Get Carter
Nov. 21, 2006

Just when you thought reality TV couldn't get any juicier, comes The House of Carters. If you haven't seen the series, chances are you've heard of it. The programme sees Paris Hilton's ex, Nick Carter, his brother Aaron and their three sisters trying to co-exist as a proper family in a new house – not easy when they all have big personalities and their own personal demons to overcome (as well as the nightmare of keeping the house in order, cooking meals and taking on domestic responsibilities – poor lambs!). We managed to catch up with the Carter brothers for a quick chat.
House of Carters, Sundays at 6pm, on E! Entertainment Television (Sky 155/NTL173) (in the UK)

+ Do you guys think you argue more than most siblings?
Nick: Probably, because we never learned how to communicate with other people correctly. We just had our parents as models.

+ Nick, do you get fed up with being ‘the parent' to your brothers and sisters?
Nick: I'm not a parent, I'm an older brother. There's a lot of pressure and expectations, but I've been supporting my family for a long time.

+ What was it like having the cameras around 24-7?
Aaron: At first it was a little weird, but then we got used to it. We didn't pay any attention.

+ What do you do when it all gets too much?
Aaron: I turn to my beats, I go into the studio and just produce.

Nick: I turn to my friends and go play basket ball, somewhere where I can just get away.

+ What was the wildest night in the house?
Nick and Aaron: The night after an infamous playboy party.

+ Boys, do you feel uncomfortable with the idea of your sisters' boyfriends hanging out in the house?
Nick: No, for the most part. They're old enough, they generally have good people around them, so no.

+ Can you name each other's worst habit?
Nick: Aaron's messy.

Aaron: Nick nags a lot.

+ Nick and Aaron, what is next for both of you in your musical careers?
Nick: We're finishing up a Backstreet album, and I'm going to do another solo album.

Aaron: I'm recording different songs with different sounds to determine the direction of my next album.

+ Would you all consider forming your own band, The Carters?
Nick: We're open to all sorts of things but nothing's confirmed.

+ Can you offer any advice to any kids whose parents are going through a messy divorce?
Nick: If you're fortunate enough to have siblings, turn to your siblings and don't let anything get in between you.

Aaron: Remember that though your parents are fighting and stop loving each other that doesn't mean they'll stop loving the children.

+ Would you do another series?
Nick: I'd have to really think about that!

Source: My Kinda Place.Com

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Carter siblings try to fix their relationships on reality show
Nov. 18, 2006

Controversy has followed Backstreet Boy Nick Carter since he stepped into the spotlight more than a decade ago.

And the 26-year-old admits his dysfunctional family life has something to do with that.

Drunken wild nights out, his turbulent romance with hotel heiress Paris Hilton and his brother Aaron's highly publicised petition for legal emancipation from his mother, have made headlines around the world.

The eldest of five children, Nick says his celebrity has affected his siblings - Bobbie Jean (BJ), Leslie, and twins Angel and pop singer Aaron.

In a new fly-on-the-wall reality programme, House Of Carters, the siblings unite to rebuild their disjointed lives and strained relationships.

After 10 years living apart, the siblings allow a television crew to film their every move for the show, which is now screening in New Zealand.

"I feel like I am actually able to choose now and make things right," Nick says at the family's Los Angeles mansion.

"I didn't know where I was at certain times, having so much success.

"This gives me an opportunity to do something positive. The House Of Carters is a nut house. There are years and years of built-up tension and stress.

"We are righting the wrong of not knowing each other because this business tore us apart."

Nick's life has been on public display since he joined American boy band, the Backstreet Boys, in 1992.

The band has gone on to international stardom, selling more than 72 million albums worldwide.

While Aaron, 18, has followed in his brother's footsteps as a solo artist, their sisters say they've had to deal with feelings of neglect.

The girls had to play second fiddle to the boys as their parents, Robert and Jane, toured the world as managers.

"It truly is hard living in the shadow of somebody ... it's really hard feeling like you are not good enough," said Leslie, 19.

"You are at the bottom of the list of importance. It's sad when you think about it."

Jane and Robert divorced in 2004 and since then all siblings have been estranged from each other in one way or another.

Leslie, a budding singer who moved back to the United States from Canada to film the series, says she felt the most removed from her siblings.

"It's a big thing to come back into this and I didn't know what to expect."

A more mature and grown-up Nick says he's happy to play the parental role and guide his siblings through life.

"In the beginning my brother and sisters didn't like it because they have this vision of what our mother and father are like," he said.

"It took a little time to prove that I am just a brother looking out for them. I am learning things along the way from them also. I am not perfect."

Aaron says the decision to allow television cameras to delve deep into their private life was a hard one.

"We all had our doubts," he said. "Originally we were just wondering what people would think. It's like we are getting a clean slate this time. We can tell our side."

Nick viewed the series in the same light.

"I figured this would be an opportunity to knock down all the rumours and show the world we are real people," Nick said. "We have issues like everyone else."

The siblings agreed that watching the footage, which was often emotional, was eye-opening.

"People will take a liking to it because it's so frickin' real, it's scary," Nick said. "It scares me, my brother and sisters, to even watch it."

BJ, who is in the process of writing a book about her life in a showbiz family, says the cameras were annoying at times.

