Rob Lowe turned down his Comedy Central roast 4 instances.

When he lastly agreed, the Parks and Recreation actor mentioned he was paid $1 million in change for his public humiliation. Lowe shared his story on Simon Sinek's A Little bit of Optimism podcast,saying the roast was "brutal."

The West Wing star was unconvinced in regards to the particular, however had a change of coronary heart after seeing the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber.

"He is a large star," Lowe mentioned. "I used to be like, 'You recognize what? If Justin Bieber can do it, I can do it.'"

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Lowe mentioned that his spouse Sheryl Berkoff wouldn't let him do it at first, fearing that he can be embarrassed in entrance of a nationwide viewers.

"I mentioned, 'That ship has sailed,'" Lowe famous, having reminisced about his disastrous 1989 Oscars opening quantity earlier within the episode.

The Brat Pack alum satisfied his partner to offer him the greenlight by sharing the hefty payday that Comedy Central provided him. Podcast host Sinek jokingly requested if that was the worth of humiliation.

"Seems, it's about one million," Lowe mentioned. "It's about one million {dollars} for about 5 hours work."

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The Outsiders actor mentioned that he "by no means had extra enjoyable" on a mission than he did on the Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe.

David Spade served because the Roast Grasp for the particular, which featured celebs like Peyton Manning, Pete Davidson, Nikki Glaser, and Ralph Macchio. Nevertheless, conservative pundit Ann Coulter was the the true visitor of dishonor, serving because the butt of many jokes that night.

Hearken to the complete episode of the A Little bit of Optimism podcast with Rob Lowe beneath.

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