Rob Lowe says stogies and golf kept him sober for years — and he also dishes on his old party buddies Charlie Sheen and Robert Downey Jr. in a new interview.
“When I got sober, that was 1990. One of the things you have to do when you stop [drinking] is you have to find other ways to have fun,” the “Parks and Recreation” star recalls in a July cover story for Cigar Aficionado.
“You’re looking for new ways to bond, to be social, to be out amongst people. For me, in the early days, that meant playing golf and smoking cigars.”
He reveals of once-wild, now-sober “Iron Man” star Downey — with whom Lowe was a member of Hollywood’s so-called Brat Pack: “He was always in the dead center of . . . the scene. Now he commutes from a safe distance and does it in doses . . . we see each other a bunch but . . . we’re not the last ones to leave a party anymore.”
On still-wild Sheen: “I love him, even though he hates sobriety. There’s no funnier, smarter, more enjoyable raconteur than Charlie . . . I admire him living the life of his choosing.”