I Am Living For Kathryn Hahn Getting To Have An Onscreen Romance With Her Childhood Crush, Rob Lowe, In "Parks And Recreation"

    "If my 13-year-old self had known that this was in my future, I could not have worked.”

    Before Kathryn Hahn *dazzled* us in WandaVision, you might have previously seen her as Jennifer Barkley in Parks and Recreation.

    Kathryn smiling while posing on a red carpet

    Well, one of Kathryn’s brief onscreen lovers on the show was none other than Rob Lowe — who, as it turns out, Kathryn had a massive crush on way before they met on set.

    “I could not believe that we got to have an onscreen romance!” she told Rob as he guest-hosted Ellen. “I had to forget everything of my childhood so I could be present, because otherwise I would’ve exploded.”

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    “I turned into an animal — I was like, ‘Just do the job,'" she joked. "If my 13-year-old self had known that this was in my future, I could not have worked. It was so fun!”

    Kathryn and Rob in a scene from Parks and Recreation

    Although Rob and Kathryn have both been married for many moons now, they could both see the funny side. "I tell my wife, ‘I got a tough day at work today. I’m gonna go make out with Kathryn Hahn for, like, eight hours,’” Rob added.

    “I couldn’t even compute,” Kathryn continued. “If I was like, ‘It’s Rob Lowe,’ I couldn’t have even handled it.”

    Now, if anyone wants to cast me in a TV series with Leonardo DiCaprio as my love interest, I am available...