Rob Lowe reveals the 'Brat Pack' label was 'designed to belittle us' though fans thought it 'sounds cool' even though the moniker hurt their careers Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:22, 15 August 2024 | Updated: 01:54, 15 August 2024 e-mail 8 View comments Rob Lowe is looking back on his days as a member of the group known as the Brat Pack, a moniker which was coined nearly 40 years ago.
A New York Magazine article by David Blum published on June 10, 1985 was entitled Hollywood's Brat Pack, a spin on the Rat Pack of the 1960s. The article followed members of the group such as Lowe, 60, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore , Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy on a night out partying in New York City . Nearly four decades later, Lowe is opening up about the moniker and the article itself, which he said was, 'horrible.
' 'It was a hit piece, there's no doubt about it. It was designed to belittle us, make us look small, with that journalistic trick of plausible deniability,' Lowe said. Rob Lowe is looking back on his days as a member of the group known as the Brat Pack, a moniker which was coined nearly 40 years ago A New York Magazine article by David Blum published on June 10, 1985 was entitled Hollywood's Brat Pack, a spin on the Rat Pack of the 1960s Lowe was just 21 at the time, having worked as an actor since he was 15, making his feature film debut at 19 in 1983's The Outsiders.
Two years later.