Nick and Aaron Carter came to blows inside their home on Monday, the night before the two brothers announced their new E! reality show House of Carters at the Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles.
Asked the reason for the physical display of sibling rivalry, Nick replied, "Ah, we're brothers, it happened."
Expanding upon that, Aaron, lifting the bangs over his forehead to expose a bruise near the hairline above his left eye, said, "Yeah, we're brothers, but this time ..."
Nick interjected, "Aaron jumped me and I jumped him back." He then explained the fight was "over a little misinterpretation."
The whole scuffle was caught on tape. "You'll see it on the show," promised Aaron, bruised but unflappable.
House of Carters features all five siblings living in L.A. with 26-year-old Nick – who is meant to serve as the family role model – as they attempt to work on their relationship away from their parents. The show will debut in October.
The Carter parents, Jane and Richard, went through a messy divorce in 2004 and have had a strained relationship with their children – particularly Aaron, who famously petitioned for legal emancipation from his mother, who was also his manager.
Besides Nick, the Carter brood consists of Bobbie Jean born in 1982; Leslie, 1986; and twins Angel and Aaron, 1987.
Last year, Nick was ordered into a three-month alcohol treatment program in Orange County, Calif., after pleading guilty in Superior Court to drunk driving.
The eldest Carter, a Backstreet Boy and ex-boyfriend of Paris Hilton, was also ordered to pay $1,200 in fines and be placed on three years of informal probation, with restricted driving privileges for 90 days, said Deputy District Attorney Tate McCallister, the Associated Press reported.
SOURCE : Live Daily