Backstreet Boy Nick Carter spoke to MTV News during the network’s popular show “Total Request Live” about his recent arrest at a Tampa, Florida nightclub.
Carter clarified that he was not involved in the fight that resulted in police intervention, but that he was arrested while police were there to clear up the incident.
Cops arrested Carter for resisting/opposing a law enforcement officer without violence after asking him repeatedly to leave the club. Carter was engaged in an argument with an unidentified woman at the time, choosing to continue the argument rather than comply with the cops’ request.
In a phone interview on MTV News, Carter said he was just “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“I ain’t a bad person. I’ve never been in trouble my whole life,” said Carter. “I was basically in tears almost.”
“I can’t get too into it, but basically I can tell you I did not do anything wrong and I know that for a fact. If I disrespected a cop in any way, I, you know, apologize.” Can you feel the love?
TRL host Carson Daly jumped in with his support for the Backstreet Boy, saying: “You’re in the Backstreet Boys. This inevitably will be a great thing for your career. I’ve been busted in strip clubs. We’re men. That’s what we do.”