"The first night we were being filmed I almost lost it and said I didn't want to do it. Even now I can't believe I did a reality show. I don't even watch the show because I can't stand to [see] myself on TV."

Angel, the only brunette of the clan, who is attempting to break into the world of modelling, relished the experience.

"It brought us together," the 18-year-old said. "I always felt close to BJ and Aaron but I was a bit distant from Leslie over the years. We are so close now. This can be our home video." What: House of Carters, the reality show starring former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his dysfunctional household of siblings

Who: Nick, Aaron, Bobbie Jean, Angel and Leslie. Yes, they are almost as nuts as the Osbournes

When: Saturday, E! Channel, 7pm with repeats throughout the week [source]

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Aussie Musician Appears On New House Of Carters Reality Show
November 08, 2006

Aussie bred, Canadian based musician producer Dave Thompson makes an appearance on the new reality series 'House Of Carters,' a show that focuses on Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his siblings working out their differences after the messy divorce of their parents.

The House Of Carters has been airing in the US since October and hits Australian and the UK airwaves in early November 2006.

Dave was in LA filming as part of sister Leslie's episode, he plays guitar in her band and has co-written many of her songs with her. "We started writing together in March 2004, just the two of us, and we came up with 11 songs in that month. The songs we wrote ended up on the show and what we play live as a band now. The new band is called The Other Half. Leslie is super talented and loves rock and is a great lyricist and tells a great story in song and the guys in the band are just awesome and talented. Being on the show was definitely an experience, all the Carters are just awesome people and way too much fun to be around. We are currently working on a tour and an album for the new year for The Other Half."

Dave grew up in Australia before moving to North America in 1998 to pursue music further. He is a professional touring musician, plays guitar with rock band High Holy Days who released a record on Roadrunner/Universal which spawned the Canadian top ten hit "All My Real Friends" and produces, mixes and writes with artists from all over the world. He is a Gibson artist playing Gibson guitars, and officially endorses Mesa Boogie Amps, Spector and Music Man Basses, Dot On Shaft Guitars, Levy's guitar straps and accessories and Firewire Strings.[Source]

For more info: www.digitalunderdog.com

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Leslie Carter: An HOC Interview
Nov. 07, 2006

Take five Hollywood siblings, throw them into a house with a TV crew, and you've got this season's hit reality show, House of Carters. MeeVee recently chatted with costar Leslie Carter about life on and off camera with her family, including her pop idol brothers Aaron and Nick. Leslie talks about her own music career, and gives us straight answers to many of the popular misconceptions about her family.

Was it hard for you to make the decision to do a reality TV show? Were you afraid of the kind of train wreck that some other reality show participants experience?
-You know, I'm not there for a train wreck. Aaron tells me all the time, "You don't have to read that stuff [tabloids]. Just don't read anything." But I'm sensitive. I want to read what people are saying. A lot of people are rough, and I feel so bad. But Nick says, "Leslie, everybody can't love you." I have to learn to ignore it.

Do you run into people who make unkind comments about your personal life?
- Really, I feel bad because, you know, we'll go do things and everyone turns around. We went to this Halloween haunted house thing, and some guy said to my brother, "Your show sucks." I know it was said to my brother, but I still feel bad. It went to my heart too. It's 50/50; some people love it and some people hate it.

Did you hesitate when Nick approached you about doing this show?
- Did I hesitate? Honestly, I didn't hesitate. Even though [Nick has] been talking about it for a couple of years, I didn't think it was going to happen. At first, he came to us and I was like, "Yeah, okay, Nick, when I see it for real or it actually happens, then I'll believe it." Then it happened.

Was this a good experience for your family?
- You know, I'm glad I did it because we're all together. You know honestly if we didn't do it, we wouldn't be together (as a family). It's sad but it's true. We all talk. For once in our lives, we all are talking to each other. I can't even explain how happy I am about that.

How would you describe the real Leslie Carter to someone who only knows you from TV?
- I would describe myself as a very passionate, hardworking person who truly believes in hard work to get what you want. I'm a sensitive person and I have a really big heart.

Where do you fit in among your siblings? There are five or six of you, right?
- There's five, and I'm the middle child.

What was it like growing up in a large Hollywood family?
- Because of my brothers' success, I just want to be as good as them. I want to be loved just as much as they are. I want to be noticed. A lot of the time growing up with a family like this you just get lost.That was the hardest part growing up in this family. As far as taking the Hollywood route, I work hard and I want to be a singer. I want to go out and share the songs that I write with everybody.

I know you had a solo album that didn't get released. How is that progressing?
- The first single that came out was actually on the Shrek soundtrack. It was released and everything, but it didn't work out. I guess there were just certain things [that] played into the part of me not being successful. A lot of it had to do with my mom; she was managing me and all my brothers. There's a lot of conflict when your mom is trying to be your mom and your manager. I got to the point where I said to myself, "You know what? Singing is no longer fun anymore. Two years passed by and I got older. I started writing songs and thought, "I really need to do this. This is what I want to do."

Are you recording right now?
- I'm always writing songs and I always try to record. But it's moving slowly because I'm doing everything on my own. It's harder and it takes longer, but in the end, it's going to feel a lot better because I did it my way.

