One of the joys of MTV's "When I Was 17" is not only getting to hear testimonials from stars and their friends and family members about what high school life was like, but also getting to actually see old photos and video footage from the formative years of some of the biggest young celebrities in the world. The show has opened up the vaults to reveal a number of bad haircuts, questionable fashion choices and curious scenarios via pictures and footage. Stars like Drake, Queen Latifah, Kourtney Kardashian, Pete Wentz and Kris Allen have all had their 17-year-old selves exposed via "When I Was 17," which makes for some great moments and provides some special insight into their personal pasts.
It's also fun to see how various stars were developing their personal styles and tastes during their high school years. Even when the person looks totally different, you can usually...
It's also fun to see how various stars were developing their personal styles and tastes during their high school years. Even when the person looks totally different, you can usually...
- 6/3/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Before he was a "Billionaire" with a solo album dropping next week, Travie McCoy was a 17-year-old high school kid bumming around upstate New York feeding his hunger for hip-hop culture. As viewers learned on last weekend's new episode of "When I Was 17" (which also featured testimonials from "American Idol" will Kris Allen and reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian), McCoy spent his high school years looking like "a hot mess." "In my brain, I was sexy," he joked on the show.
McCoy was already experimenting with ink when he was a teen. In the exclusive deleted scene below, Travie explains that his 17-year-old self was employed by the local tattoo parlor.
He said his love for graffiti is what lead him to getting into tattoos. "I've done it on every medium — canvas, public property," he said. "I felt like skin was the next thing to do."
His work at...
McCoy was already experimenting with ink when he was a teen. In the exclusive deleted scene below, Travie explains that his 17-year-old self was employed by the local tattoo parlor.
He said his love for graffiti is what lead him to getting into tattoos. "I've done it on every medium — canvas, public property," he said. "I felt like skin was the next thing to do."
His work at...
- 6/2/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
'Can't have this ball and chain on me,' Kris Allen recalls thinking when he dumped his now-wife.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
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On the episode of "When I Was 17" airing this week, Kourtney Kardashian admits things got hairy when she was behind the wheel, heartthrob Travie McCoy confesses he wasn't sexy at all and Kris Allen apologizes for breaking up with the girl who would become his wife. Whether it was dating or cars — few things are more important in high school — these three were still figuring things out.
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Kourtney recalled one particular accident, in the episode that aired Saturday.
"I remember I was driving down the street, and the car in front of me stopped short, and I stopped really fast and I hit the car," she said. "I thought it was their fault, like, I didn't know accident rules.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
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On the episode of "When I Was 17" airing this week, Kourtney Kardashian admits things got hairy when she was behind the wheel, heartthrob Travie McCoy confesses he wasn't sexy at all and Kris Allen apologizes for breaking up with the girl who would become his wife. Whether it was dating or cars — few things are more important in high school — these three were still figuring things out.
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Kourtney recalled one particular accident, in the episode that aired Saturday.
"I remember I was driving down the street, and the car in front of me stopped short, and I stopped really fast and I hit the car," she said. "I thought it was their fault, like, I didn't know accident rules.
- 5/30/2010
- MTV Music News
'Can't have this ball and chain on me,' Kris Allen recalls thinking when he dumped his now-wife.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
Photo: MTV News
On the episode of "When I Was 17" airing this week, Kourtney Kardashian admits things got hairy when she was behind the wheel, heartthrob Travie McCoy confesses he wasn't sexy at all and Kris Allen apologizes for breaking up with the girl who would become his wife. Whether it was dating or cars — few things are more important in high school — these three were still figuring things out.
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Kourtney recalled one particular accident, in the episode that aired Saturday.
"I remember I was driving down the street, and the car in front of me stopped short, and I stopped really fast and I hit the car," she said. "I thought it was their fault, like, I didn't know accident rules.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
Photo: MTV News
On the episode of "When I Was 17" airing this week, Kourtney Kardashian admits things got hairy when she was behind the wheel, heartthrob Travie McCoy confesses he wasn't sexy at all and Kris Allen apologizes for breaking up with the girl who would become his wife. Whether it was dating or cars — few things are more important in high school — these three were still figuring things out.
"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star Kourtney recalled one particular accident, in the episode that aired Saturday.
"I remember I was driving down the street, and the car in front of me stopped short, and I stopped really fast and I hit the car," she said. "I thought it was their fault, like, I didn't know accident rules.
- 5/30/2010
- MTV Music News
"I was definitely known as the accident queen in my family. When I was 17, I remember I was driving down the street, and the car in front of me stopped short, and I stopped really fast and I hit the car. I thought it was their fault, like I didn't know accident rules. So I was like, 'How dare you stop short even though I was driving like an inch behind you!'"
