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00:00Who are the Carters? Brothers, sisters, twins, friends, rivals. In our dysfunctional family,
00:06we've seen things that no kid should see. We're used to being on our own, but being together,
00:10that's a whole different subject. Have you ever felt gross after watching a reality series? Like,
00:16people stood around and watched this happen. That show to me was House of Carters. It was a noble
00:22idea. Nick Carter wanted to go in and fix his family, but they were not sitcom broken.
00:28They were actually broken. I'm getting us all together to start over as a family. Just the
00:35five of us. Aaron, Angel, Leslie, Bobby Jean, and me, Nick. It'll make us stronger, or it'll kill us.
00:42Guess we'll see. Nick Carter is a boy band guy. He's not a therapist. He should not have gone in
00:49there and pretended to be Jennifer Melfi. I thought it was a bad idea for them to do the show.
00:54It did not help Aaron's cause. So this reality series, it felt a lot like going into a crime
01:02scene. Every episode, every interaction they had, I felt like Columbo, and I was seeing the clues to
01:10what the heck was going to happen to this family in the future. Whether it was watching Aaron and
01:15Nick fight. Dude, I'm not going to be your dad. I'm going to be your big brother, and that's it.
01:20It's going to be good. I'm glad you're here. I'm glad I'm here, too. I love you, man.
01:24I love you, too, man. Or seeing how bad the three Carter sisters were at this point,
01:29House of Carters was less of a reality show and more of an autopsy report on a family.
01:36I don't even really understand why Nick Carter allowed this to come out.
01:39House of Carters came out in 2006 on the E! Network. The show had a run of six episodes,
01:46and honestly, Nick should have fired his entire management team for allowing him to put this out
01:52there. I'm Nick Carter. I was basically living on my own by the time I was 17. We had money
01:58and fame,
01:58but we never actually lived like a normal family. Well, I'm about to change all of that. The reason
02:03I'm bringing my family back together is to get inside their heads and to really fix the problems
02:07that we had. This reality series came out at a time when the Backstreet Boys were on their
02:11downward decline. They weren't exactly a legacy act yet, but, you know, they were more likely to
02:17have adult contemporary charting songs than Billboard 100. This show was an attempt, I think, at getting
02:24their name back out there. Maybe it would get them a few new fans. Nick complains about a lot of
02:28stuff.
02:28He's not the boss of me. You're going to respect me. Don't spit in my face. You're going to respect
02:31me.
02:31And there's a conflict. I'm like, I've been sitting there waiting for somebody to acknowledge me.
02:37We're struggling, but we're making it. Everything about this show seems cursed,
02:41right down to the promotional poster. Look at how evil Nick Carter is coming off here.
02:47And what's this design? Are the Carter family some sort of new metal band? Is Aaron trying to warn us
02:54of something? You do realize the type of music that Nick Carter was making in 2006, right?
03:10You're not promoting the Osbournes. Divided, they've fallen. United, they stand a chance.
03:18You do reality, a lot of times you get a chance, or any type of television show,
03:21a special reality. You get a chance to look at yourself, because it's real life,
03:24and see what you're doing, and kind of analyze your life, and that's kind of cool.
03:29As a viewer, if I came across one of the commercials for this show,
03:32I knew I was in for a train wreck.
03:34Nick Carter and his Backstreet Boys secrets are fair game,
03:38as he, his pop star bro Aaron, and their sisters jump on the reality show bandwagon.
03:43It was a little scary, jumping into the whole television world, especially reality,
03:48but I think that we can handle it.
03:50This has bad idea written all over it.
03:53I'm intrigued now to watch your show. I think this publicity tour for the new E-
03:57is very wise on your part. I had no idea all this was going on in there.
04:01We don't say it all.
04:06Everybody should have stepped in and said,
04:07Nick, don't do this.
04:08It's not like the Backstreet Boys behind closed doors were that sensitive with each other.
04:13Shut the fuck up and let me talk?
04:15You shut the fuck up.
04:16Listen, you said you shut the fuck up.
04:18You said-
04:19You shut the fuck up.
04:20I swear to God.
04:21You want to hear everybody.
04:21Don't fucking talk to me that way.
04:23I'll talk to you however I want to talk to you.
04:25You don't get respect out of me that way.
04:27You want to hear everybody around the table.
04:28Don't be a fucking dick like everyone knows you are.
04:30You don't want to hear everybody.
04:31You understand what I'm saying?
04:31Don't be a fucking dick.
04:32The premise for House of Carters is, if all of Nick's family comes to live with him,
04:39maybe the family will come together, they'll get over all their demons,
04:43and they'll start functioning like a family.
04:45But that's a terrible idea.
04:47You know, I think they're old enough that they can do that now.
04:51It's not that hard.