How do your parents feel about the show?
- I talked to my mom, and she hasn't watched it. She's just heard about it from people. She seems okay; she's not really offering an opinion on it, which is good. My dad called the other night and said, "You know, this is really depressing me; what I put you kids through and what you've been through. I can see it." He seemed kind of shocked by it all.

Were there limits as to what the camera crew could shoot?
- Well, I think legally, they aren't supposed to come in the bathroom. (laughter) So there's that. One thing that I wish that we had in the house were locks on the doors... People could just walk in and out; the girls' rooms were all connected.

If they ask you to do another season, would you be interested in that?
- Yes, I think I would. I think Nick doesn't want us to be over-exposed. But if they want us to do a second season, I'd be down for that for sure.

I imagine people assume that your brothers pay for everything you do.
- I hate that! It's not like that at all. We all have our own places. We pay for our places. We have bills to pay just like every other normal person. We work hard. I mean, I'm trying to get a normal job. I'm applying [for one] at Target. I'm doing the best I can.

So much has been made in the tabloids about Aaron's disagreements with your mom. Have those issues resolved themselves?
- Yeah. I just want to set the record straight, and I've said it before, my mom did not take any money from him. Our parents, they weren't the best parents but it's better. When parents divorce, stuff gets said and things go back and forth. We were stuck in the middle of things.

Thank you for clearing that up. Something else our readers want to know -- are you dating someone?
- Oh yes! We turned [my former backing band] into an actual band. It's called "The Other Half." I'm dating our drummer. We've been together for, like, a year and a half. I've always been the type of person who likes to have just one boyfriend. Aaron is the same way, but Nick, Angel, and BJ are serial daters.

Where can fans find your band's music?
- I put all the newest stuff on my MySpace page. It's called myspace.com/lesliecartermusic. You can go to myspace.com/theotherhalfmusic for more.

What do you watch when you have time to actually sit and watch TV?
- Me personally, if I can be completely honest, I watch all those judge shows, [such as] Judge Judy. I love watching Dr. Phil. I don't really watch too much nighttime stuff, but I watch a lot of daytime TV. I watch the news; I want to know what's going on in the world. I don't ever watch MTV. I stopped watching it after they stopped playing music videos.

Source: Blog MeeVee Exclusive

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Nick Speaks Up: "Paris Hid Drugs in Teddy Bear"
Oct. 27, 2006 | A shameful revalation!

Sex video star Paris Hilton turned out to be a total flop in bed once the cameras stopped rolling — because she was so wasted on drugs.
In an exclusive interview with the News of the World the millionairess's ex, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, revealed: "She was a drunken prude who as far as I can see did not really like sex.
"She relied on drugs and drink to give her confidence in the bedroom and was more often than not too wasted to even perform.
"I lost count of the nights I had to pick her off the floor and drag her to bed passed out."
Nick, 26, was not surprised when two weeks ago we published pictures of her at a Milan fashion show with what appeared to be cannabis in her make-up bag.[View the Photo]

Hooked
He claims she was so hooked on the drug she'd even smuggle it on to aeroplanes — in TEDDY BEARS.

"If she was going overseas she'd cut a hole in her teddy and stuff it with cannabis," he said.

"She had to have her own private stash with her at all times regardless of the consequences."

But Nick admits the first time he clapped eyes on the 25-year-old hotel heiress— best known for appearing in an explicit sex tape with another ex Rick Saloman — he thought she was anything but shy.

"She made it clear she wanted to have sex and couldn't keep her hands off me," he said.

"At the start she loved to tease me by saying she wasn't wearing any pants. But because I know Paris is used to getting what she wants when she wants, I was determined to make her wait, which drove her wild with desire.

"In fact I held out for three weeks before I had sex with her.
"We'd flown to the Bahamas and I wanted everything to be perfect. But Paris got completely wasted and the sex was distinctly average as we were both too drunk to really enjoy it. It was just a blur of Jack Daniel's."

However the pair were so besotted, Nick had her name tattooed on his wrist and she had his inscribed on her bottom.

But Paris's vast wealth started to come between them. Nick said: "In reality I think she loved me because she thought, with all her money, she could control me. "But I've never met anybody who can spend so needlessly. One day she even came home with a pair of FERRETS, which are illegal in California. I think she had simply run out of things to buy."

Nick, whose fly-on-the-wall show House Of Carters is aired on satellite channel E! from Sunday November 6, said: "At the start it was lovely being looked after by a girl, but it began to tear us apart.

"All she wanted to do was drink and smoke and for a while I was lured into that whole scene too.

"Night after night we'd just get utterly wasted and Paris can't take her drink. I'd be pulling her off nightclub floors, with her wearing next to nothing, and putting her to bed totally off her head."

Cheating
Nick also got fed up with Paris's vanity.
"The only thing that made her happy was her own reflection," he said. "She spends so much time looking at herself in the mirror telling herself how gorgeous she is."

Then, seven months into their relationship the cracks really started to show. "I heard rumours that Paris was cheating on me," said Nick. "I wanted revenge. When I was in Texas with the band I met singer Ashlee Simpson and we slept together.

"Unfortunately I lied to her and said I'd split with Paris so when she found out I hadn't, it was the last I heard from her.

"Then Paris found out and we were over too. Now the last person I'd date is some rich kid who's had everything handed to her on a plate. Give me a normal girl any day."

