Adrienne Bailon-Houghton had a pretty wild first exposure to show business: Touring with ‘NSync!
That feat would be overwhelming for anyone, but it was doubly so for Bailon-Houghton, 42, as she had never even attended a concert before, let alone performed in one.
That’s just one of the fun facts the former Cheetah Girl revealed during her 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me interview in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.
Below, more fun facts about what she’s loving these days — everything from Bridgerton to Jennifer Lopez:
1. Cheetah Girls fans most want to talk to me about if there will be a Cheetah Girls 4. I always say I’m down!
2. If a Cheetah Girls song comes on the radio I am telling my son: Do you recognize who’s singing that? He does.
3. The last show I binged was the new season of Bridgerton. I love a good love story. I’m a hopeless romantic girl.
4. My most vivid childhood memory was watching a Paula Abdul music video and crying because she had children in the video and I didn’t understand why I couldn’t get into the TV.
5. My favorite piece of Cheetah Girls memorabilia is the Barbie dolls. The fact we had Barbie dolls is pretty awesome.
6. Celebrity crush growing up was Mario Lopez. I clearly had a thing for dimples and my husband [Israel Houghton] is grateful because he has dimples.
7. The oldest piece of clothing I own is a pair of jeans from the 3LW days. They came with a blinged-out belt attached to it from Topshop in London.
8. A fave memory touring with ’NSync was the fact [opening for them] was my first concert because I hadn’t been to a concert before!
9. My favorite interview when I hosted The Real was J.Lo. She was the first Latina I ever saw on the cover of magazines. She was so lovely and down to earth.
10. I wanted to be involved in Chef’s Kiss because I’m about to be 43 years old and I was doing a romantic comedy. That’s rare to see!
11. I loved Gloria Estefan growing up. A 12-year-old kid on the train mainly listening to salsa music [is unusual] but that’s really who I loved.
12. My phobia is flying. I have a worship music playlist that I listen to.
13. My go-to karaoke song is Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good.”
14. The only real nickname I’ve ever had is A.
15. A perfect weekend is my family and matching PJs at home. We have a chill breakfast we make together.
16. One of my favorite charities is Compassion. They are doing incredible work with feeding people all around the world.
17. A thing that might surprise people about The Masked Singer is it’s very real. It is probably one of the best well-oiled machines I’ve ever been on where it’s like clockwork.
18. My most nerve-wracking scene was in Cheetah Girls 3: One World being on top of an elephant in India singing. I’m petrified of things like that.
19. Pre-show, I am a pray kind of girlie. I definitely will say a prayer before I do anything.
20. Favorite comfort meal? I love a good Jamaican beef patty.
21. My first favorite book was The Coldest Winter Ever.
22. Proudest moment of my career, honestly, was winning the Grammy for Coritos, Vol. 1.
23. My alternative profession would be a publicist or a party planner.
24. I would love to do Broadway one day.
25. Only sport I care about is the Knicks. I used to sit courtside all the time when I was younger. I used to record the games on VHS, because I was in love with John Starks.
