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Rob Lowe recalled the time he killed an Iowa state bird while playing a round of golf during an appearance on Conan on Monday, Jan. 19 — find out if he still plays the outdoor sport
Rob Lowe is really, really sorry. The Parks and Recreation alum admitted during an appearance on Conan on Monday, Jan. 19, that he accidentally killed a bird while playing golf back in 2007.
Growing up alongside high school pal Emilio Estevez, Lowe also starred in The Outsiders and St. Elmo’s Fire. The handsome actor’s roles granted him association with the Brat Pack. Lowe went on to continue his acting career with TV roles in Parks and Recreation, The West Wing and Brothers & Sisters.
The incident occurred during a friendly celebrity tournament, but left such an impression on the actor that he quit the sport cold turkey.
Days after the National Enquirer claimed he had an affair with Rachel Uchitel, the 33-year-old golf champ — he and wife Elin Nordegren have two kids — suffered facial lacerations in a car crash outside his Florida home. “The only person responsible for this accident is me,” he said in a statement.
“I gave golf up because I killed the Iowa state bird in flight, in a golf tournament,” Lowe, 50, told host Conan O’Brien.
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Rob Lowe golfing in 2005
“I went to a PGA Pro-Am celebrity thing in the state capital of Iowa, and I hit a really, I thought, nice sand wedge,” he recalled. “And boink, in the air, dead — into the trap.”
The situation is so rare that the tournament’s sponsors even calculated what the odds are of killing the state bird with just one swing. The answer? One in 747 million.
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“That just sounds impossible,” O’Brien replied. “Unless the bird was suicidal!”