Source: News Of the World.Co.Uk

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Happy Families - The Carter Siblings Unite
October 25, 2006

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? That’s what Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is banking on as he brings together his younger brother, mega pop star Aaron, and their three sisters, Bobbie Jean, Leslie and Angel, to live together as they try to put a turbulent family history behind them.

House of Carters premieres with a special hour-long episode on Sunday, 5th November at 6pm only on E! Entertainment Television (Sky 155/NTL170). Following the one-hour series debut, new half-hour episodes will air every Sunday at 6pm throughout November and December.

What made you decide to get your family together and do House of Carters

Nick It kind of just happened; it was a natural progression, like it was meant to be. I was coming out to LA to record music, Aaron and all the other kids were out here on their own. I was going to move them into a house with me anyway and watch over them. The whole idea of the TV show came to light and we just decided to document it.

Why on live TV though

Nick
It’s a cool thing, you get the chance to see what you’re doing and who you are, analyse yourself and correct things. A lot of people who come up and say "We know what you’re doing with your family and think it’s great, we’re gonna do the same thing!" People are afraid to go back to their pasts. Everything you’re going through now stems from your family. Our family is much tighter than it was.

Aaron
I have to say personal it’s been a huge improvement in all of our relationships together. You might not be able to see it from the show, but from a personal standpoint, there’s so much improvement. We come from a hard past but it’s cool because we have a great future ahead of us together.

What have you seen about yourselves that you don’t like

Aaron
Numerous things. After sitting down and watching myself on TV, taken from an outside perspective. It’s different when you’re in it and you think ‘wow, do I really act like that?’ The good thing about this show is that it’s really helped us all mature really quickly.

Nick
I was maybe a little too over bearing in the beginning. Because I didn’t know how to react with my brothers and sisters. I didn’t know whether to take on a parental role, I knew I wanted to be their brother.

Aaron
It wasn’t like he intentionally tried to do that, it was just a brotherly love coming out of it.

Nick
Yeah, I didn’t feel like I was acting that way but I guess I was, but then my brothers and sisters would tell me. "Hey Nick, you’re starting to act like your dad."

Did you think about getting your parents involved

Aaron
Our father makes an appearance on the show

Nick
No not at all. Our mother and father are divorced and our father re-married, and she was like 29 when they got married. The truth is, it felt a little weird for us.

Aaron
With nick, he didn’t really have to meet her or anything like that. For me, I was stuck in the house with my dad and my step wife. I think it was more difficult than it really seemed on the outside. You’ve got to understand, your parents have been together your whole life and all of a sudden it’s a different lifestyle. I didn’t want to lose the family that I had. I felt like I lost it.

Nick
All of the siblings were longing for our original family. Our mother decided to get remarried and she was dating younger guys and all this shit. Everything was just turned upside down. My whole entire family was just longing for what they believed our immediate family. All we had left from that situation was each other. That’s what it was really about.

Source: Female First

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Nick interview to AOL.com website.
(Brendaninmusic - Interviewer/ NickCartersHouse - Nick)
October 23, 2006

Brendaninmusic: Hey! What's up Nick?
NickCartersHouse: chillin
Brendaninmusic: Thanks for sneaking out of the house for us
NickCartersHouse: no prob
Brendaninmusic: So you've got a lot goin on lately.
Brendaninmusic: Tell us about your new show...
NickCartersHouse: Well, it's a little bit of love, a little bit of fun and of course there's some family drama going on too
Brendaninmusic: how did you get the idea for the show??
NickCartersHouse: it was just something that I was gonna do whether or not we were taped or not.
NickCartersHouse: I just wanted to put my family back together ... we had many years of drama in our home and we were all a little scarred from everything
Brendaninmusic: You guys ... as a family ... were apart for 10 years?
Brendaninmusic: how did that happen?
NickCartersHouse: There was a separation that our mother and father enforced after and before they divorced.
NickCartersHouse: Plus the fact that me and my brother were always on the road making money for our family... me and Aaron were basically the providers
Brendaninmusic: In the show you definitely seem to wear the "daddy pants."
Brendaninmusic: sounds like that's how it's always been...
Brendaninmusic: does that role come natural to you??
NickCartersHouse: I don't know. Sometimes I feel that way and other times I just wanna be a friend or a brother
NickCartersHouse: either way I am just concerned for the well being of my family.
Brendaninmusic: very nice... do you think that you guys started to heal some of those scars?
NickCartersHouse: Absolutely. We are closer than ever before.
NickCartersHouse: After the show was done filming, I realized that my goal was accomplished.
NickCartersHouse: and if this show doesn't work, I still brought us together
Brendaninmusic: congrats
Brendaninmusic: so what can fans expect to see of YOU when they watch the show
NickCartersHouse: ME. that's it.
NickCartersHouse: I'm a real person that just loves life, family and friends. And I love to entertain.
NickCartersHouse: I'm not Hollywood and never will be... we're kind of anti Hollywood
NickCartersHouse: plus, people will get to see and make their own judgment on who I am.
Brendaninmusic: You are doing the opposite of what most celebs do, you are making more of your personal life open...
Brendaninmusic: is that a hard thing?
NickCartersHouse: my whole life has been in this business. And it's almost destroyed me, my fam.
NickCartersHouse: This now gives me a chance to clear my conscience. This way I can be a better artist, better boyfriend, and a better brother
Brendaninmusic: is it weird to have personal things in the light
NickCartersHouse: not really
NickCartersHouse: ...it's my life
Brendaninmusic: So the question that has to be on everyone's mind...
Brendaninmusic: little brother Aaron's brief engagement with your ex... how did that go down with the two of you?
NickCartersHouse: Whatever he wants is cool with me... I can only advise him and he can do what he wishes with that advice
NickCartersHouse: but with this particular case ... well, you know
Brendaninmusic: haha, can only imagine
Brendaninmusic: so what about your music?
Brendaninmusic: you planning on anything in the near future?
NickCartersHouse: I'm still in the studio with the boys... and the music is great... the vibe is great and we're pushing forward...
NickCartersHouse: now the question is ... SOLO?
Brendaninmusic: right. you did the solo thing for a bit, then back with the boys
Brendaninmusic: now you're in the studio with them
Brendaninmusic: is that something you prefer??
NickCartersHouse: Still debating ... how long before I finish what I started ...
NickCartersHouse: it's a factor of fans' wishes
NickCartersHouse: solo I mean
Brendaninmusic: I'm sure the fans will love both!
Brendaninmusic: was it different without Kevin??
NickCartersHouse: A little bit... it is a change... and I think there will always be a void...
NickCartersHouse: working around it and expressing it in the music may be the only way to move on
Brendaninmusic: nice
Brendaninmusic: is there anything else on your plate now??
NickCartersHouse: My family... ha ha ha
Brendaninmusic: awesome
Brendaninmusic: well definitely, good luck with it all
NickCartersHouse: thank u
Brendaninmusic: thanks a lot for the chat!
NickCartersHouse: later folks