04:55Especially now that we know even more about what Nick Carter was dealing with.
05:00When I was overweight, when I was drinking and doing drugs,
05:04when I was being a maniac, it affected the group.
05:08And I got confronted by you guys.
05:11Everybody.
05:12Docked thousands of dollars for not showing up on time.
05:16I had to get better for you.
05:18AJ did too.
05:19AJ had to as well.
05:20We all had in different ways.
05:21That's all I'm trying to say.
05:22And I'm passionate about it because I'm still pissed off.
05:25And I'm not alone in thinking that was a bad idea.
05:28Even his manager, Kenneth, has his doubts.
05:31You guys were living together.
05:32It may be cool.
05:34I don't know.
05:34You gotta help me out a little bit.
05:36Because they're strong personality-wise.
05:38You see Nanny written on my chest?
05:39You just kind of already know this is going to go horrible.
05:44So bad, in fact, that earlier when I said this was like an autopsy report,
05:48I have to figure out which one of the sisters is still alive 15 years later.
05:53Angel Carter is now the only living sibling of Nick Carter.
05:58And it kind of makes sense when you watch the show.
06:00She's the only sister who actually looks at Nick like a brother.
06:04Like with Nick, Nick is like the best brother ever.
06:07He really is.
06:08He's really done something here.
06:10He has made such a dramatic change from the way like it used to be.
06:12Like every time I call Nick, he answers his phone for me.
06:16You know what I mean?
06:16That means so much.
06:17It means so much.
06:19Like he is, you know, in this life, my family is all I have.
06:23These are my best friends.
06:24I don't have a lot of friends.
06:25I don't trust a lot of people.
06:26But these are my friends.
06:27And like Nick is a role model for me.
06:30Like I really look up to him and I really admire him a lot.
06:33Not a meal ticket.
06:34Not somebody who you can dump your problems on.
06:37No, someone she actually cares about.
06:39Someone who is actually looking out for him.
06:42You too?
06:42Yeah, he's definitely somebody.
06:47Angel Carter is Aaron Carter's twin.
06:49These days, Angel works as a mental health advocate and as a champion over at the Kids Mental Health Foundation.
06:56The first problem I see with the entire premise, why is Nick Carter the one who has to take on
07:01parental responsibilities?
07:03You move around this house all day asking for people to feel sorry for you.
07:06But we don't feel sorry for you.
07:08I don't need anybody to feel sorry for me, Nick.
07:09I don't need anybody.
07:10Leslie, we don't feel sorry for you.
07:11These are grown adults and Nick Carter has to reprimand them.
07:16Is it really fair to the guy that the minute his brother is allowed in the house, he has to
07:22yell at him to not go over the railing.
07:25Don't jump in the pool.
07:26You're going to hurt yourself.
07:28No, Aaron, don't please.
07:30And Aaron Carter doesn't want to hear any of that.
07:32And you know I'm going to do this.
07:34I know you're going to do it, but not now.
07:35Oh, I can even go off of this one.
07:37No, you can't.
07:38Yes, I can.
07:39Nick's not his dad.
07:40That's not my dad.
07:42That's not my dad.
07:44At the time, Leslie, like Aaron, wanted a career in music.
07:54Leslie wants to be a singer.
07:56And yes, her manager is her mom.
08:00Yeah, she could be another cash cow for her mom.
08:03Leslie.
08:03I haven't seen her in so long.
08:06Angel and BJ know that Leslie is gifted in certain ways.
08:09And that is definitely, there's a jealousy factor there.
08:13Living with her is going to be hard because when she gets pissed, she sees red.
08:17Throughout watching this show, I really felt bad for Nick Carter.
08:22He didn't need this kind of publicity, but he was doing it so that his sister Leslie and
08:28his brother Aaron could restart their music career.
08:31I really feel like Leslie should have listened to Nick because in 2025, he's been part of a
08:38group that sold over 130 million albums.
08:41She could even have listened to Aaron Carter, who, while he was alive, had sold over 10 million
08:46albums.
08:47And the Carter family is like the boy band musical equivalent of the Von Erich family.
08:53You know how, if you've seen the movie, you know this.
08:56And if you're a wrestling fan, you know this.
08:59How Kevin Von Erich is the only living Von Erich.
09:03Well, BJ and Leslie are no longer with us.
09:07And it seems like he just wants to have some family back in his life.
09:10But what he got instead was having to deal with his sister BJ coming off her divorce and
09:17nonstop arguments that are now being broadcasted to the entire world.
09:21BJ is very damaged from the whole divorce.
09:25She was really damaged.
09:27Probably worse than everybody else.
09:29That's really why, huh?
09:31No, it's because we're trying to protect your interests.
09:34Leslie is going to be a nightmare.
09:35You don't want me connecting with Leslie.
09:36You want to be able to shut that down.
