Backstreet Boy Howie D. Admits To Dropping His Drawers(Accidentally)

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Backstreet Boy Howie D. Admits To Dropping His Drawers(Accidentally)

9.29.99 12:15 EST Yes, Virginia, even Backstreet Boys have to endure moments of public humiliation from time to time.

The guys' sold-out 39-city tour rolls into Philadelphia's First Union Center on Wednesday and Thursday, and things have, for the most part, been running quite smoothly to fans' eyes. The performers themselves, however, have encountered a fair share of surprises along the way.

MTV News' own Chris Connelly met backstage with Howie D. of the BSBs recently and asked him to share the bare facts about one unpredictable moment in particular, which took place during the point in the show when the guys "fly" out over the audience.

"I had an unexpected situation happen to me," Howie D. began. "I was up there, up on the flying trap, and I did a couple of flips, and my pants weren't exactly tightened really good enough. Next thing you know, half of my pants are halfway down my leg. And I'm, like, holding on to one leg, holding my pants up, and all the dancers got a kick out of it... and enjoyed the sights."

Fear not; the singer only dropped his drawers during a rehearsal, not an actual concert. The group's Kevin Richardson, however, wasn't so lucky (though his fans were), as his pants accidentally dropped during the first night of the tour in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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4.4.00 18:15 EST Howie D., 20 feet tall... larger than life, indeed.

The Backstreet Boys' Howie Dorough is in talks to return to the big screen in a new movie called "Bloom." In the coming-of-age film, Dorough is expected to play a town bully who picks on a young boy gearing up for his bar mitzvah while dealing with the societal and cultural ramifications of growing up Jewish.

Although no one has been officially cast in the film (the project is still in the developmental stage) the movie is expected to start shooting later this year.

Howie has flexed his acting muscles before, and not just in the video for "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." A much younger Howie made his big screen debut in director Ron Howard's 1989 Steve Martin comedy "Parenthood."

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