Joan Vassos says she'd trade her Golden Bachelorette pick for Rob Lowe in 'one second'

"Can you blame me?"

Published on October 17, 2024 12:48PM EDT
Joan Vassos has revealed the one man who has the power to steal her final rose: Rob Lowe.

While visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, the Golden Bachelorette star was asked about serving as an extra on the set of the 1985 film St. Elmo’s Fire, which starred Lowe as well as fellow Brat Pack members Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore. When asked if she got to meet Lowe on the film’s set, Vassos replied, “I did get to meet him and since then I’ve had this huge celebrity crush on Rob Lowe. Forever.”

Host Jimmy Kimmel then proceeded to set out to find out just how much she liked the 9-1-1: Lone Star actor, asking, “Would you trade in whoever you selected on The Golden Bachelor[ette] for Rob Lowe?”

Joan Vassos and Rob Lowe.Disney/Eric McCandless; Emma McIntyre/Getty 
Vassos did not hesitate with her response. “Like, in one second,” she said as Kimmel burst into laughter. Turning to the audience, she added, “Can you blame me?” 

She also revealed that Lowe is very aware of her crush on him. “I said this with ET,” she recalled, “and they had a red carpet with him and they mentioned to him that I had a big crush on him and [asked] if he’d give me some dating advice.”

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Kimmel is fully down for Lowe to make a surprise appearance on the show in the end. 

“Wouldn’t that be a great ending,” he mused. “Talk about for the first time in Golden Bachelorette history, if your new beau comes out, he walks out, Rob Lowe swoops in, kicks him right out of there, the two of you go right to the Fantasy Suites, lights out!” 

While speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Lowe encouraged Vassos to find “somebody that makes you laugh” on the show.

“That answer is not only true,” he added at the time, “it’s also very safe.”

Watch Vassos discuss her love of Lowe — and appearing in St. Elmo’s Fire — in the clip above.