Rob Lowe ‘briefly’ had a fling with Demi Moore in ‘Brat Pack’ era
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore’s on-screen chemistry was hard to resist — even for the actors.
Lowe, 60, disclosed that he “briefly had a thing” with Moore, 61, in the ’80s while talking to Kelly Ripa this week on her podcast, “Let’s Talk Off Camera.”
Ripa casually mentioned Moore when she disclosed that their 1986 movie “About Last Night” was one of her all-time favorites. In the film, Lowe and Moore played love interests who boldly decided to move in together after only a few dates.
“You two have crazy good chemistry,” Ripa teased.
“Of all the stuff I did in the ’80s, if I had to pick one, it would for sure be ‘About Last Night,’” Lowe responded.
The duo also co-starred in the 1985 classic “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
Lowe and Moore were famously part of the “Brat Pack,” a group of young ’80s Hollywood It-stars, including Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald.
During their chat, Ripa couldn’t let the topic of Moore go.
“Did you have a crush on her?” the “Live! With Kelly and Mark” host asked, pressing Lowe for details. “Did you guys ever date? Did you all date each other? Was it like, just — was it a big romp?”
Lowe joked by saying it was a “big, big sex orgy” between the cast before giving Ripa exactly what she asked for.
“I mean, Demi and I briefly — I’m not telling tales out of school — we briefly had a thing,” he shared, noting their “thing” happened before Moore’s engagement to Brat Packer Emilio Estevez.
Moore never walked down the aisle with Estevez, as the couple broke off their engagement in 1986.
“Look, anytime you put young 20-something men and women together, hookups are inevitable,” Lowe said.
The actor also revealed that he was recently texting Moore about a possible “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel that’s reportedly in the works.
Lowe teased the project in July, sharing the sequel was “in the early stages;” however, he shared with Ripa that it is “moving along.”
“It’s going a little more slowly than I would have liked, but that’s a good thing because we’re trying to find the right, writer and the right story. But all of the actors, everybody is on board. Everybody’s excited,” he said of the project.
While Lowe and Moore’s attraction never developed into more than their “thing,” the pair appeared in McCarthy’s Brat Pack documentary, “Brats,” released earlier this year on Hulu.
The film lifted the veil on the famous group members, the memories from their heyday and their gripes with the Brat Pack title, coined by The New Yorker in 1985.
Lowe went on to marry Sheryl Berkoff. The couple has been married since 1991 and share two sons: Matthew, 31, and John, 28.
Lowe starred on “Unstable” with his youngest son, who also executive produced the Netflix series. The show was canceled earlier this month after just two seasons.
Moore has three ex-husbands. The “Substance” actress was married to Freddy Moore from 1981 to1985 before famously saying “I do” to Bruce Willis (1987–2000) and Ashton Kutcher (2005–2013).
She remains close to Willis amid his health struggles, as the exes share daughters Rumer, 36, Scout, 33, and Tallulah, 30. Moore and Willis also have a granddaughter, Louetta, who Rumer and her husband welcomed in April.
