Rob Lowe has had his fair share of troubles with beds. Why there was that time the tape leaked to the media after he videotaped himself with a couple of women, one of whom as definitely underage…anyway, let's just say he's had some trouble with beds, and not it's the tanning type that are getting him into trouble as he is forcing viewers of his TV show to meddle with the TV contrast controls every time he pops into a scene.

Poor Rob hasn't has the best of times since he started appearing in US drama series 'Brothers & Sisters', having suffered a heart attack as part of the plot and later undergoing open-heart surgery (and not just to check that he actually had a heart instead of a brick swinging on a string in his chest cavity). Now he has revealed to Contactmusic.com that his Ronseal complexion is causing him problems.

 

"I got a phone call from the president of ABC who said, 'You're getting too dark. Seriously, stay out of the sun.' I go, 'I'm not tanning. I'm active. I surf and I kayak.'
If you stand next to Calista Flockhart, anybody's going to look like Harry Belafonte. I wear (sunscreen) over my entire face and a hat that has a chin strap. I look like the biggest idiot."

 

Working with Calista Flockhart tends to have that effect on most of her co-stars. Come on, Mr president of ABC, let the man tan. The character that Rob plays has such terrible pulmonary circulation problems that if he doesn't have a healthy tan he'll be totally opaque on the show and you'll barely notice him in some of the scenes. Oh…