‘Brats’ documentary: See Rob Lowe talk Brat Pack with Andrew McCarthy
Rob Lowe reflects on how a generation of young actors became known as the Brat Pack in Andrew McCarthy’s documentary “Brats.”
Rob Lowe is giving a Hollywood bus tour guide a less than stellar job review.
The “West Wing” alum took to Instagram and posted a video April 15 of a tour guide announcing, “This is John Stamos” as he passed by. In the clip, Lowe walks up to the bus and asks the riders if they know who he is: “OK guys, am I John Stamos? Who am I?” as they loudly responded, “Rob Lowe!”
The “Brothers & Sisters” star told the tour guide, “Dude, you gotta get better at your job!” The guide replied that “it’s about having fun, you know? I don’t expect to run into people,” telling Lowe, “Thank you for your cool energy, man.”
Lowe and Stamos, both 61, rose to fame as actors in a series of buzzy roles in the 1980s and ’90s. While Lowe starred in “The Outsiders,” “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “Wayne’s World,” Stamos found major success on “General Hospital” and, of course, “Full House.”
Lowe asked his actor son John Owen “Johnny” Lowe, who frequently mocks his famous dad, in the post’s caption: “@johnnylowe am I being Punk’d?” “The people have spoken,” the younger Lowe, 29, said.
Turns out the tour guide may have been in on the joke: Johnny Lowe has long pasted Stamos’ head over his dad’s face in a series of now-deleted Instagram posts. On a 2023 episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “Full House” alum Stamos proved that he’s (kind of) a part of the family.
“Johnny, the bit about me being your dad — it’s funny and people get a good kick out of it — but it’s getting a bit old,” Stamos jokingly said during a pre-recorded message that appeared. “I’m tired of explaining that, no, I’m not really his dad, I’m a better looking version.
“So, Drew, if it’s okay with you, Johnny and I did a 23andMe test and I’d like to read the results live on your show and stop this madness,” he said, before having an abrupt change of heart.
“You know, I don’t need to prove anything,” he told the father-son duo and Barrymore. “Good luck with the show, guys.” Then, he passed the envelope, directing the recipient to “Burn this. Take it. Burn it!”
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