Source:  BackstreetBoys.com (November 2000)

Backstreet Boys Nick Carter and AJ McLean have spoken for the first time about their recent breaks ups with Mandy and Amanda.

20 year old Nick Carter is happy to be young free and single again and determined to use every opportunity to advertise for a new girlfriend but 22 year old AJ McLean is still struggling to come to terms with his bachelor status.

Carter, currently travelling with AJ McLean and the rest of the band on the Backstreet Boys’ unique 100 hour round-the-world journey to promote their new album BLACK & BLUE, confided his feelings as the group were driven by police escort to the exclusive Radisson Waterfront Hotel in Granger Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Tired after a 16-hour flight from Sydney aboard the BSB private jet, blond blue-eyed Nick Carter admitted that his decision to break up with long term girlfriend Mandy has left him feeling sad but relieved. ‘It came to the point where I didn’t want the responsibility, you know, always having to call up. I needed to concentrate on the group and the album.’

He admitted that the burden of a serious relationship was, while enjoyable, incredibly stressful at the same time. ‘Relationships are beautiful but sometimes it is a lot of stress and it’s not necessarily anyone’s fault, it’s just the way relationships are’ he explained. ‘I’m enjoying being 20 years old now.’

McLean, meanwhile, revealed that he is finding it tough to talk about his split from Amanda. ‘It’s kinda weird. It just didn’t work out the way we both saw it to be. Since we separated I haven’t really talked to her that much cos she’s busy with her own career and she’s dating someone so if she’s happy then she’s happy but don’t get me wrong - there are times when I miss her. Not a day goes by when I’m not thinking about the break up but it’s better not to talk to her cos it makes it easier on both of us.’

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