09:37I love Leslie.
09:38No.
09:38BJ, look how awesome you're in a little bit.
09:40Do you remember that 90s show, Party of Five, where it was about dead parents and the
09:45oldest had to raise the entire family?
09:48That kind of feels like this.
09:51BJ, give me your drink while you're...
09:53Give me the damn drink.
09:53No, I...
09:54Give me the freaking drink while you're going...
09:55Leave my drink alone, s**t.
09:57And the sad thing is, is Nick, and to a lesser extent Aaron, but mostly Nick, is the only
10:05one with a consistent source of income.
10:08So he's got to fund everybody's deadbeat lifestyle.
10:11Look at Nick Carter's eyes as they're filming this.
10:14This is a man buckling under the pressure.
10:16Because I want to know, like, what everybody's doing.
10:18I have some modeling meeting.
10:19You're doing modeling?
10:20Mm-hmm.
10:22I'll have to start.
10:23It was at this moment, I think Nick had the thought, oh God, nobody in this household
10:27has any real revenue coming in.
10:29What about you, Leslie?
10:30Still doing the singing thing.
10:33That's what I've been doing.
10:36I wrote a new song I want you to hear.
10:38I'll check it out.
10:38What are you doing, BJ?
10:39I really have this really huge desire to go to culinary school.
10:45Awesome.
10:45I think I could be a really great chef.
10:47He's trying to save his family, and all he's getting in return is freeloaders who don't
10:53appreciate a single thing he's trying to do.
10:56Everybody's waiting.
10:57You should wait, too.
10:58Give me the damn mushroom.
10:59Angel, come on.
11:01I'm hungry.
11:02Fine, you can have one, too.
11:02Everybody have a little bit.
11:05You want a mushroom, too, Leslie?
11:06Not right now.
11:07And Nick Carter at this time is only 26.
11:11Could you imagine you at 26?
11:13Or if you're younger than 26, you now?
11:16Trying to deal with all this?
11:18Aaron, don't be an idiot!
11:19Aaron, be...
11:20Aaron, just don't do it!
11:22Aaron, don't be a...
11:24Freaking idiot!
11:25Oh, this is another one of those reality shows where the people in it have no idea how to
11:31take care of a dog.
11:33Why do you have a dog if you don't feed the freaking dog by yourself?
11:35I'm not listening to you.
11:36They can't take care of a dog.
11:37They can't even cook a meal without accidentally setting things on fire.
11:41They're kind of like a sim with no skill points.
11:43I know what you're thinking.
11:45Why is this Nick's responsibility?
11:47They got parents.
11:49Apparently, the parents' philosophy was for these kids to just figure it out.
11:55And that worked out great for the kids, didn't it?
11:58I was basically, you know, when I was 15 years old, I was basically, like, free reign.
12:02I basically raised myself.
12:03Yeah.
12:04You know, for Nick, like, he wasn't...
12:07You gotta understand, he wasn't really allowed to come around me.
12:11Right.
12:12And so I turned 18.
12:13As soon as I turned 18, I came out to California.
12:15Their mom is a real piece of work.
12:18There's a reason that Nick Carter did not talk to her.
12:21Sacrificed my whole entire life for that child and for the other child for the sake of that family.
12:27And the mom went on acting like she was mother of the year.
12:31The drugs, the drinking, the partying.
12:34But you thought it wouldn't happen to your kids.
12:36I tried to prevent it from happening, but I couldn't.
12:39Sure, lady.
12:40Whatever you say.
12:41You're...
12:42You're really strict.
12:43But she's not the only sucky parent.
12:46They both did a rotten job.
12:48Understand that I'm mad at both of them.
12:50All right.
12:50But now, if this is a serious situation, I'm gonna take it seriously.
12:53Because I'm gonna take it to heart.
12:55But they've done s*** to us.
12:56What?
12:57Out of just anger.
12:59Angerless.
12:59She put out a book against them.
13:01Calling up asking if I'm gay.
13:03Are you kidding me?
13:04I'm kidding me.
13:05Why would you say that to your own son?
13:06So, I've been around the internet long enough to remember the classic Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay song.
13:12Which one of us is gay?
13:15Tell me who.
13:17Ain't saying that it's Brian.
13:20Brian, tell me who.
13:22Ain't saying you caught Kevin.
13:25Tell me who.
13:26And I thought, oh man, everybody's making fun of the Backstreet Boys for being gay.
13:30But that would be really odd if your own mom was doing that to you.
13:34She siphoned money off of them.
13:36Sometimes I would just stop and I would be like, mom, why can't we just fight about, you know, me
13:41being a teenager or me growing up?
13:43It was all about money.
13:44She pitted family members against each other.
13:47Is they don't realize what they're doing to the children.
13:49And then before you know it, a product of, like, me turns out.
