"I really don't know what to say about that, except that I hope he gets better," says JC Chasez. "It's kind of sad that he's got a problem like that. I wish the guy the best. I hope he pulls it together. At least he has admitted to himself that he has a problem, and that's pretty much the first step. That sucks."

"Our prayers are with him," adds Lance Bass.

In related news, the Backstreet Boys' management, The Firm, felt compelled to issue an additional statement on Friday (July 13) in response to widespread speculation that the group was either a) breaking up or b) canceling the tour altogether (the statement cites a nationally syndicated gossip column as the culprit, although it doesn't name names).

"The tour will resume in Vancouver as planned," says The Firm's Skip Rickert in the statement. "Any conjecture or assumption to the contrary is merely that, and we all hope that people will respect the group's wishes to give AJ the time he needs for himself."