Rob Lowe and his son John Owen have pursued passion projects together in the entertainment industry, but their son Matthew managed to appear on one of his father's most famous shows.
However, he didn't catch the acting bug and, in fact, was “upset and uncomfortable” while filming scenes for “The West Wing” with his father.
Matthew admitted he was still a big fan of the political drama when he joined his father's SiriusXM podcast, “Literally with Rob Lowe.”
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Rob Lowe's son Matthew recalled working with his father on “The West Wing.” (Getty Images)
Lowe appeared in the first four seasons of “The West Wing” like White House deputy communications director Sam Seaborn. He left the show in 2002 and Seaborn was eliminated from “The West Wing” with a run for Congress in California.
“I think I'm actually your biggest fan in the 'The West Wing' family. I've seen it a few times, the seasons I'm on it,” Matthew said.
“You're in this. Oh, you're in this,” Rob said before Matthew added, “It's my claim to fame. It's the famous episode, right?”
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“Not only, Matthew, are you on 'The West Wing,' but you're also in it; without a doubt, any 'West Wing' fan will tell you that it's in the top five ever made and that it's their favorite episode.” a lot of people.” Rob assured his son. “The episode is called 'Noël' and it's the episode for which Richard Schiff deservedly won his Emmy. It's a Christmas episode and there are Christmas carols in one of the rooms on 'The West Wing.'”
Matthew was just a child when he appeared in a Christmas episode of “The West Wing.” (Getty Images)
Matthew joked: “Don't give it away too much. I want to see if the viewers can figure out who I am,” before asking his father how old he was when they filmed the episode.
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“Seven?” Rob guessed before Matthew intervened and said: “I'm very young. I have a vivid memory of that day.”
He added: “I remember being very, very upset and uncomfortable because I had to wear dress shoes, and they were very tight and I felt uncomfortable in dress shoes and that's my little memory of that day, and also of playing chess with Martin Sheen .
“I mean, it's a cool memory. You get to play chess with President Bartlet,” Rob said.
Lowe played White House deputy communications director Sam Seaborn. (Getty Images)
Last year, the Brat Pack member admitted that he walked away from the role of a lifetime because he felt “undervalued” while working on the series.
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“Every time I talk to actors who complain about their relationships on their shows, it happens,” he explained during an appearance on Stitcher Studios' “Podcrushed.” “It happens in any workplace. You could be in an environment where people push you around, want to see you fail, don't appreciate you, whatever it is, and every time I share my stories, people say, 'I'll never share my stories.' .my own stories again.'”
He added: “They would make your hair stand on end and there are some of them that I wrote. I shared some of them in my book, but I intentionally didn't share half of the others because it would make the people involved look really bad.” I didn't want to do it.”
Martin Sheen played President Josiah “Jed” Bartlet, while Rob Lowe played the deputy director of communications on “The West Wing.” (David Rose/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
At the time, Lowe's departure was promoted as amicable and was attributed to his character's storyline fading.
“So I didn't have a good experience,” he said on the podcast. “I tried to make it work and I tried to make it work and I tried to make it work, and then what happened was my kids were getting to a certain age where I could see them having their first girlfriends or friends and being in a relationship that was “It's abusive and accepts it. She's the popular girl, everyone likes her, she's beautiful. She must be great everything people would tell me about doing 'The West Wing.'”
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“It's so popular, it's so amazing, it must be amazing, but I know what it's like, and if I couldn't quit, how could I empower my kids to quit?”
Lowe too reflected about the moment he left and how it affected him.
Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney worked alongside Lowe on the award-winning series. (Photo by: Steve Schapiro/NBCU Photo Bank)
“I walked away from the most popular girl in school, but I also knew it was a super unhealthy relationship and it was the best thing I did in my life,” he said.
Despite feeling “undervalued” on set, Lowe appeared in two episodes of the final season. He also joined the cast of an HBO special in 2020.
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Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
