Ashley Parker Angel Still Has ‘A Bit Of Bad Blood’ With O-Town, Despite Recent Reunion

Angel, Erik Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, and Ikaika Kahoano have been thrown collectively on the MTV actuality present “Making the Band” again in 2000, earlier than Kahoano left and was changed by Dan Miller. After a few hits — together with “Liquid Goals” and “All or Nothing” — the fellows disbanded in 2003 and pursued solo careers. MTV needed to maintain working with Angel, nevertheless, and gave him his personal follow-up actuality sequence, “There and Again.”

Showing on Hollywood Uncooked Podcast with Dax Holt and Adam Glyn this week, Ashley opened up about what it was like behind the scenes once they went their separate methods — and was requested whether or not he thought there was any jealousy from the opposite guys when he landed his personal present.

“Anyone that is ever been on a workforce or a band, or a bunch of some sort and also you share these unbelievable experiences, there’s this close-knit brotherhood that happens. When O-City broke up, we have been all on the identical web page that it was most likely time to attempt one thing new as a result of our document label dropped us when MTV did not choose up a fourth season of the present,” he defined. “And on the identical time, music types have been altering. The boy band bubble was form of bursting and we have been the final to form of make it in there. I keep in mind us all being very excited to pursue separate endeavors.”

“To reply your query, it is attention-grabbing as a result of should you watch, should you watch ‘There and Again,’ there was one man particularly within the band that didn’t present up … and it was the closest good friend I had within the band,” stated Angel, who did not title names. Wanting on the episode breakdowns on Wikipedia, it appears Jacob, Trevor and Dan all made cameos — whereas Erik’s title does seem on the present’s IMDB web page for one episode as nicely.

“All the different guys confirmed as much as help me and have been actually cool about it. And there was one member within the band that was very not cool about it, to be sincere,” Angel continued. “I by no means, by no means needed that. Particularly when it is a shut, greatest good friend. I really like all the fellows within the group, however this was like my greatest, my BFF within the band.”

Although he stated many of the guys have been “actually supportive” of his personal sequence, Angel additionally stated there did find yourself “being an actual disconnection between me and what was previously my greatest good friend within the band, to be fully sincere.” He added, “And that at all times sucks as a result of for me, I by no means needed that to be the case.”

In 2014, the band reunited with Trevor, Jacob, Dan and Erik, whereas Ashley determined towards it to pursue a profession on Broadway in “Depraved.” They have been performing as a quartet since.

“On the time, I booked my second lead function in Broadway and the timing was so awkward as a result of I did not know what they needed to do with it, or in the event that they have been gonna do only one present, a pair, a tour and it was gonna be over no matter and I had this contract to do a Broadway present, which was additionally a dream of mine,” Angel recalled. “So, I at all times attempt to preserve it open and enjoyable, open ended.”

He stated that whereas he would at all times promote their new music whereas doing interviews for “Depraved,” he noticed that when the opposite guys would do interviews — “particularly with one member” — he realized “there was simply a number of slights, a number of backhanded feedback, a number of unsupportive feedback and that sucks, as a result of I by no means actually needed that.”

“There have been some completely vicious assaults publicly towards my character as an individual, with this one member of the band who has not taken it nicely and has determined to even be fairly nasty at instances,” he stated, including, “I by no means went there.”

Angel ended up having a random reunion with three of the fellows — together with the thriller former BFF in query, he confirmed — at Ryan Cabrera’s marriage ceremony earlier this month. Whereas Dan was in a foreign country, Jacob, Trevor and Erik have been all there and the foursome appeared to have a good time catching up.

“It was the primary time we might all been collectively like that … it was the primary time 4 of us, together with me, had been collectively in that form of, you realize, at that form of state of affairs,” he stated. “It was really actually superior. I really feel like in some methods you choose up proper the place are you left off.”

“Despite the fact that we do not hang around on a regular basis anymore, our lives have gone in numerous instructions, that thread remains to be there,” he continued. “So it was like, for me personally, actually superior to hang around and join on that stage the place everyone may calm down and revel in themselves at a celebration. It was an superior enjoyable weekend. And it form of felt just like the partitions got here down slightly bit and I used to be even capable of, you realize, I used to be capable of reconnect with all of them, which was actually attention-grabbing.”

He added that he and his former greatest good friend talked and “it was good.”

“Loads of even what I am speaking about is like, it is water below the bridge for me. I need to forgive and neglect and transfer on. I do not like holding on to grudges or band drama,” he went on. “I’ve at all times needed issues to really feel actually good. I hope they felt the identical method. As a result of hanging out on the hanging out at Cabrera’s marriage ceremony, it was a primary time it felt like we had an opportunity to simply have enjoyable collectively once more, as guys that was once within the band.”

Angel additionally did not completely rule out reuniting the fellows sooner or later down the road and stated he plans to help the group at a gig they’re doing in a pair weeks.

“I imply, as of proper now, I will be sincere, there is a little bit of dangerous blood between … we would wish to wash that up,” he added, earlier than (seemingly) joking, “As a result of I am nearly slightly nervous that if I acquired on stage, he would attempt to journey me or push me off stage, possibly it might be a setup.”