Nick Carter Repairs Family Ties

9 months ago 08th Feb 10:33

Owen recalls, "We only came back to do the ten-year documentary and to talk about what had happened and where we were now. And because of the feedback we got off that, people started saying would we tour again? And then one night me, Gary and Howard went out for a drink - and we had a couple of drinks - and we thought, 'We can do it!' "Basically we were a bit slopped up and we phoned Jay (Orange), I think he was at a wedding, and we said, 'Jay, Jay, we've got this brilliant idea, come back.' "So he came back from the wedding at two in the morning, we went round to Gary’s house and we stayed up 'til six, envisioning it, getting all really excited. Then we went home and slept and then obviously when you wake up it was like, 'What have we decided to do?'" And bandmate Donald agrees with Owen's version of events, adding: "It was Mr Smirnoff's fault!" Nick Carter is busy repairing his relationship with his parents after years of estrangement.The Backstreet Boy distanced himself from Robert and Jane after their 2003 divorce and the subsequent bitter custody battle over his singer brother Aaron.

It's a process, and something that's going to take time to mend. But we're moving forward.

He then turned to drink and drugs, pushing him further away from his family. But, after sobering up in 2008, Carter is keen to rebuild bridges, and has reached out to his mother first.He tells People magazine, "It's a process, and something that's going to take time to mend. But we're moving forward."Carter, 29, also pushed 21-year-old Aaron away during his dark times - but the brothers are close again and are now living together.Aaron describes his sibling as "a completely different person than a year ago. Then he was irritable, unhappy. And now he's happy, fun to be around".