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How Things Got Messy For Rob Lowe and Melissa Gilbert: Romance Rewind


Rob Lowe and Melissa Gilbert met as teenagers, but their powerful chemistry led to a turbulent romance that ended in devastating circumstances

He didn’t elaborate — but, decades later in her memoir, Gilbert revealed that she got revenge by having an affair with fellow Brat Packer John Cusack, who happened to be one of Lowe’s best friends. The couple broke up briefly in 1986 when Lowe began dating Princess Stephanie of Monaco(daughter of classic movie star Grace Kelly), but reunited soon after. All these years later, their long-lost relationship is still a source of fascination for the generations who grew up adoring Gilbert on Little House on the Prairie and swooning over Lowe and his fellow Brat Pack stars.

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