DISCLAIMER: This is an article that was done about Nick, regarding his relationship with Mandy after they broke up. The magazine is based in Germany and the interview was conducted in Las Vegas, NV, the same weekend I went to see them in concert. Whether you want to take it as the truth is up to you.
On August 18th everything was over. When the Backstreet Boys shot the video for “Larger than Life” in the middle of August in Orlando, Nick had just broken up with his first long-time girlfriend Mandy. In the “MTV Interview Special” that was broadcasted live from a studio in Florida, Nick seemed petrified – he didn’t smile at all. Nobody besides the group members could imagine that he just made the most difficult decision of his life…
Also, eight weeks later, when the Backstreet Boys were in Las Vegas for two days and Nick talked for the first time about the break up with POPCORN, he seems to me more serious and mature. His eyes are dim (…) “Yes, it was a damn hard and painful decision,” Nick says, “we have been together for 2 years. But I had to put an end to it, otherways I would have broken down.” What was the reason for the break up? Was there a huge fight?
“No, it was a gradual process,” Nick explains with a toneless voice. “Mandy got more and more possessive – in every respect. She drove a wedge between me and my family, wanted to have me for herself. That’s why she insisted on me not moving to Los Angeles with them, but buying a house for both of us in Tampa. Mandy decorated it, for much money. Concerning spending money, she got more and more insatiable. If we had the tiniest argument, she always wanted a present for reconciliation – and the presents got bigger. When I look at that today with some distance, I see that Mandy just used me. And that is a realization that hurts me very much.”
The love story of Mandy and Nick started exactly on September 21, 1997. On this day the Backstreet Boys started their first big tour through the USA in the Tupperware Center in Orlando. Mandy came with Nick’s sister BJ to the concert – they were really good friends. Mandy had seen Nick a few times in Carter household, but she didn’t took much notice of him. But when she saw him as the star onstage she saw him with other eyes.
“Mandy just caught me, but I didn’t make it very hard for her.” Nick says today. “I wasn’t really inexperienced then, but I never had a serious relationship before. Mandy was the first one – and I was very happy.”
From that moment on Mandy accompanied him on parts of the tour, but she always stayed in the background. But privately Nick was henpecked by her. When Mandy wanted something, it was done. Nick’s bandmates made jokes about Mandy’s pussypower. Mandy also was there on BSB’s latest Germany tour – it should be her last.
After the break up with Mandy, Nick immediately sold his house in Tampa. “I moved to my family's in Los Angeles now,” Nick revealed and immediately his eyes start to shine again. "As our house there was too small, I bought a ranch with my parents in the mountains of California. There we can even have horses – that was always one of my dreams. I can’t wait till the end of our tour when I can go home.”
Till then Nick’s dad Bob takes care of him. He drives Nick from concert to concert in their own bus – just like in old times. Nick grins “Men have to stick together in bad times!”
DISCLAIMER: Usually, I'd immediately say, "This article is a bunch of crap." But, I've been told by a friend of mine who knows the Carter family that this is true. He said that Jane Carter purposely chose a tabloid newspaper to say this. Why?? Because more people read tabloids and she wanted everyone to know what was going on. I'm just repeating what my friend said one of the Carters said to him. This was written after Nick and Mandy got back together. You decided whether to take it as the truth or not.
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter has broken the hearts of family members with the shocking news that he's turning his back on them and moving in with his girlfriend. The crashing blow came just weeks after Nick, 19, moved his family into a new multimillion-dollar home and promised to spend Christmas with them -- which he then skipped.
"When Nick told me he was moving out I was devestated," Nick's mom Jane Carter told The National Enquirer in an exclusive interview. "He made the announcement that he needed to be near his girlfriend Mandy Williford in Florida and he ditched his family in California. Nick left us in emotional shock!"
Nick and his family moved from Florida to Los Angeles last year so his siblings can pursue a show business career like big brother Nick. In September, just before Nick left on a Backstreet Boys tour, he moved the family to a big ranch 200 miles north of Los Angeles.
"But just as we moved, Nick and Mandy started seeing each other again," said his mom. "They met two years ago and their relationship has never been easy. Nick's hectic schedule caused them to break up several times. I thought Mandy was out of his system for good." Then, when Nick was on tour, "one day a big moving truck pulled up," his mom revealed.
"They said they were here to pack Nick's things and I freaked out. I don't know when I've ever cried so much. I contacted Nick to find out what was going on and that's when he dropped the bomb on us."
"Nick told his dad and me, 'Mandy and I are back together and when I return from the tour I'm moving back to Florida and she and I are going to live together.' Nick even told us that he no longer wanted his dad to have input in his business affairs and that he wanted to do it all himself. And to add insult to injury, before Nick ran back to Mandy, he planned a big Christmas celebration. Everyone was thrilled at the thought of Christmas in our new home, especially his brother and sisters.
"Nick's grandparents are very ill and this was probably their last Christmas. But then Nick pulled the rug out from under us, he was a no show.
"Once Nick moved out, we didn't hear from him for weeks. He wouldn't call and we couldn't get hold of him. Here we were not knowing if we were going to be kicked out of our new home, which Nick bought for us. Nick called just before Christmas and said that he will settle financially with us, but that remains to be seen."
"No matter what happens Nick's father and I will alway's be here for him, and we hope he comes home soon." --Robert Blackmon