13:53And I don't give a damn what goes on.
13:54That's what happens when you become so chewed up that you just don't care about anything around you.
14:00I'm kind of surprised how long it actually took for documentaries to be made about this family.
14:05In 2007, on the E! Network, this is already bubbling to the surface.
14:10I was with mom and I didn't even get a chance to cry about mom and dad's divorce.
14:14It's really not even an issue.
14:15Yes, it is an issue.
14:17And it will always, Angel, and it's always going to be a part of this.
14:20No, but it's an issue.
14:20It's an issue if you let it be an issue.
14:23Oh, and I thought this would be like one of those happy endings where somebody eventually gets their life together.
14:29But no, even as an old lady, she got arrested for fighting over the TV remote.
14:38Not a joke.
14:39Literally fighting over the TV remote.
14:42It's only night one and BJ is blackout drunk and Nick has to talk her down.
15:12And you know the siblings are really messed up when BJ can just say, hey Nick.
15:18We know you're hiding anger and drinking issues.
15:21And you're just thinking, yeah, but he's the most put together member of the family.
15:26Like I said, this show is an autopsy because BJ died from...
15:32Are you drinking?
15:33And Scottish champagne in her bathroom.
15:35Knowing how it all ends for BJ, you kind of feel like a voyeur.
15:40How many is that?
15:42I've drank like a half a bottle of champagne.
15:45All right, well then can you chill?
15:46Like maybe wait?
15:47God, leave me alone.
15:49You're like, I see you flying off the handle.
15:53Somebody?
15:54Anybody want to step in?
15:55Help her out?
15:56What's Nick supposed to do?
15:58If she wants to act like a little kid, I guess he can treat her like one.
16:02Who's going to...
16:03You're making me go to bed, Nick.
16:05I'm not making you go to bed.
16:06Yeah, you are.
16:07You guys were scattered everywhere.
16:09You know, I'm not really worried about you.
16:12Ooh, Nick really whiffed on that call.
16:16The girls are not motivated to ever do anything.
16:19That's why I planned on...
16:21That's one of my main reasons of getting everybody here.
16:23The way they positioned House of Carters, especially on that promotional poster,
16:27was that it's going to be rocky from the start,
16:30but they're going to figure it out.
16:32It's just a vicious cycle that is so common in America
16:35that you see and like all over the world.
16:38And I just, I'm not about to let that, you know,
16:41taking, you know, a hold of my family and separate us.
16:44I don't want us to be 35 or however old we are
16:47and not even talking to each other.
16:49I mean, the premise of the show is basically
16:50it's coming back together as a family and trying to rebuild
16:52and be a better family.
16:55Just with the kids, especially after such a drastic breakup with the family.
17:00And our sisters and all that.
17:02So there's so much that's intertwined and it's like hard to explain.
17:05You gotta just kind of watch.
17:06United, they have a chance.
17:08But that's where the reality shows up in reality TV.
17:12They didn't.
17:13There wasn't going to be a happy ending.
17:15There was a certain level of delusion within the Carter family.
17:19Aaron Carter is up all night and he's making his music.
17:22But by doing so, he's keeping Nick up.
17:26And Nick is the only one with an actual paying gig.
17:29He funds the entire lifestyle that these people get to have,
17:33but he gets no respect.
17:34Aaron, don't make loud music, please.
17:36Well, not loud music, just bumping me.
17:38Aaron, people gotta sleep.
17:40Can't you do this in the daytime?
17:42I like to do my work at night.
17:44Aaron, there are other people that live in his house.
17:46That's disrespectful.
17:47Exactly.
17:47I live in his house.
17:48So everybody else is cool with it but you.
17:50Aaron just doesn't get it.
17:52He just wants white boy summer.
17:56I'm in Aaron.
18:01And now, there was that recent documentary about the Carter brothers
18:05where they showed this clip off.
18:08You're gonna respect me.
18:08Don't spit in my face.
18:09Don't spit in my face, Nick.
18:11Don't spit in my face.
18:12I'm sick of you doing this to me.
18:14Stop it.
18:15You're gonna respect me.
18:15Stop it.
18:16You're gonna respect me.
18:16Stop it.
18:17What are you doing?
18:18You're gonna respect me.
18:19What is wrong with you?
18:20And yeah, intense Nick is kind of scary for a boy band guy.
18:25What is wrong with you?
18:27You're gonna respect my house.
18:28Get out of my room.
18:29What are you doing?
18:31No, I'm still...
18:32But in the documentary, you're kind of seeing this clip out of context.
18:36You're not a good person and everybody sees it, Nick.
18:39What the documentary wasn't showing was just how disrespectful Aaron Carter was being.
18:44Yeah, but let me tell you something real quick.
18:46You're gonna turn the music down and respect me.
