Rob Lowe Creates Twitter Storm By Announcing 'Peyton Manning Will Not Return To The NFL'
Jan. 19 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Brat Pack founder, sex tape star, TV actor, and now NFL pundit - who knew Rob Lowe was so multi-talented?
The former West Wing star caused a storm of speculation on Wednesday when he tweeted that football hero Peyton Manning was going to announce his retirement before the end of the day.
"Hearing my fave, #18 Peyton Manning will not return to #NFL. Wow," Lowe wrote on Twitter, followed by a question to sports analyst Rich Eisen: " My people are saying Manning will retire today. What do you hear?"
Now the St. Elmo's Fire star is trying to put out the flames that he sparked by appearing on Thursday's Ellen DeGeneres Show to explain his controversial statement, and Breaking Celebrity News has a preview of their couch chat.
"I’m a huge, huge Peyton Manning fan…And a huge, huge Colts fan," Rob explained to Ellen.
"I tweet every week about sports. About, who they should fire. Who they should hire. I do, I’m like a regular guy who has his opinions and stuff.
"So I was tweeting that I heard this might be in the offing and then you learn the power of Twitter. That’s a powerful, powerful medium."
When asked if his prediction was true, Lowe tried to back-peddle from his initial statement. "I hope it is not true. I hope against hope it’s not true," he said.
The NFL rumor mill has been flooded with whispers that the 35-year-old Super Bowl wi