Source: AOL.com

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The House of Carter's Interview
With Nick's older Sister Bobbie Jean: Speaks Out!
October 23, 2006

By now you've probably had the opportunity to see "House of Carters" on E! If not, then you've heard about it, right? It seems Nick & Aaron have been all over the place promoting the show and clips have been shown all over TV. Now the Carter sisters are also thrown into the spotlight, like many reality TV stars before them. StarShine spoke to Bobbie Jean Carter recently, better known to her family and friends as BJ. We had the chance to pick her brain a little and we like what we came up with!

Sandy (StarShine Magazine): First, congratulations on your show.

Bobbie Jean Carter: Thank you!

Sandy: You guys finished the first season, correct?

BJ: Mmm-hmm, that's correct.

Sandy: After filming, what do you feel the biggest accomplishment is that you achieved as a family?

BJ: As a family we definitely achieved reuniting each other. What we've done is we've become closer together. We actually hang out more and we have a better understanding of each other.

Sandy: Now with so many reality shows, you know that some of it is staged or exaggerated. How much of that is true for "House of Carters"?

BJ: None of it is true as far as being a staged. Being in our house created a lot of tension for all of us. So our feelings and our emotions got exaggerated within ourselves. There were times where we overreacted on certain things, but none of it was staged. I wish I could say that some of it was! I do, I really do! [laughs]

Sandy: While you're watching the show do you now look at yourself and are like, ‘oh God, I'm so stupid' or ‘I shouldn't have said that' or ‘what's wrong with me'?

BJ: Um, sort of, I guess, but I don't watch the show. I haven't watched the show one time. That's really one thing I can control. I don't have to watch it, I lived it. I don't need to go back and re-live it. It's in the past for me. But sometimes I am like, ‘oh my God, what did I do?' Like I have a boyfriend right now and we're having problems and a lot of it is because of the show.

Sandy: Aww, I'm sorry to hear that.

BJ: But there were problems before that, but now we got more so…that's life.

Sandy: When you're famous or you have a famous family, things like that happen all the time.

BJ: Yeah. Everything in my life has always been a challenge. It's like basically I feel like life is just testing me to see how far it can push me. I mean I'm proud of who I am and what I've become. I wouldn't change anything for the world. I like to be challenge.

Sandy: Well, good for you. So what can we can expect from you career-wise. I know you're the only one who doesn't actually want to be in show business.

BJ: I don't, but now I feel like I'm being pushed into it a little bit. I've actually become a lot more comfortable with cameras, where I used to be really, really shy around the cameras. Being stuck with them in your face twenty-four hours a day pretty much kind of forces you to lighten up a bit. So I mean I'm pretty much open for anything that comes my way. But as far as what I really want to do is…I'm working on a book right now--the story of my life. It might actually be a series of books. I don't know if I can fit it all into one. That's a life long dream. It was something I always wanted to do and now I feel like I have the opportunity to express myself. The person I am…I am a very emotional person, I know that, but I'm a very honest person. I'm true to myself. I've always been and that's something I take pride in. You know, sometimes I act a little impulsive. I act on my emotions a lot, but I'm a woman, you know, we do that.

Sandy: [laughs] Yes, we do.

BJ: And I have yet to have a man really challenge me with that. [laughs] But I'm working on my book and still doing my cooking. I'm really just trying to find the time to pursue that more. It's really a hard career to get into, especially now with everything going on. I mean that's something that will always be there waiting when I want to do it. I take a lot of pride in cooking for my family. I enjoy seeing them eat. It's actually the time when there's the most peace. [laughs]

Sandy: Are they brutally honest with you about your cooking?