18:49All right?
18:50Spit in my face, dog.
18:51Don't spit in my face, man.
18:52All right?
18:52And even in this clip, he is totally saying things to provoke Nick.
18:56In my house, you need my permission.
18:58You ask me.
19:00You ask me.
19:01You ask me.
19:01Hey, grow the up, kid.
19:03Grow the up.
19:04I thought you wanna get up and do something with your life.
19:06Grow the up.
19:07Aaron knows something.
19:09So when we step back and we do more research, this was around the time when Nick Carter
19:14was dating Paris Hilton.
19:16Nick Carter and Paris Hilton's relationship was all over the tabloids.
19:20And you're seeing things like, Nick Carter abuses women.
19:23And they're showing bruises on Paris.
19:26And Aaron Carter inserts himself in the entire thing.
19:29And it's just a terrible look all around because he's supposed to be the clean, wholesome
19:34boy band guy and he's just coming across as an awful dude.
19:38Because when I broke up with Paris, this guy takes her out.
19:42Get the f***ing roses.
19:43The next day, I find a f***ing phone in the car.
19:46And who is it?
19:47It's his phone taking a picture of her.
19:49Her smiling like this in my Cadillac.
19:52And you know what?
19:54It's kind of hard to trust his word as on the show, it looks like he's gonna kill his
19:59own brother for getting involved and taking Paris' side.
20:03But then when they're promoting the show on Tyra Banks, it was Aaron Carter doing recon
20:08work to help his brother?
20:10Something's not adding up.
20:11He was 16, she was 20-something.
20:13So Paris took you out on a date after you and Paris broke up?
20:16Yeah, but I had to find out some information.
20:18I had to be a little sneaky.
20:19What did you find out?
20:20I just found out that she wasn't being a good girlfriend to Nick.
20:24He told me later on that he found out who she had cheated on me with because she didn't
20:28say it was with anybody.
20:29Who was this with?
20:32Chad Michael Murray.
20:33Guys, guys, guys, stop fighting over Paris Hilton.
20:36They don't close down Disneyland after the first group's been on the Matterhorn.
20:39This all just feels like a recipe for disaster.
20:42How is Nick Carter, somebody who later on comes out and says,
20:47Yeah, I had a substance problem.
20:50Gonna be the one that lectures the other members of his family.
20:55Seems a little hypocritical.
20:57In 2004, I was really hard into drinking and drugs and that's when I met Paris.
21:02Being around the social light atmosphere is definitely a dangerous world.
21:07Nick Carter was abusing drugs and alcohol so seriously that it actually led to a buildup of toxins in his
21:14heart.
21:15I got checked up by a doctor and I found out that I had a drug and alcohol induced cardiomyopathy.
21:20You're not exactly shocked when none of the family members listen to his advice.
21:25What the f*** did, dude?
21:27What are you talking about?
21:28You caused them to start attacking me.
21:30I did attack.
21:30Get used to it.
21:30You want me to tell you what?
21:31No, that whole life feeling like you're being attacked.
21:34That comes from mom and dad.
21:35Basically, the reason I'm out here is I'm-
21:36It does.
21:37It really does.
21:38I'm sorry.
21:39It comes from mom and dad.
21:40Like, you're constantly being attacked.
21:43If this was a Hallmark movie, this would make the family all come together.
21:47The pep talk would work.
21:50Aaron, BJ, Leslie, they'd all straighten out their life.
21:53Let's just be happy that we're all alive today.
21:56After everything that we've been through, after all the obstacles and things we've had
22:00to go through, we're all here and we're laughing and having a good time.
22:04Aaron Carter doesn't tattoo his face.
22:07He doesn't OD.
22:08Maybe he even gets a spot on one of those pop 2K nostalgia tours.
22:12Does the old hits.
22:14Who, after eight years of sugar sweet hits aimed at adolescent girls,
22:19now has this video getting frequent play on MTV.
22:22I've been to countless concerts where a song that was critically hated and rejected by the public
22:30was actually loved and being sang by a ton of people with no irony attached to it.
22:38No, they just dug the song.
22:39So it's like the haters are loud, but the supporters are more silent.
22:45Aaron is .
22:49Nick, don't be so critical.
22:51But BJ, it's pretty whack.
22:54Hey, he's having fun.
22:55It's pretty whack.
22:56It's like, it's pretty whack.
22:58I'm not joking.
22:59We're not calling it Carter.
23:01What are you calling it?
23:02I don't know.
23:03We're coming up with something else.
23:04We're not Carter.
23:04What? Like what? I don't know.
23:05Instead of suffering through years of trying to get street cred and trying to be tough,
23:12he could have just embraced it.
23:14He could have pulled the vanilla ice where suddenly, you know what?
23:17I'm not trying to be hard.
