“I was definitely doing too much Bolivian marching powder and just being a f—ing lunatic.”

While discussing the genre withBill Simmons, executive producer of HBO’sYacht Rock: A Documentary, theSt.

Elmo’s Fireactor revealed that he attempted to pivot from one corner of the entertainment industry to another.

Rob Lowe Toto

Rob Lowe; Toto.Credit:Getty(2)

Lowe’s inability to secure good parts led him down a surprising path.

And I cut a demo with Toto."

That’s not to say that Lowe was aiming to join the band behind “Africa.”

Group portrait of American rock band Toto, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27th September 1982

Toto in 1982.Rob Verhorst/Redferns

“Who weren’t you involved with in L.A. in the 80s?”

“Probably nobody, because I also took having fun very seriously,” Lowe said.

Lowe said his girlfriend opted to attend the party without him.

Rob Lowe appearing in the ABC tv series ‘ABC Afterschool Specials

Rob Lowe in 1980.American Broadcasting Companies via Getty

“So my girlfriend went and, you know, you could do the math,” he said.

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Lowe responded with a salacious claim: “All of them.

He used to be a king.”

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