BJ: Oh yeah, there have been a few times where I've messed up. I'm normal, I can burn the bacon like everybody else, and I have on camera. I've burnt myself on camera, too. I went down to light a cigarette off the stove and burnt my chin, so you should expecting to be seeing a big scar in one of the newer episodes coming up. I'm the biggest klutz in the world. I'm the biggest klutz and the biggest dork that you probably ever met. I have no style and no grace.

Sandy: [laughs] Oh come on, there's so many people out there who are klutzy, you're not the only one.

BJ: [laughs] You know…it's fun. I have a lot of battle wounds.

Sandy: Where do you hope "House of Carters" will take you personally and professionally?

BJ: Well, first and foremost, personally it's already brought us to a whole other level. Me especially with my family. I went through a period of time where I felt shut off from my family and I didn't realize at the time that that's how they felt, too. That we all felt the same and all we needed to do was get together and feel free to express ourselves and that we don't have to hide the way we feel. I try to teach everyone in my family that if you just talk about things and you get them out, whether they're good or bad, at least you get them out and then you move onto the next thing. You don't sit there and dwell on things, you have to talk about them otherwise the problems will never go away. All of us have just really learned to communicate with each other and it's SO amazing! It really is.

Sandy: Aww. Now do you guys plan if the show goes well, which so far it seems like it is, do you plan to do another season?

BJ: Um, I guess so! There was some talk about it and I'm pretty much the go with the flow kind of girl. I mean I had a blast doing it. It was really fun. It was definitely an experience. I mean how many people can say that for a period of two months, they had their life completely documented?

Sandy: It's pretty cool. It's like your own little scrapbook.

BJ: I'd definitely do it again.

Sandy: Is there anything you want your audience to know if they haven't watched "House of Carters" yet or some of the things they're going to see. Do you want them to know something about you before they watch it?

BJ: You know, I just really want everyone to know I'm so sick of this word, "dysfunctional". I just think that everyone needs to sit back and realize that no one is perfect and that we're human beings. There's nothing wrong with being a little bit dysfunctional. I think that normal is dysfunctional in my opinion. [laughs] I really do. If there is a normal family out there, there's something wrong.

Source: Star Shine Magazine

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The Ties That Whine
Anything goes when the Carter kids air their dysfunctional ways
October 18, 2006

Forget Ozzy and his house full of untrained dogs or Whitney and Bobby and their blatantly discussed bathroom habits. The Carters are the most dysfunctional celebrity family to suck us in for 30 minutes a week since the overplayed trend first started with the mumbling, cursing Osbourne clan.

But unlike the parade of fading icons -- Ozzy, Gene Simmons, Whitney -- and nauseating couples -- Nick and Jessica, Britney and K-Fed, Travis Barker and his soon-to-be-ex blonde who looks like Tammy Faye Baker with clear skin -- this show focuses on a different family dynamic: siblings.

Nick Carter, the strapping blond heartthrob of the Backstreet Boys, had the brilliant idea to corral his three sisters, Bobbie Jean, Leslie and Angel, the twin of Carter's 18-year-old pop hunk-lette brother Aaron, into a tony McMansion in Beverly Hills and live together for the first time in a decade.

See, while Nick was off making millions by crooning "I Want it That Way" to thousands of swooning girls who didn't care that the song made as much sense as Meat Loaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" which is, to say, none -- Angel pursued modeling, Leslie struggled to jumpstart her own singing career, Bobbie Jean wallowed in the drama of her life (she was "most damaged" by their parents' divorce, says Nick) and Aaron entertained the Nickelodeon crowd with his own calculated fizzy pop.

Somewhere along the way, the Carters' parents apparently did some heinous things to their kids, things that the girls seem more willing to forgive than the boys. Nick and Aaron recently appeared on Howard Stern's radio show and claimed that their parents -- mom in particular -- took millions of dollars that was rightfully theirs. This was also the same interview where Nick announced that when he was 15, he lost his virginity to then-14-year-old Debbie LeFave, who grew up to become the infamous Florida teacher who bedded an underage student.

Now that would make a good episode.

Anyway, the Carters are clearly a family with issues and Nick is intent on rekindling a bond with his siblings, particularly obnoxious weasel brother Aaron, who likely never endured a second of discipline in his life. Within minutes of the first episode, Aaron acts like a 9-year-old, jumping off the house balcony into the swimming pool, completely ignoring his brother's sensible protestations.

These two are the key to the program, and by focusing on their intense love/hate relationship, you can much more easily tune out Bobbie Jean's drunken sniping. In the first couple of episodes, Nick is shown losing his temper to an almost frightening degree, but it's sometimes hard not to sympathize with the guy.

He asks his sisters to clean up the dog droppings piled in the house (yes, that staple of any celebrity reality show, the pooch with overdubbed whines, is present). They ignore him.

He asks Aaron to be considerate and stop his in-home recording session at a reasonable hour so the family can sleep. Aaron stomps his feet and retaliates by hurling a nasty Paris Hilton story back at his brother, who dated the wannabe porn star.

