Rob Lowe claims that his experiences in the 1980s on Gazillion Steroids are what made Taylor Swift famous

Rob Lowe claims that his experiences in the 1980s on Gazillion Steroids are what made Taylor Swift famous

In a new PEOPLE cover interview, the beloved actor and ‘Unstable’ star opens up about navigating peak Hollywood It Boy fame.

Rob Lowe claims that his experiences in the 1980s on Gazillion Steroids are what made Taylor Swift famous

At his peak Hollywood It Boy fame during the ’80s, Rob Lowe navigated a superstar life and daily frenzied fandom

While shooting St. Elmo’s Fire, the Brat Pack era’s magnum opus, he says, «I remember them having to bring me on and off the set in a police car, and that wasn’t the first or only time. People breaking into my grandparents’ house in Ohio thinking I was going to be there.»

Rob Lowe claims that his experiences in the 1980s on Gazillion Steroids are what made Taylor Swift famous

The list of «crazy stuff» goes on: a fan broke into his house and nabbed his underwear; cops called after screaming throngs of people waited in the snow

all night while he was on a ski vacation; folks dressed as him for Halloween. And on and on.

Rob Lowe claims that his experiences in the 1980s on Gazillion Steroids are what made Taylor Swift famous

«It’s the kind of stuff you look back on and go, did that really happen?» Lowe tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story that celebrates transformative moments in the Hollywood icon’s life. «The stories I have are mental, they’re nuts.»