BACKSTREET'S BREKKIE! (Bliss Magazine, England 1997)

Special Thanks to Nikki Reed for e-mailing this article to me!


Double helpings and extra sauce, please! That's what we got when we had brekkie with the Backstreet Boys...

'Get my toast outta your mouth A.J,' says a disgruntled Nick Backstreet as he lunges at his older bandmate. 'I said, get it out of your mouth.' Oops! Things aren't looking good between Nick and A.J. We've only just started our brekkie and Nick's already having a fit 'cause nasty ol' A.J's gone and swiped half his breakfast. A fight breaks out on the sofa as the cute blond one struggles to get back his toast, just as the hyper one crams the last slice into his mouth. Now that's really annoyed Nick - he was enjoying his toast and strawberry jam. Could a band ounch up be in the offing?
Unfortunatley for us, they don't do anything outrageous. In fact the Backstreet Boys are on cloud nine. Why? 'Cause they've just found out they've got the whole of December off. One month free from continual hype, crowds, rehearsals, performances, interviews, photoshoots and all the other hassles that come with being one of the world's most successful boy bands.

Time Off

Kevin plonks down on the sofa, calms down and confesses, 'The past four years of our lives haven't been

normal, that's why Christmas time is so important to us. We can go home and just be kids again.'

But alhtough December's free, the boys have decided today they want to talk especially to Bliss. So, hey

presto, we're in the tres posho London hotel room sharing a crumpet or three with them. Quick, give us a

cuppa before we get too excited.

Mad meal

This is no ordinary breakfast. There's no polite small talk about whether you'd like one lump or two. It's a mad

malarkey and although the lads have been up since 6am, they show no signs of flagging. So it's not surprising

that the convo's turned to girls. The Spice Girls, to be precise.

Kevin's thinking about who his fave Spicey is when Nick pipes up, 'It;s Vicc-tooorrr-iiia.' He's got a cheeky

grin on his face and he's hoping he's embarrassed Kevin. But when we ask Nick if that's who he fancies, he

turns bright red and mumbles, 'No, no, I was just saying they're all nice.' So if he can't name his bestest

Spicey, then who's his fave member of the Boys? Kevin thinks again for a few seconds, but is interrupted by

Nick holding up a jammy knife and yelling, 'Me, me. Say it's me.' Kevin doesn't. He just decides that all the

guys are great.

So what will he tell us about? Ah yes, his way of getting away from all this madness. 'I'd like to drive to the

South of France from Paris,' he begins. But that's all we get out of him 'cause Nick starts waffling on about a a

Charlie Brown cartoon while A.J stuffs a cuddly toy down the front of his dungarres. Purlease! After we rescue

the poor cuddly toy, Brian comes over and introduces himself to us (like, we don't know who he is) and shakes

our hands (which we're never washing again). Brian flings his arm around Nick for a piccie and outs on a

cheesy ad-voice to tell anyone who's listening, 'I put lotion on my face, 'cause it gets very dry. There you go,

that's one of Brian's top beauty tips.' Er thanks a lot Brian.

Let's face it though, what we really want to know is whether the guys are seeing anyone/ All keep schtum

except Brian who tells us he's single at the moment. According to Brian, the guys are through with pretending

they're squeaky clean. 'There's no sense in letting my career put a halt on whatever else I want out of life,' he

says. 'If I want a relationship, I'll have one. And I'm prepared to tell our fans if I had a girlfriend- they deserve

that.' From what we've seen, they've got a long wait until their hectic schedule leaves enough time for serious

love interests. It's hard enough keeping up with them having brekkie - better start workingout girls.