With Britney’s latest shenanigans (that include losing custody of her children and her insistence on partying at a very inopportune time in her life) having her splashed all over the tabloids, it’s feeling a little too convenient that Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is suddenly spreading the rumor that he and the fallen pop princess are an item–what with a Backstreet album set to drop any minute now.

“Nick’s claming that he and Brit have been ‘dating’ for about three weeks,” a source close to the 27-year-old boy-bander tells OK!. “He says they’ve been chatting, texting, instant messaging and talking all the time; they’re both heavy into each other.” The source also reveals that Nick has even told some of his bandmates, “I really like her.”

Let’s see, there’s either one of two possibilities going on here, if these two are actually dating: 1) He’s using her notoriety to promote his band’s new album or 2) he actually likes trashy, used-up Britney and wants to have some Garbage Pail Kids with her. Either one makes him sound like an uber-sleaze.

(Flynet)

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