Backstreeter Kevin Richardson Off the Market!
Source: E! Online
June 22, 2000
by Josh Grossberg
Jun 22, 2000, 12:00 PM PT
Sorry girls, it had to happen sometime. Your favorite teen superstars, the Orlando-based Backstreet Boys, just added an unofficial member.
A spokesman has confirmed that Kevin Richardson officially tied the knot Saturday with longtime beau Kristin Willits in a private ceremony in Lexington, Kentucky. All four of Richardson's bandmates attended the wedding, whose guest list included 150 to 200 of the twosome's closest family and friends.
The couple exchanged vows at Estill County Cathedral Domain, the church camp that Richardson's late father, Jerald, once ran. Richardson's brother, Tim, a local minister, presided over the nuptials while brother Jerald Jr. acted as the best man.
It was a "beautiful, simple ceremony," Tim Richardson told the Lexington Herald-Leader, adding that the wedding was stalkarazzi-free and lacked the usual accoutrements of a posh celebrity get-together. "Remove all the glamour and the fact that he's a Backstreet Boy, that they're in the entertainment industry, [and] they're just two people who love each other."
Richardson, 27 met Willits, also 27 and a dancer, eight years ago in a cafeteria while both worked at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
"We've been through a lot together, but she knew me when I was a Ninja Turtle," Richardson told MTV News in February, noting that they're both in the business and understand one another. "She was a dancer, she's been on Broadway, done lots of things...being in the business, she has an appreciation for it."
Richardson shocked fans when he announced their engagement on Valentine's Day, the same day Richardson's cousin and fellow Backstreeter Brian Litrell also disclosed his intention to walk down the aisle with actress Leighanne Wallace (the couple have yet to set a date).
Although millions of teenage girls are now mourning Richardson's newly-minted hubby status, at least they'll be glad to know that three remaining Boys are still on the market -- Howie D. Dorough, Nick Carter, and A.J. McLean.
