Who is Rob Lowe’s wife Sheryl Berkoff? Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly received "blowjob lessons" from makeup artist

A new biography of Gwyneth Paltrow sheds light on her unusual childhood, which has also reignited interest in Sheryl Berkoff, Rob Lowe's wife. According to Us Weekly, the book mentions how jewelry designer and beauty artist Berkoff, who is known for her decades-long marriage to Lowe, gave advice on intimacy to an adolescent Paltrow, including "blowjob lessons."

In the early 1990s, Gwyneth Paltrow met Sheryl Berkoff on the set of a television film starring her mother, Blythe Danner, according to Gwyneth Paltrow's biography, Gwyneth: The Biography by Amy Odell. While working on the project, Berkoff, who was then a professional makeup artist, became close to the then teenage Paltrow.

Gwyneth Paltrow already thought Berkoff was cool as she dated Keanu Reeves at the time. Odell writes in her book:

"Gwyneth already thought Berkoff was cool for dating her celebrity crush, Keanu Reeves." The book adds: "She [Berkoff] became even cooler in Gwyneth’s eyes when she joined her to smoke behind a trailer, where Berkoff, Gwyneth recalled, gave her 'blowjob lessons.'"

The book captures Paltrow's thought process at the time through the line:

"'It was so cool to have someone treat me like an adult and see me as, like, a young woman and someone who was sexual.'”

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From makeup artist to jewelry mogul: Who is Sheryl Berkoff?

Sheryl Berkoff is not just Rob Lowe's wife. She started off as a makeup artist in Hollywood and worked in over 30 movies, including Bad Influence (1990). She reconnected with Lowe while working on the film, after a blind date years prior.

Berkoff eventually made the switch to entrepreneurship. She is the creator of Sheryl Lowe Jewelry, a high-end line of jewelry renowned for its unusual stones thought to have healing properties and spiritual designs. Stars like Kristen Bell and Jennifer Aniston have worn her creations.

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Three decades of marriage and still going strong

Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff were married in 1991 and have two boys. Their elder son, Matthew, was born in 1993, and the younger son, John Owen, was born in 1995. John Owen co-stars with dad Rob in the Netflix comedy series, Unstable.

Rob Lowe and Sheryl Berkoff often upload pictures and stories about each other. Lowe, on Valentine's Day 2023, posted:

"Meet my Valentine. My best friend, my partner in life, my muse. The power of love is real, folks! Happy Valentine’s Day!"

Even after three decades of marriage, Rob still sees Sheryl as "the hottest, s*xiest, most beautiful, insane, complicated, entertaining person" in the world.

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A 'big sister' to Gwyneth Paltrow

Lowe discussed the ties between his wife, Sheryl Berkoff and Gwyneth Paltrow in an interview, where he calls Sheryl "like a big sister" to the Emma star. He claims that their relationship, which was established when Gwyneth was still a child, has been strong ever since.

According to a People report from January 2022, Lowe said on Jimmy Kimmel Live!:

"When Gwyneth was a little, precocious 18 year old, my wife was still a makeup artist on a movie that Gwyneth's mother, Blythe Danner, was working on. Gwyneth came to visit and Sheryl would give her cigarettes and they'd go out and smoke behind the trailers."

He concluded:

"She was like a big sister to Gwyneth—still is."

Gwyneth also stayed in the guest room at Lowe and Berkoff's Hollywood Hills residence when she first moved to Los Angeles.

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