United Kingdom, July 31 -- Melissa Gilbert's six-year relationship with Rob Lowe was "very tumultuous".

The 61-year-old former child star dated Rob, 61, off and on from 1981 to 1987 and admitted his heartthrob status was difficult to deal with.

Speaking on the I Choose Me podcast, she said: "I guess looking back on those six years, I mean, I was such a baby when Rob and I were together. I was 17 and we broke up for the last time when we were 23 and it was very tumultuous.

"I felt like a bit of an old sage in the business at that point because I'd been doing it for so long. And I was still on Little House on the Prairie when we met, and it had already been years, and he was sort of starting out. He'd done a little bit of television. And...