Before They Were Stars
Even Back in High School, These Stars Stood Out—Some Were Most Popular, Some Were Class Clowns. Can You Guess Which Was Which?
Were they born fabulous? It’s true that these celebrities all got plenty of attention in high school, though not always for the right reasons. Some of them had the star quality that made them super-popular. While others... well, let’s just say they were kind of bozos. See if you can tell the class clowns from the most populars. By Nina Hämmerling Smith
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Kevin Richardson: Most Popular!
He was already singing and acting, was the captain of the football team, and as a senior at Estill County High School in Kentucky, Kevin Richardson was named most popular. Is it any wonder he went on to become a boy-band idol? Richardson joined his cousin Brian Littrell in the Backstreet Boys in 1993, becoming the group’s tallest and oldest member. (Check out Littrell serenading his cousin for his birthday—in a Donald Duck voice.) Although Richardson left BSB in 2006 to pursue acting and modeling, he still pops in to perform with the Boys from time to time (as in this performance of their signature hit “I Want It That Way” in July 2011).
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March 15, 2014 at 7:32 pm, Alejandro said:
something like Yeah, I’ve heard that one too! It’s all over the internet. But that’s not true I have no idea where it stteard!’ I love the guys but they gotta get there story straight! But I’ve noticed that Kevin tends to be more honest then the other members in the band (though I love them all!). I mean, he said that the Backstreet Boys were having problems because everyone thought they had more of a say than the other’, but of course the management later on said that it was an misinterpretation of the question. Whatever, I think we should believe Kevin over the others (even though I love Nick).