--- description: As in, really ugly and creepy title: These Ads Show Rob Lowe Like You've Never Seen Him Before image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8334c7a1de3e5db0/6986a54635ba6f501fc0404c/452999816.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Ads Show Rob Lowe Like You've Truly Never Seen Him Before by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2014 7:23 PM CUT  Actor Rob Lowe arrives at the "Sex Tape" Los Angeles Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on July 10, 2014 in Westwood, California. Actor Rob Lowe arrives at the "Sex Tape" Los Angeles Premiere at Regency Village Theatre on July 10, 2014 in Westwood, California.Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 24, 2014 7:23 PM CUT Well, this is [literally ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FXjka07o1-0 "undefined")the most hideous we’ve ever seen the notoriously gorgeous (and possibly ageless?) Rob Lowe look. A new ad campaign from DirecTV features the _West Wing_ and _Parks and Recreation_ actor as a few distinct versions of himself. First, there’s him as a DirecTV customer, which is a regular, handsome, gregarious Rob Lowe. But there’s also him as a cable user, which is a disgusting and creepy Rob Lowe (see above) along with a completely hideous Rob Lowe (see below.) We have to admit that this is some pretty effective advertising. If you’re saying that using DirecTV will make me as hot and youthful as Rob Lowe (even though he’s 26 years older than me), sign me up. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/"},"headline":"These Ads Show Rob Lowe Like You've Truly Never Seen Him Before","datePublished":"2014-09-24T19:23:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:25.297Z","description":"As in, really ugly and creepy","url":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Cable","celebrity","directv"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8334c7a1de3e5db0/6986a54635ba6f501fc0404c/452999816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8334c7a1de3e5db0/6986a54635ba6f501fc0404c/452999816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rob Lowe","caption":"\"Sex Tape\" - Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals","creditText":"Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/","name":"These Ads Show Rob Lowe Like You've Truly Never Seen Him Before"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Less Attractive Rob Lowe DIRECTV Commercial","description":"Less Attractive Rob Lowe DIRECTV Commercial","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/foBMpeBV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-24T18:03:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/foBMpeBV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/","duration":"PT31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3426085/rob-lowe-directtv/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```