The Silly Side of the Backstreet Boys Among the Backstreet Boys, who is silly, loco and just plain goofy? (BB)
Okay let's get real. No matter how cute or talented a boy is, if he can't
make you laugh, he is no Prince Charming. With that in mind, you'll be
psyched to know that there's another reason to leave those posters and pinups
of the Backstreet Boys up on your wall. When we hung out with the Orlando,
Florida-based QTs-Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean
and Kevin Richardson, the heart-melting voices behind "Quit Playing Games
(With My Heart)" from their 1995 self-titled European debut-we found out
that on top of being totally talented and charming, they have yet another
crush-worthy trait: They definitely know how to laugh.
According to the Boys, 22-year-old Brian is the funniest guy in the
quintet. Even though they spend every hour of every day working hard
together, with Brian around, there is never a dull moment. Nick says that he
has such a wacky sense of humor that it's hard not to laugh with him. "Brian
is basically a nut," Nick, 17, tells BB. "He's very, very, very, very
funny, off the wall-loco!"
Although Brian knows he can totally crack people up, he thinks that it
definitely takes two to tango. And he loves it when Nick's being funny. "Nick
is very goofy. We probably get along the best out of everybody," Brian says.
But Brian and NIck are not the only funny duo in the band. Twenty-
three-year-old Howie and 19-year-old A.J. say that they have their frequent
laugh attacks too. They are so close that they love picking on each other. "We
crack on each other all the time," Howie says. A.J. agrees: "We're on each
other all the time. But we don't take it personally. There'll be times when it
goes a little too far and we get personal and then we go, 'All right, that's
enough.' But if it's just joking, we just go off."
Unlike his bandmates, Kevin describes himself as the serious, not silly,
type. "When I am working, I'm really serious about what I'm doing," the 24-
year-old says. "I guess because I am the oldest, I tend to accept a lot of the
responsibility."
But no matter how hard Kevin tries to keep focused and not fool
around, he can't resist laughing when his bandmate-cousin Brian starts
cracking jokes. "When Brian gets going, he can have me almost crying," he
admits. And Kevin can't totally deny that he's not silly, too. After all, his
previous job as a Ninja Turtle at Orlando's Disney World was all about
making kids laugh. So, Kevin, Mr. Serious? Naw, we don't buy that!
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