe joked: “Wikipedia and Google took care of that for us.”
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Lowe previously spoke openly about the scandal during an appearance on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” in October 2019. Lowe said that the test played a key role in his sobriety journey,
Lowe said at the time, “People talk about it, I go, ‘I think it’s the best thing that ever happened to me. ‘” “Honestly, I do, ’cause it calmed me down. Sober got me married. I’ve been married for 29 years, and I have two wonderful sons. I don’t think that would have happened without going through that scandal.” I really don’t.”
The Brat Pack actor got sober in 1990 and completed 29 years on Instagram in May 2019.
Lowe captioned a photo of her young self, “Thank you to everyone who has inspired me on this amazing, challenging and life-changing journey.” “If you, or someone you know, is struggling with alcoholism or addiction, there may be a future of hope, health, and happiness. And it comes one day at a time.”
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Contributing: Erin Jensen, USA TODAY
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