Melissa Gilbert opens up about ‘very tumultuous’ Rob Lowe romance
Melissa Gilbert opened up about dating Rob Lowe in the early years of her career
Melissa Gilbert opened up about dating Rob Lowe in the early years of her career on the I Choose Me podcast.
The Little House on the Prairie star and host Jennie Garth reflected on the early relationships they had at the beginning of their fame.
Having dated him from 1981 to 1987, she remarked, “I guess looking back on those six years, I mean, I was such a baby when Rob and I were together. I was 17 and we broke up for the last time when we were 23 and it was very tumultuous.”
“I felt like a bit of an old sage in the business at that point because I'd been doing it for so long,” she continued. “And I was still on Little House on the Prairie when we met, and it had already been years, and he was sort of starting out. He'd done a little bit of television. And so I was able to sort of sit back and watch this meteoric rise happen.”
“I don't think I was prepared for the stuff that came with it, necessarily,” the actress admitted. “I was prepared for all of having to go to premieres and things and award shows and all of that, but I wasn't prepared for the fandom and frankly, the girls.”
“I always thought that every girl and woman was my sister. We're sisters, but it was not evident at all when Rob and I were a couple,” Gilbert recalled. “I mean, it was like I didn't exist. They just pushed right past me and stick phone numbers in his pockets and stuff.”
“To say it was disconcerting is doing it a big disservice,” she explained. “It was hard and horrible. I think I learned a lot about what didn't work for me, actually, and what I wouldn't stand for later on.”
“They hurt. They’re hard because they usually are born of heartbreak and angst, but those are really valuable and important lessons… We had some really, really, really fun times,” the actress acquiesced.
