Donnie Wahlbergwould like to set the record straight on being the so-called bad boy ofNew Kids on the Block.
No, I dont think I was ever a bad boy.
Donnie was the bad boy.
Donnie Wahlberg.Gary Gershoff/Getty
Jordan [Knight] was the matinee idol.
Danny [Wood] was the workout, sports kid.
And you have that in Backstreet Boys and you have that in NSYNC.
New Kids on the Block performing in 2024.Manny Carabel/Getty
Bass saw the parallels within his group, too.
Justin [Timberlake]was the young heartthrob.Chris [Kirkpatrick]was the crazy one, he recalled.
I was the shy one.
He also explained how easy it was to adopt the persona that had been created for you.
You read it so many times, you just started falling into that trope, Bass said.
And then you started feeling like, Well, this isnt me, but this is what people want!
Wahlberg isnt the only boy bander who felt miscast as a bad boy.
I have not a bad bone in my body.
Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybandsis streaming now on Paramount+.
