# Rob Lowe - stroke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016 "2019-04-04T01:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/1 "2019-04-04T01:50:12Z")
I’ll admit I’m not much of a game show fan ( Jeopardy and the NEW match game excepted :)). Nor do I know that much about Rob Lowe but I do remember seeing him in a few shows. I don’t remember him having that Popeye mouth thing. Watching his new game show Mental Samurai, has he had a stroke or is it just some affectation? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/2 "2019-04-04T01:57:43Z")
I saw his _“Stories I Only Tell My Friends”_ show back in October. I was in the 6th row, didn’t notice any kind of Popeye mouth. He looked fine to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/3 "2019-04-04T04:59:29Z")
Checking across the internet, I see I’m not the only one… > ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/4 "2019-04-04T14:30:37Z")
Bell’s Palsy, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/5 "2019-04-04T15:00:31Z")
He’s always looked so … \*young \*and _healthy_! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/6 "2019-04-04T19:49:27Z")
I’m pretty sure Rob Lowe strokes, or has someone do it for him. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/7 "2019-04-04T20:23:30Z")
He always had that crooked mouth thing. It gets more pronounced the older he gets. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/8 "2019-04-04T22:01:55Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I’m pretty sure Rob Lowe strokes, or has someone do it for him. Bow chicka bow bow! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/9 "2019-04-04T22:21:40Z")
**Rob Lowe - stroke?** Nah, I guess he’s ok looking and all but he just doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/10 "2019-04-05T00:07:19Z")
[Best thing Rob Lowe ever did](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbLMXcHfj-c) (Parks & Rec was good, too). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/11 "2019-04-05T00:28:21Z")
[Is this the weird mouth thing you are talking about?](https://imgur.com/avYVBwz) He does seem to be talking only out of one side of his mouth unless he gets very expressive, where he speaks more normally. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/12 "2019-04-05T03:33:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Is this the weird mouth thing you are talking about?](https://imgur.com/avYVBwz) > > He does seem to be talking only out of one side of his mouth unless he gets very expressive, where he speaks more normally. Exactly, yes! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/13 "2019-04-05T05:00:46Z")
I just saw part of a one-on-one interview on Youtube, and yes, I can see that the right side of his mouth doesn’t open as far as the left side, or maybe it’s more accurate to say that the two sides of his face move somewhat asymmetrically. It’s not particularly extreme, and gives his face some character beyond his former pretty-boy blandness. He is 55 years old now, and people age differently. Here’s a clip from the 80’s that shows it’s not something new. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CnjM5Ia0IgA/hqdefault.jpg "Rob Lowe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnjM5Ia0IgA) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/14 "2019-04-08T16:19:54Z")
I just watched a show with Drew Barrymore in it, and realized she does a similar thing with her mouth. ---
**Author:** ![cherryjellybeans64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90db22/32.png) [@cherryjellybeans64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherryjellybeans64)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/15 "2020-03-31T02:23:48Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I’ll admit I’m not much of a game show fan ( Jeopardy and the NEW match game excepted :)). Nor do I know that much about Rob Lowe but I do remember seeing him in a few shows. I don’t remember him having that Popeye mouth thing. Watching his new game show Mental Samurai, has he had a stroke or is it just some affectation? He has done that since he was young and I believe he is deaf in his right ear since he was a baby because of mumps so maybe there’s correlation? Idk not a doctor lol ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016/16 "2020-03-31T02:33:33Z")
The guy that played the mountain in Game of Thrones Hafthor Bjornsson if you watch some videos of him can’t move the right side of his face, apparently suffers from Bell’s Palsy. Apparently it’s not exactly known what causes the condition some viruses are theorized to cause it but nothing has been confirmed. Supposedly it goes away after a time. I’m not sure about Rob Lowe but he is known for looking young as perhaps plastic surgery or Botox?