When their mother is hospitalized (for a "problem" never specifically identified), the family gangs up on Nick when he balks at sending her money. He eventually caves and later expresses what looks like genuine hurt when telling his siblings that she never bothered to thank him.

There's a lot of screaming and crying and general angst, that, sadly, doesn't seem contrived, so this is one of those houses that you'll be glad you don't inhabit.

But still, it takes guts to air your family therapy sessions to the world, and even though the show isn't always easy to watch, it's brave enough to offer the kind of painful reality from which most people hide.

Source: Times Dispatch.Com

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They're Not the Brady Bunch | The Southern Digest Article
Oct 17, 2006

If you would have asked me six months ago do I fear boy bands or any pop singer in general, I would have laughed in your face.

That was until I started watching "House on Carters" on E!.

The show focuses on former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, his sometimes famous little brother Aaron and their three sisters; unknown singer Leslie, aspiring model Angel and budding culinary chef Bobbie Jean.

Under normal circumstances a house full of siblings would seem Brady-like. The thought of older brother Nick helping his sisters and brother find success after many failures personally and professionally is heart warming until he and Aaron get into a fistfight, which ends in Nick's ear bleeding Evander Holyfield style.

The reason for the fight, Nick felt betrayed because Aaron dated hotel heiress Paris Hilton (who he hasn't) after he dated her. This is not the first time viewers will taste Nick's wrath. If he is not pushing Aaron into a closet, hitting him over the head or punching him in the face, he is drinking.

Even Paris sported a few bruises from the golden haired former boy bander.

Did I mention this started because Aaron, who was in the studio making music, disturbed Nick's sleep? Yes, the young boy who made the rap song about beating Shaquille O'Neal in a basketball game is now teaming up with this brother to start their own record label.

Which leads me to another question, how is Nick able to afford this house, a record label and supporting four other people?

Who is still buying Backstreet Boy albums?

With Nick's alcohol problem and arrest, I cannot believe he managed his money wisely.

I mean, his brother did sue their mom for over $100,000 and ask the courts for emancipation. This sage played out as his mother, Jane Spaulding then was arrested for assaulting Aaron. This kind of foolishness never went down with the Jacksons.

If nothing else is on, I will watch "House of Carter" just to see Angel and Bobbie Jean and Leslie pull knives on each other and watch what happens to fallen celebrities.

By the end of this season, I expect the Carters to be on Oprah, high on Prozac and talking about family love.

But between you and me, I am just watching this show until the "Flavor of Love" reunion special comes on.

Article by: Amber R. Perry for [The Southern Digest.Com]

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Carter Boys Head Downunder (Incl. HOC Premiere Date)
Oct 16, 2006
American pop singers Nick and Aaron Carter are heading to Australia and the wild brothers have a warning for parents.
"Lock up your daughters," said 26-year-old Backstreet Boys star Nick. "We are coming Down Under!"
The pair arrives in Sydney on November 3 and will spend one week in Australia promoting their new reality series, House of Carters.
They will also make a splash at Melbourne's spring racing carnival, running amok on Derby day and Melbourne Cup day.

The Carter clan are following the lead of A-list celebrities Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and the Osbourne family by filming a warts-and-all reality program based on their everyday lives.

House of Carters centres on the real life drama of Nick, 18-year-old Aaron, plus their three sisters Bobbie Jean, Leslie and Angel, Aaron's twin.

It also explores the issue of neglect the three girls faced while their parents managed and toured the world with their brothers.

The siblings all move in together to try to put their dysfunctional family life behind them and support each other as they pursue their professional and personal dreams.

The series premieres on pay-TV's E! Entertainment Television on November 4.

Nick, who toured Australia with the Backstreet Boys in January, said the brothers were looking to find love.

"Australian girls are known to be the most beautiful in the world," Nick said. "Just look at Elle Macpherson! We can't wait to get down there."

Source: The Australian News.Com

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Carters put before the horses!
Oct 15, 2006
LA party boys Nick and Aaron Carter will in Melbourne for Cup Week. The singers-turned-reality TV stars will arrive in town on November 3 and will be in the thick of the action in the Flemington Birdcage on Derby and Cup days. The brothers found fame as singers -- Nick with The Backstreet Boys and Aaron as a solo performer.

Now they are better known for their tumultuous dating adventures.

Nick, 26, had a rocky romance with socialite Paris Hilton -- they fought often and made up equally as often during their seven months together. She ended up dumping him after consulting a psychic.

Aaron broke off his engagement to former Playboy model Kari Ann Peniche last month, only a week after he proposed in Las Vegas.

Keeping it in the family, Peniche had dated Nick.

"I got caught up in the moment and proposed," Aaron, 18, said of his short-lived engagement."

"I then realised it was a hasty thing to do and I am not ready for marriage quite yet."

The brothers are in Australia for the launch of their reality series House of Carters on the E! Entertainment channel.

Source: News.com

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The Tyra Banks Show invites Nick and Aaron Carter!
Oct 13, 2006
Talk Show host Tyra Banks invite brothers Nick and Aaron Carter stop by "The Tyra Banks Show" to discuss their famous love relationships and headline grabbing break-ups, airing on Monday, October 23.