-Reality television star Kourtney Kardashian, talking about her spotty history as a motorist on MTV's "When I Was 17." Like many of the people who have revealed their high school stories on "When I Was 17" (like Bret Michaels and Jennie Finch), the star of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami" got into more than a bit of trouble in a beloved vehicle.
Her assertions are backed up by mother Kris Jenner, who told MTV,...
-Reality television star Kourtney Kardashian, talking about her spotty history as a motorist on MTV's "When I Was 17." Like many of the people who have revealed their high school stories on "When I Was 17" (like Bret Michaels and Jennie Finch), the star of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami" got into more than a bit of trouble in a beloved vehicle.
Her assertions are backed up by mother Kris Jenner, who told MTV,...
- 5/28/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
'I was always terrified driving in the car with her,' Kourtney's friend admits.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
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Admittedly, Kourtney Kardashian had yet to learn the rules of the open road back when she was a teenager. The oldest of the Kardashian sisters talks all about her not-so-great driving skills on "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV.
Looking back on it, she said of all her sisters, she had to work the hardest to become a safe driver. "I was definitely known as the accident queen in my family," she says on the show, which also features Travie McCoy and "American Idol" winner Kris Allen this week. Kourtney's sister Khloé was already featured on the show earlier this season when she talked about her "shady kid" past.
Kourtney's mom, Kris Jenner, confirms on the show that "Kourtney Kardashian is the world's worst driver.
By MTV News staff
Kourtney Kardashian
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Admittedly, Kourtney Kardashian had yet to learn the rules of the open road back when she was a teenager. The oldest of the Kardashian sisters talks all about her not-so-great driving skills on "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV.
Looking back on it, she said of all her sisters, she had to work the hardest to become a safe driver. "I was definitely known as the accident queen in my family," she says on the show, which also features Travie McCoy and "American Idol" winner Kris Allen this week. Kourtney's sister Khloé was already featured on the show earlier this season when she talked about her "shady kid" past.
Kourtney's mom, Kris Jenner, confirms on the show that "Kourtney Kardashian is the world's worst driver.
- 5/28/2010
- MTV Music News
'In my brain, I was sexy,' Gym Class Heroes frontman laughs on the show, airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV.
By James Montgomery
Travie McCoy
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When he was 17 years old, Travie McCoy wasn't the long, lean sex machine most know him as today. Quite the opposite, in fact.
"Travie McCoy at 17 [was] crafty, artistic, but not sexy at all," McCoy laughed. "But in my brain, I was sexy."
But pretty much only in his brain. As an oddly proportioned kid growing up in Geneva, New York, McCoy was a gangly mix of dreads, tats, piercings and, of course, more than a little baby fat. It's the kind of thing he and his Gym Class Heroes mates can look back and laugh at now, but at the time, the situation was downright dire, as you can learn on the next episode of "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.
By James Montgomery
Travie McCoy
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When he was 17 years old, Travie McCoy wasn't the long, lean sex machine most know him as today. Quite the opposite, in fact.
"Travie McCoy at 17 [was] crafty, artistic, but not sexy at all," McCoy laughed. "But in my brain, I was sexy."
But pretty much only in his brain. As an oddly proportioned kid growing up in Geneva, New York, McCoy was a gangly mix of dreads, tats, piercings and, of course, more than a little baby fat. It's the kind of thing he and his Gym Class Heroes mates can look back and laugh at now, but at the time, the situation was downright dire, as you can learn on the next episode of "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.
- 5/27/2010
- MTV Music News
'She was awesome, but I was a jerk,' he says on the show, which airs Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV.
By Eric Ditzian
Kris Allen
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Listen up, all you heartbroken souls! Just because you broke up with your boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't mean you won't someday get back together. And get married. And see your spouse go on to win "American Idol."
That's the takeaway from Kris Allen's romance with his high school sweetheart, as the singer explains in the upcoming episode of "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV. "When I was 17, I broke up with my future wife," he admitted.
Arkansas native Allen and future wife Katy had been dating for about a year when their final year of high school rolled around and Kris decided he needed space to rock out like a true senior.
"She was awesome,...
By Eric Ditzian
Kris Allen
Photo: MTV News
Listen up, all you heartbroken souls! Just because you broke up with your boyfriend or girlfriend doesn't mean you won't someday get back together. And get married. And see your spouse go on to win "American Idol."
That's the takeaway from Kris Allen's romance with his high school sweetheart, as the singer explains in the upcoming episode of "When I Was 17," airing Saturday at 11 a.m. on MTV. "When I was 17, I broke up with my future wife," he admitted.
Arkansas native Allen and future wife Katy had been dating for about a year when their final year of high school rolled around and Kris decided he needed space to rock out like a true senior.
"She was awesome,...
- 5/26/2010
- MTV Music News
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