23:18I'm going to just be myself again and be happy.
23:21He could have been the guy who pops up and, as an adult, actually does a basketball game
23:27with Shaq on Jimmy Fallon or goes around the country and hosts his own errand parties.
23:33And then all the girls who grew up with him would buy a ticket.
23:37Doesn't even have to be that expensive of a ticket.
23:39He could have made a living and just lightened up.
23:42He wants to caught war wounds.
23:45He's a gangster.
23:46He's a rapper.
23:47Come on.
23:47Nick Carter has a level of self-awareness to know how his bread is buttered.
23:53He'll lean into it.
23:54All right.
23:55I'm cheesy.
23:56Fine. I'm cheesy.
23:57You know what?
23:58You picture me this way.
24:00Fine.
24:00Whatever.
24:01I make a ton of money and I do what I love.
24:03Nick knew that Aaron could have had that.
24:05He was Bieber before there was a Bieber.
24:08He paved the way.
24:09He didn't have the amount of hits that a Justin Bieber has.
24:12But, you know, he also got in while people were still buying music.
24:17I'll tell you something, bitch.
24:19I think Nick had a pretty good plan of attack.
24:21Sure, he wasn't dealing with, like, the substance stuff.
24:24But personality and motivation-wise, yeah, he was onto something.
24:30If BJ had a career that she loved, she'd be motivated.
24:35If Leslie went back to making music.
24:37And I promise to be true.
24:41True.
24:42True.
24:44He wanted to help Angel out with her modeling career.
24:46Angel was not a burden.
24:48More of a, hey, you know what?
24:50If I put some of my resources into this, Angel, you could really be something.
24:55And even when he did the tough love thing with Aaron, I think he was right.
24:59I'm gonna do what mom and dad couldn't do for you.
25:02Just watch out for you.
25:03Not take from you.
25:04Watch out for you.
25:05Set you up.
25:06I told you.
25:06If you ever need anything, I got your back.
25:09Told you that, man.
25:10Aaron should have stuck to bubblegum pop.
25:13Drives me insane.
25:14He's not .
25:14He's not from the hood, man.
25:16He loves his stuff.
25:16But he needs to live up to who he is.
25:18I don't know.
25:19Nobody's gonna respect him like that.
25:20You know that, like, he's gotten tired of being in a boy band.
25:23That the jokes made against the Backstreet Boys occasionally got to him.
25:27But he also knew where his bread was buttered.
25:29He's sticking with the group.
25:30And you know what?
25:31If you want to do side things, cool.
25:33But Aaron, you gotta know where your audience is.
25:36Oh my god, it's Aaron Carter.
25:37Nick Carter's older brother and go Disney and all that type of stuff.
25:40It's like, it's all about the credibility of the music and the credibility of the artist.
25:43I'm trying to be a real artist.
25:45I'm trying to do what I feel comfortable with because that really shows.
25:49Speaking of BSB, they actually pop up.
25:52Now it's about how you want to recreate yourself.
25:54Because right now you're in the process now that you can really redefine who you are.
25:58Because you really are the last group standing.
26:00You are the, you are the last.
26:01I hate to sell corn balls.
26:02And you know, you guys are hit.
26:04And this is where I kind of really feel bad for Nick.
26:07Instead of focusing on the next phase of the Backstreet Boys going all in on the album,
26:12he has to deal with all this family drama.
26:16So how are things going like that?
26:18Good, bad, and different?
26:19I mean, it's good to have a family back there.
26:21What are you guys?
26:22Well, just emotionally support each other and it's, it's good.
26:26The Backstreet Boys are preparing to release their next album, Unbreakable.
26:30Which, fun fact, actually has a song on it written by NSYNC's JC ChazƩ.
26:37So it's okay.
26:38You can be an NSYNC and a Backstreet Boy fan.
26:40That war has been gone for like 25 plus years, okay?
26:44As soon as they both knew that Lou Perlman was screwing them over and playing them against each other,
26:48it ended right then and there.
26:50Now it seems like NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys are always cross pollinating.
26:55So now instead of fighting bad contracts, they fight bad zombies.
27:01I don't think that that's going to work.
27:02A dance record with a rock record. I just don't think so.
27:05That's just my opinion. You don't want to mix rock with a Euro dance music.
27:10Okay, I'll give it a shot.
27:11Boy, being Nick Carter is not as glamorous as I thought it was.
27:19Not only do you support a family of deadbeats, but even the one that you want to cut out,
27:25your own mother, keeps popping back up.
27:28Nick keeps getting guilted by his sister and his brother and his other sister and his other sister
27:35that you have to let mom back in.
27:40Nick has millions of dollars.
27:42He's just buying all this s*** he doesn't even need.
27:45Doesn't even want to help take care of our mother.
27:47Please forgive mom.
