A wedding \u2014\u00a0and a funeral? <\/p>\n
Rob Lowe nearly ended up in the hospital \u2014\u00a0or worse \u2014\u00a0when he attended Patrick Schwarzenegger and Abby Champion\u2019s recent nuptials.<\/p>\n
The \u201cWest Wing\u201d star opened up about the couple\u2019s wedding ceremony<\/a> and how he \u201calmost wiped out\u201d and \u201calmost literally got killed on a golf cart\u201d during the reception while on Tuesday night\u2019s episode of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Rob Lowe on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d on Sept. 16, 2025. Jimmy Kimmel Live\/YouTube<\/p>\n Patrick Schwarzenegger and his new wife, Abby Champion. Patrick Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll do crazy stuff, I\u2019ll big wave surf, I\u2019ll heli-ski, but little things scare me,\u201d Lowe, 61, shared. \u201cLike, I\u2019m petrified of golf carts. I\u2019m really, really petrified of rolling a golf cart.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI did a full double 360,\u201d he added, regarding the near-fatal incident.<\/p>\n The \u201cFloor\u201d host detailed the traumatic experience further after Jimmy Kimmel, 57, asked how fast Lowe was going before the \u201ctipsy-topsy\u201d golf cart almost rolled over on him.<\/p>\n Rob Lowe on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d on Sept. 16, 2025. Jimmy Kimmel Live\/YouTube<\/p>\n Rob Lowe on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d on Sept. 16, 2025. Jimmy Kimmel Live\/YouTube<\/p>\n \u201cIt was down a really steep hill and the grass was wet,\u201d the Brat Packer<\/a> explained. \u201cBut I\u2019ve had movies where they give you stunt driving, so I just kept the wheel like I was trained to. My friend said, \u2018You looked like a statue as you were spinning.’\u201d<\/p>\n As for why he didn\u2019t \u201cstomp on the brake,\u201d Lowe warned that \u201cyou do not want to do that\u201d because \u201cthen you\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just careful when I drive,\u201d he added, \u201cbut obviously not careful enough.\u201d<\/p>\n Rob Lowe at the Fox Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 16, 2025. Invision<\/p>\n The \u201cWest Wing\u201d alum on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d on Sept. 16, 2025. Jimmy Kimmel Live\/YouTube<\/p>\n The \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d star, however, clarified that he has no problem with getting behind the wheel of regular cars.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fastest that I ever drove was my son Matthew\u2019s field trip,\u201d Lowe recalled. \u201cI was the volunteer driver, and it was a whale-watching excursion from the harbor.\u201d<\/p>\n But after he \u201coverslept\u201d and needed to quickly catch up with the boat before it left, the \u201cWayne\u2019s World\u201d star had no choice but to speed down to the harbor.<\/p>\n Chris Pratt, Rob Lowe and Patrick Schwarzenegger at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, California, on March 23, 2023. Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n \u201cI get to the harbor, the boat is pulling away, and I said, \u2018You know what? I\u2019m gonna go like 100 miles an hour down the coast, pull over and swim out to the boat,\u2019\u201d he shared. <\/p>\n \u201cI get far enough that I think I can make it out to the boat,\u201d Lowe continued. \u201cI swim out, and then Matthew turned to the cabin and said. \u2018I think my dad\u2019s over there!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Schwarzenegger, 31, and Champion, 28, tied the knot<\/a> in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, on Sept. 6. <\/p>\n Patrick Schwarzenegger and Abby Champion before their wedding on Sept. 6, 2025. Patrick Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n Patrick Schwarzenegger after tying the knot with Abby Champion in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, on Sept. 6, 2025. BACKGRID<\/p>\n Besides the \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d actor\u2019s famous parents, Arnold Schwarzenegger\u00a0and Maria Shriver<\/a>, the star-studded event was attended by Lowe and Jason Isaacs. Katherine Schwarzenegger and her husband, Chris Pratt, were in attendance as well.<\/p>\n