From tweeting personal thoughts to his almost 150,000 Twitter followers to sharing secrets with readers in his new best-selling memoir, Rob Lowe has learned to embrace the spotlight that’s been shining on him since his days as an ‘80s heartthrob. Lowe sat down with Parade.com to talk about the upcoming season of Parks & Recreation, his surprising love for Twitter and his upcoming role playing controversial Drew Peterson in a Lifetime thriller.
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He wishes social media had been around when he first got to Hollywood…
“I actually really do. It’s a great way to set the record straight immediately. I was on a TV show this morning and Donald Trump was on as well and we were having a few laughs and I said, ‘Donald, you should get back into the race. You would be so great in a Republican debate,’ and then there were immediate headlines that I urged him to run for president. So I went to Twitter and said, ‘Donald and I were just having fun.’ In a previous time, this story becomes I called for Donald to run for president. Now, you can immediately go in and tell people the spirit of the conversation. I like the way you can circumvent the media gatekeepers and go right to the people. That’s my favorite thing about Twitter.”
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