With their two grown sons out of the home now, Rob Lowe and his spouse, Sheryl’s relationship has been reignited.
“The Outsiders” star, who has been married to make-up artist and jewellery designer Sheryl Berkoff for 33 years, admitted his two sons’ departure from the household house has immediately impacted the couple’s relationship.
“I was sad when they left,” he mentioned of sons, Matthew, 31 and John, 28. “And I thought this is the end of that relationship with your kids — it’s not. It’s just the beginning of a new chapter,” he expressed on “The Jennifer Hudson Present,” which aired on Monday.
ROB LOWE REVEALS THREE SECRETS TO HIS 31-YEAR MARRIAGE
Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff have been married for 33 years. (Arnold Jerocki/WireImage/Getty Photographs)
“Becoming [an empty nester] was actually super emotional for me,” he mentioned. “I was so sad. And then once they were out of the house, I looked at my wife and went, ‘Wait a minute, I remember you! You’re hot! And we have fun together,'” he mentioned enthusiastically.
“And all of a sudden, I could wake up in the middle of the night and go get a midnight snack without any clothes on again. It was very freeing. I love being an empty nester now.”
Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff are the proud mother and father of two sons, Matthew Edward, 31, and John Owen, 28. (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
Lowe additionally mirrored on his under-the-radar nuptials to Sheryl, 33 years in the past.
“We didn’t want anybody to know about it. We didn’t want it to be in the papers. So we had it at a friend’s house and told people they were coming to a daytime luncheon with a wedding theme. So when they walked in and saw the alter, they didn’t go, ‘What the hell,’” he recounted.
“And then we walked down the aisle,” Lowe mentioned, including that folks had been surprised to be taught it was an actual marriage ceremony.
Rob Lowe, who initially was upset about turning into an empty nester, instructed Jennifer Hudson all the advantages to not having children in his home any longer. (Mitch Haddad/WBTV through Getty Photographs)
Lowe has been vocal in his adoration for his spouse, admitting simply final 12 months the three keys to his profitable marriage.
“It’s all about who you choose.… Sheryl was and is my best friend. So if you marry for anything other than the fact that it’s your best friend, you’re at a disadvantage from the jump. ‘Cause that will sustain when the other stuff ebbs and flows,” he defined on “Desk for Two,” an iHeartPodcast hosted by Bruce Bozzi.
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Rob Lowe beforehand shared three tricks to a profitable marriage. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Photographs for SiriusXM)
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One other key component to his marriage: forgiveness.
“People say marriage takes work. I’m not sure if it takes work.… But what it does take is forgiveness. And being really cognizant of what hill you’re willing to die on,” Lowe defined.
“You definitely have to stay in the room,” he added. “And then I think there is a sense maybe on the outside when one looks at a long marriage and goes ‘Oh, it’s been — they’re blessed.’ True. ‘And it’s a perfect marriage.’ There’s nothing that’s perfect.”
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“I believe the minute issues go south for no matter motive it might be… many many many causes, I believe individuals can go, ‘Oh, I knew it. This, this is bad. This is a mistake. That marriages don’t work.’ Everybody has those dark periods,” he said.
“When they come, and they do, just like a career, everyone has periods where it’s not happenin’ like you would like it.… Life is like that, it’s ebbs and flows.… You just can’t bail on the ebbs. ‘Cause eventually it’ll flip round if you happen to’re with the appropriate individual.”
Rob Lowe mentioned “you got to keep the heat,” along with your accomplice to make a relationship work, though “that comes and goes.” (Amanda Edwards/Getty Photographs)
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Lowe additionally mentioned he thinks a wedding wants “heat.”
“If you don’t have the heat… and that’s a chemical thing. That’s like I still have it with Sheryl.… You got to keep the heat,” he reiterated. “By the way that comes and goes too. There are days, there are times when you’re just like, ‘Uhhh,’ and then all of a sudden you’re just wild for somebody. It’s one of the great human mysteries.”
