Marriage Keeps Boy Off Backstreets
Date: August 23, 2001
Source: The LA
Times
Brian Littrell is the married Backstreet Boy, and he thinks his bandmates should consider settling down to avoid the temptations of celebrity. Littrell told our colleague, Geoff Boucher, that the heartthrobs are eager to get back on the road after waiting more than a month while A.J. McLean, who's 23, deals with a drinking problem. There's no better rehab than the love of a good woman, the 26-year-old Littrell says. "The good thing about Leighanne and I is we can always pack up and go home and be away from everything." The couple celebrate their first anniversary Sept. 2.
"We've got the stability. Some of the guys in the group don't. I long for them to have what I have," Littrell said. "Life is too short to live a million miles an hour." The Littrells are launching a music label and production company called Brileigh (catchy, huh?). First up is a straight-to-video romantic comedy called "Olive Juice," starring and co-produced by Leighanne.
The Backstreet Boys will play Milwaukee on Friday night, their first show since the July 9 announcement that McLean was entering rehab.
"I think the emotional health of the group is really on the up and up," Littrell said before heading to a video shoot for the new single, "Drowning." He added, "A.J. is doing fine .... The situation we're in, you feel like you have life handed to you on a silver platter and you kind of miss the true meaning of what life is all about."