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his brother Aaron join Tyra on her stage and open up about their love lives. When she asks Aaron about his now infamous six-day engagement to an ex-Playboy bunny, he admits, "I'm just desperate for love, I guess. I keep looking in all the wrong places." Revealing that he once dated his brother's ex-fiancé, Nick laughs, "I had a run with her in the past."

Tyra unveils another love triangle when the brothers admit that Aaron went on a date with socialite Paris Hilton after she and Nick broke up, although Aaron claims it was Paris who asked him out. Aaron says he went just to find out information and found out that, "she wasn't being a good girlfriend to Nick." After Nick's very public relationship and break up with Paris, he admits, "I don't know necessarily what love is. Honest to God, I don't know what love is all the way and that's why I am with my family again to learn it again." Nick also denies that he ever physically hit Paris.

Aaron opens up to Tyra and tells her that teen sensation Hilary Duff was the girl he was most in love with. He says, "She was my first love and actually, I never cheated on her... until towards the end." When Tyra asks him what he learned from his romance with Lindsay Lohan, Aaron says, "Don't make the same mistake five times!"

Tyra then invites Hulk Hogan and his daughter Brooke to her stage and Brooke admits that dating has been a little difficult because of her father interference. After interviewing a potential date, which includes asking them if they've had an AIDS test, Brooke says, "He takes them down to the gym and sees if he they have the strength of Hulk Hogan." Hulk says it's all for intimidation, "When I get them down to the gym, I have a door on the south side and a door on the north side and you can go out either door to puke."

Originating from Los Angeles, "The Tyra Banks Show" airs in national syndication, with the Fox Owned and Operated Television Stations serving as its flagship broadcast group. The series airs on two stations in many major markets where Fox has a duopoly. "The Tyra Banks Show" is produced by Bankable Productions and Handprint Entertainment in association with Telepictures Productions, an industry-leading and Emmy Award-winning producer of syndicated programming. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

Thanks to Karin at WB and NLY.

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Carter siblings get personal in reality show debuting on E!
Sept. 29, 2006

A new reality series should bring greater attention to Aaron Carter just as he sues mogul Lou Pearlman. Yet Backstreet Boy Nick Carter defends House of Carters for offering universal lessons as the Carter siblings reunite.

"People out there in the world, and maybe in America, have gone through troubled childhoods and dysfunctional families and maybe there's something in this show that everybody out there can connect to," Nick said. "I want to bring my family back together, and why not show everybody?"

House of Carters debuts at 9 p.m. Monday on E! Entertainment. It premieres just as Aaron has asked for his contract with Pearlman to be thrown out. In the series, the Carters live in a swank home in Beverly Hills, Calif., where they argue, cry, make up and discuss their parents' 2004 divorce.

Nick, 26, tries not to act like the father, although a fight ensues when he asks for Aaron's respect. To Aaron, Nick reveals that he fears their sisters aren't motivated.

They are Bobbie Jean, 24, who longs for a career in cooking; Leslie, 20, who is a singer; and Aaron's twin, Angel, 18, who hopes to be a model. A preview of upcoming scenes reveals that the siblings' stressful interactions give way to wrenching therapy. Despite the rough moments, the Carters are behind the show.

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Hot For Teacher Long Ago
Sept. 29, 2006

NICK Carter, 26, will never forget the first girl he had sex with - because she grew up to become the infamous blond Florida teacher who bedded a 13-year-old student. The former Backstreet Boy told Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio yesterday that he dated Debbie LeFave, 23, for 18 months when they were classmates, and busted up with her when he learned from pals "she had cheated on me with a girl." He kept quiet when the scandal broke because, "my publicist is like, stay as far away from that [bleep] as you can." Carter also discussed his sex sessions with Paris Hilton. "In the very beginning, you know, she was literally cleaning my carpet in my apartment . . . trying to act all domesticated," he related. "And then, before you know it, a month or two goes by and it's back to the old nose up in the air and who are you?" Of all the women he's slept with, LeFave was "probably No. 1. But maybe that's just because it was my first. Actually a lot of the girls I've just had the best sex with or best anything with have been just normal girls." Carter is blabbing now to promote his new show E! show, "House of Carters." [Source:]

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US Musts: House of Carters
Sept. 29, 2006

In this new reality show, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, his younger brother, Aaron, and their bickering, blathering sisters — sweet Angel, drama queen Leslie and party girl Bobbie Jean — all decide to get away from their troublemaking parents. How? By moving into a Beverly Hills mansion. In the one-hour opener, Nick, who is working on a solo career, needs his beauty rest. But feisty singer Aaron wants to rock! Tempers also boil when the Carter bros get into a shoving match over Nick’s past love Paris Hilton. Ah, dishy, dysfunctional gold. (E!, 9 p.m.) [Source:]

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Nick Carter Speaks: Paris Tried to Destroy Me
Sept. 29, 2006

When Nick Carter made headlines in July 2004, it wasn’t because of his band's latest hit single (the Backstreet Boys have sold more than 78 million albums worldwide to date) but rather it had more to do with accusations that he had abused his then girlfriend Paris Hilton, who showed up at a Hollywood club with bruises on her arms and a fat lip.

Two years later, the 26-year-old singer, who makes his reality show debut on October 2 with a no-holds-barred peek into his troubled family life on E!’s House of Carters series, is finally ready to talk about his rocky romance with Hilton, now 25.