You know, there’s always so much hoo-ha about how sexy George Clooney and Brad Pitt are. They have become almost shorthand for The Ultimate Really Hot Looking Man.

But I always forget about Rob Lowe and really I must not forget. Must. Not. Because Rob was my first ever proper celebrity crush, back in the days of St Elmo’s Fire.

I didn’t watch West Wing but I should have because he was in it. Ditto Brothers and Sisters. The fact he is married – happily and normally – to a non-celebrity and non-supermodel woman called Sheryl (see her after the jump) who used to be a make-up artists and they’ve been married for years and have kids? That makes him even more sexy to me in a way that all of George’s bachelor posturing isn’t.

But there’s a bit of trouble in Rob Town……

It seems the Lowe family babysitter is trying to blackmail them.

Rob has posted a piece called “Household Betrayal” on the Huffington Post about it.

Here’s an excerpt:

And another pic of Rob. With Sheryl.