AJ McLean talks about his "friend," Johnny... KID CRUZ: Johnny Suede. Now, you have to explain it to everybody what’s going on. AJ’s doing this thing as Johnny Suede. Now ,what did Johnny Suede come from? What’s that all about? AJ: (clears throat) Johnny Suede came from a… At the very beginning of this tour back in Nashville in May when we were in Rehearsals, I was told by one of my one of my members of my band to go check out this clothing store. I went and checked it out and bought this jacket and on the inside of the jacket, it had Johnny Suede and…but you know… it was something that kinda fit my whole personality I guess cause he told me to go pick it out cause he thought I would like it you know and I just kinda developed this character based off of Johnny Suede because everybody knows “Bone” and “Bone” is more Backstreet Boys related and this is something kinda like an alter ego I guess I have so you know it’s just like a… He’s just a British pop fiend, just an off the wall crazy guy. He’s got no inhibitions, he’s just off the wall. He makes…he makes me look bad so you know… KID CRUZ: Oh, ok, so you just needed someone to blame this all on. AJ: Exactly. So now for all the bad things I’ve done, I’ll say, ‘Oh Johnny did it, it wasn’t me I promise.’ Yeah right. Come on AJ, stop defending this guy. Just because he's your friend doesn't mean you need to cover for him. Don't take the blame! I mean really people, look at how Johnny is!

Interview with Johnny Source: www.cybervenue.com KID CRUZ: Hey Johnny Suede is here. How are you Johnny? JOHNNY SUEDE: Doing just fine, mate, I’m doing just fine KID CRUZ: Hey what’s going on? JOHNNY SUEDE: Same ol’ thing, different day, man! KID CRUZ: I like your jacket JOHNNY SUEDE: Ahh, thank you. KID CRUZ: Nice clothing you have. JOHNNY SUEDE: I appreciate it, man, thank you KID CRUZ: So, where do you get your style? Where do you buy most of your clothes? You’re a flashy kinda guy, dude. You’re pretty slick here. JOHNNY SUEDE: I try to be man, but um…jeez I’ve shopped in LA, shopped Miami, shopped a little bit here in Orlando, but there’s really not a whole lot to really shop here. I mean, there’s a lot of tourists like me here, so it’s not really my kinda gig, man. KID CRUZ: So, you’re tight with AJ from Backstreet Boys? JOHNNY SUEDE: That’s my boy, man KID CRUZ: So, are you tight with any of the other guys? JOHNNY SUEDE: I’ve really not really been that close with the rest of the guys. I’ve only met like Kevin and Howie once or twice, but we all went out had a nice blast at a couple of clubs when the rest of the guys were on tour. But AJ and I just kinda clicked, man, he’s got my same kinda vibe except he’s from one side of the, you know, country or whatever you wanna call it, man, and, you know, and I’m on my side, so it’s great. I’m happy. KID CRUZ: So, you’re gonna be performing at Hard Rock Live on Sunday, January 9 to benefit VH1’s Save the Music and that’s gonna be that’s AJ’s birthday. Do you guys share the same birthday? Or are you just coming out to help him celebrate? Or is it your birthday as well? JOHNNY SUEDE: We actually do. We found that in common when I was first, you know, when I first met the man. He’s a great bloke. He’s a really nice guy, but you know he’s a little bit younger than me, so he’s not really sure what to do, you know. I can show him some of the ropes about being a good performer and stuff cause I’ve been doing it for a lot longer then he has, but, you know, I think he’s doing a pretty good job with the rest of the guys. He can hang. KID CRUZ: So that’s why this kid, AJ’s become so twisted cause he hangs out with you wild older people… JOHNNY SUEDE: It’s probably because, yeah….it’s all my fault, man, but you know I take the blame for everything anyways, you know, so it’s alright. It’s cool. KID CRUZ: I understand. So well that’s interesting. We’ll see if any of the other guys come out to, you know, if any of the other Backstreet Boys come out to support you or see who shows up. And again who’s gonna be opening the show? Did you hand pick some opening acts? JOHNNY SUEDE: Well, I talked to AJ about it a couple of times before and he was telling me about EYC, who opened up for the Boys for their US tour and he talked about his keyboard, saxophone, and percussionist, Mindy Abair, who is also a solo artist and she’s going to open up and also a group from Tampa called PYT, so you know it’s gonna be a hype show. It’s gonna be a lot of fun. You better be there, man, or I’m gonna come after you… I’m serious. KID CRUZ: I promise I’ll be there. I’m gonna be there to support AJ cause it’s actually, you know, I don’t wanna steal his spotlight, but it’s close to my birthday which is like three or four days after that. So it’ll be like a big celebration. I’ll be on stage...we’ll have good time! JOHNNY SUEDE: Well, there you go. Well, I’ll be there with bells on, you know it. See people?!?! I'm telling you. AJ, stop defending him. You know, protecting friends is one thing, but dude, for real! Don't confuse us here.

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