27:49I know she took your money.
27:52She spread rumors about you.
27:54She used you as a meal ticket for your entire life.
27:57But she didn't mean to.
27:59That would be enough to make you pretty angry.
28:02At some point you need to say, you know what, this is my only mother in this whole entire world
28:07and you know what, maybe I need to give her one more chance.
28:09Because that one more chance, maybe I'll save it.
28:11If it wasn't Angel pushing this, I don't think Nick would have agreed to help.
28:16Alright, you know, I'll work on this.
28:19I'll give her a call. Tomorrow I'll give her a call.
28:22It's like, why? Why us?
28:26Unfortunately, Nick was right.
28:27It's just another case of his mom using him.
28:31And nowadays, he looks so much happier being the guy at a Star Wars convention
28:36and opening baseball cards than he is here dealing with family drama and leeches.
28:42Ya money Dracula.
28:43Kinda funny how she doesn't even want to call me after she gets her $5,000.
28:46I got a phone call from dad.
28:49He said that he saw mom in a bar.
28:52At least one sibling has to recognize where you're coming from.
28:56And that was Angel.
28:58But all of us attacking him, he feels like we're attacking him.
29:00I didn't hardly say anything.
29:01I know, but he feels like we're all attacking him.
29:03So you have to deal with Nick in a very different way.
29:06BJ is in the middle of splitting with her boyfriend.
29:09She doesn't love him anymore.
29:11I don't love you.
29:13I have done nothing wrong.
29:15Please just leave me alone.
29:16And I'm here for you every day.
29:18No, I wish you weren't.
29:18And I've always been there for you cause I love you.
29:21Cause I love the person you are.
29:22She does not love this dude anymore.
29:25Or she does.
29:27I don't know.
29:27There's this scene where Nick comes in and has to play some sort of redneck Cupid.
29:33Whatever it is you guys are going through,
29:36there's a better way to work it out besides running away and yelling and screaming at each other.
29:40Wes and her were going to be romantic.
29:43Tonight was supposed to be our night.
29:45But he blew her off her.
29:47Who?
29:47You gave it away to f***ing Petey Pablo.
29:52Now she's willing to commit and even swear off the booze.
29:56Especially my boyfriend, I'm not drinking anymore.
29:59Because I don't want to lose my boyfriend.
30:02Nick promises, I will always be there for you BJ.
30:06Erin doesn't make the same promise.
30:08Telling me that you don't think me and Wes should be together?
30:10It is not your choice.
30:12It never will be.
30:13Okay BJ, you watch how fast he breaks up with you.
30:15Oh you think?
30:16What?
30:16It's not going to break up with me Erin.
30:18Nick is just trying to be so supportive of these people.
30:22Get your mind right and just be careful wherever you're going dude.
30:25Well just so you know, I'm not going to go back into all the old habits and things.
30:30He wants this thing to work so bad.
30:37And even looks genuinely happy when one of his siblings starts to succeed at something.
30:43If this is the direction that you are going in then I'm really just admiring you right now.
30:48I want to tell Angel this though, I'm seriously proud of you because I've seen your pictures.
30:52The stuff that you did with Solis and all the things that you really, you look beautiful.
30:56Leslie like I'm like so proud of you and you've been writing great music.
31:00You know the house isn't that bad anymore.
31:03I mean it really, I mean people are cleaning up after themselves.
31:06I mean it's, this is cool.
31:09We are, I am too.
31:09But even in 2006, they are all really far gone.
31:15BJ starts spiraling.
31:16Erin starts spiraling.
31:18Leslie starts spiraling.
31:20They need a therapist, not Nick.
31:23So they do get a therapist.
31:25Ask us, who do you want to live with?
31:27You have to pick right now.
31:28We're divorcing.
31:29I want to rebuild my family and if it's going to take a little time, then it's going to take
31:34some time.
31:35And wow, the mom actually sent Leslie to fat camp.
31:39Then I started doing my music career and when I got heavier, it didn't work out.
31:44I ended up not being somebody that they can make money off of.
31:47You know what mom did?
31:48Mom sent me away to a fat camp.
31:50She told me it was a horseback riding place.
31:53And when I got there, two big men grabbed me.
31:55She told me I was going to a summer camp, like to go have some fun.
31:59I felt like I was totally thrown away.
32:03Honestly, for a long time I thought fat camp was just like a joke sitcoms and movies would make.
32:08I didn't know it was an actual place.
32:11While on vacation, Aaron has a really bad accident, which sends him to the emergency room.
32:18And instead of sticking around, he leaves to go have a booty call.
32:23I'm not going to have sex.
32:25Because it's been a year since I've had any sex and you guys are all having lots of sex.
32:29That's what it is?
32:30And I am very sexually frustrated, okay?
32:32Now, we get to meet dad.
