What's it all coming to?
I took this from a TVH interview:
HAVE YOU EVERY HAD TO GET ROUGH WITH A FAN?
Kevin: Well, we've had to stop the show a
couple of times and get everybody to step back and calm down to stop people getting hurt, and
sometimes the fans take articles off your body. I've had a necklace ripped off, my earrings ripped
out and once I had a ring taken off my finger. It was really sentimental to me and I was like, 'Please,
whoever took my ring, please give it back to me!' Then our security guy, Randy, made an
announcement that if someone gave the ring back he'd give them backstage passes - and fortunately
they did!
AJ: I'm really shocked, because all the jangly stuff I wear, nobody's ever tried to take
anything from me, except one time I got a bracelet torn off, but nobody's ever touched anything else
- I just lose stuff on my own!
Brian: We've had a lot of hats taken off us walking out of places! I
remember once we were leaving a school in Germany and I was holding my cap on my head and
somebody just grabbed it and started stretching it - I kept holding on to it, then the next thing I heard
it go, cccrrcccchh (huge ripping sound)! I was real mad by that point, so I pulled it off my head and
just threw it! I was like, 'You want it?' I mean, what can you do? Then another time we were
running into a hotel and there were loads of girls coming down the street and this girl jumped right in
my way! I couldn't go round her 'cause she was dead smack in the way. She went to reach for me
to hug me, and I kinda picked her up and kept running then set her down again! I didn't want to
rude, but I was gonna either get hurt or knock her flying!
Nick: I remember one time I was running
into a hotel and this girl actually jumped on my back! She had her arms round my neck and I just
kept running! I got all the way to the elavator with this girl still hanging off my back, and Randy had
to come and literally pick her off. It was real funny - she just wouldn't let go, and I'm there walking
around with her stuck to me!
When I first read this, i just cracked up. Picturing
Nick running around with some girl stuck to him could crack
anyone up. Then when I thought about it more, I got really
mad. Us, as fans, have no right to try take the Backstreet Boys' stuff.
They're already giving us everything they've got with
their wonderful music, their amazing videos, and their
powerful performances. Stealing their possessions
only makes the boys mad (and I know not one of you would want
the boys to be angry with you) and there is absolutely no rational
reason to try to do it. So to all of you selfish people out their
who are trying to take poor Kevin's earrings. Stop it already!
You can be the best fan by RESPECTING the guys. Respect their music,
respect their talent, and respect their right to privacy.
