Rob Lowe says Taylor Swift's fame is so much more intense than his '80s heyday: 'It's what I went through on gazillion steroids'

Rob Lowe says Taylor Swift's fame is so much more intense than his '80s heyday: 'It's what I went through on gazillion steroids' Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Amy Lamare For Dailymail.Com Published: 00:27 BST, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 00:51 BST, 18 August 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Rob Lowe has some perspective on what Taylor Swift is going through right now.

In the 1980s he was so famous — and had so many fans trying to gain access to him through any means necessary — that he had to be driven to and from the set of St. Elmo's Fire in a police car. 'It's the kind of stuff you look back on and go, did that really happen?' Lowe, 60, told People for this week's cover story.

'The stories I have are mental, they're nuts.' He said that today, the kind of fame he experience is being lived by Justin Bieber , Swift and Austin Butler , though it's even more intense for them. When considering Taylor's current fame, the St.

Elmo's Fire star - who said it was a 'nightmare' acting with son John Owen – said: 'I watch that, and it's what I went through on gazillion steroids.' Rob Lowe has some perspective on what Taylor Swift is going through right now Read More Rob Lowe on how his threesome sex tape set him on path to sobriety Lowe made his feature film debut at age 19 in 1983's The Outsiders and followed that up with St. Elmo's Fire.

Ultimately, the attention drove the Parks And Recreation actor into rehab, and today he is 34 years sober. 'I was intuitive enough.