32:34And this is the most Florida man someone's ever been.
32:38I'm down to one dog.
32:39Well, good for you.
32:41One guy eaten by an alligator.
32:43One guy eaten by an alligator? Who?
32:45A bell.
32:46This guy is 60 years old, but he looks like an ex-boybander or the guy who manages a boyband.
32:54Which he kind of actually is.
32:57I know what he isn't.
32:58A pep talker.
33:00Because he's terrible at it.
33:01Stop.
33:03Stop being weak.
33:05You got to step up and be the man.
33:07You got to put the foot down and say, that's it.
33:10I love you.
33:11But I'm not your cash cow anymore.
33:14And that's what your name used to be.
33:16Cash cow.
33:17He's almost as bad at giving the pep talk as he is at giving parental advice.
33:22Or even being a parent.
33:24Hey, what are you doing there, big girl?
33:28Huh?
33:30What's wild is, after all we've heard about the mother, I end up siding more with this guy?
33:36He's the lesser of two evils.
33:38I could be not well, too.
33:40Dad, do you even care about her?
33:42I care about her for the mother of my children.
33:44You never loved her enough to care that...
33:46She put me out of love 15 years ago.
33:49Are you concerned?
33:50Are you listening to me?
33:51You haven't loved her for 15 years?
33:52Nope.
33:54And with that, the show comes to an end.
33:57Nick is really excited, thinking, we really grew as a family.
34:02Sure.
34:03We're all going our separate ways, but I'm gonna miss you guys.
34:06I know.
34:07Think how many times we have to do this.
34:08This is the only time we can ever all live together.
34:10Well, maybe we can do it again.
34:13Who knows, right?
34:14I don't know what to say about House of Carters.
34:17It did nobody any favors.
34:20It put Nick's skeletons out there.
34:22None of the siblings were able to use this as a springboard to anything better.
34:26All it seemed to do was make them a mockery.
34:29If there's one show you watch on E, watch House of Carters.
34:34Get off my back!
34:35I have to be on your back!
34:36Why are you always riding me?
34:37This is the only way you listen to me!
34:39No!
34:39Get off of me!
34:40I used to rap when I was little.
34:41You have to get your life together!
34:43I know!
34:43I have weird hair and bad skin!
34:46Bro, I'm sorry, dude.
34:47Dude, that's my bad.
34:48That's my bad.
34:49And divided, the Carters fell.
34:52Tragedy after tragedy after tragedy.
34:55Leslie died.
34:57Then Aaron died.
34:59And then a year later, BJ died.
35:02And Nick, he has to deal with all this stuff.
35:06I wasn't able to save her.
35:08It was just too late with Leslie.
35:10And still to this day, I kind of don't believe that it happened.
35:13The message from them was,
35:16if you had been there for her, she would be alive today.
35:20Unfortunately, it seemed like substance abuse just kept popping its head up.
35:25They all were doing something that was causing them great harm.
35:28And you didn't realize it until years later with Nick Carter.
35:32But the rest of them, yeah, ultimately it took them down.
35:35And that was sad.
35:36I felt it was unfair.
35:37It was unfair, especially with all the things that I have done.
35:41And still to this day, continue to do.
35:43And I guess in Nick Carter's circumstances,
35:47at least he had the Backstreet Boys.
35:48At least he had people on his own team that were like,
35:51Nick, your actual brother may not be able to step up and say,
35:55you got a problem.
35:56But we're kind of your brothers and you got a problem.
36:00No matter what he and I had gone through in our lives,
36:03we always were able to make amends.
36:05Always were able to get back to that place.
36:07And now I can't anymore.
36:09And, you know, it hurts.
36:11And at least somebody saved Nick and Angel was okay.
36:15Cause the rest of them all felt like toss away children.
36:18Their problems were because I don't think any of them felt loved by their parents.
36:23They were all masking that.
36:24And unfortunately, this is what happened.
36:26And you put it all in a guy like Nick and Nick's trying to be mature,
36:30but you know, he's not that old himself and he's got his own issues.
36:33And suddenly, you know, you're getting these wild mood swings too.
36:38I love my brother.
36:39I want to murder my brother.
36:41Oh, I'm going to be able to take care of all of my sister's problems.
36:43Oh my God.
36:44The problems are way too big.
36:45Get him out of my house.
36:46Thankfully, somebody said,
36:48yeah, we don't need to do a season two.
36:51Nick, keep this to yourself.
36:53Okay.
36:54How can you say that about me?
36:55I would never create up a story just to cause problems.
36:58I'll keep your mouth shut before I do that.
37:01Hey, if you liked this video and want to learn about more reality shows
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37:12Maybe there's a reality show that I should go over.
37:15There's a lot of them.
37:17There's like, I think two more Nick Carter reality shows.
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