Chris 101...

Full Name: Christoper Alan Kiripatrick ("Chris")
Nicknames: Lucky,
Birthdate: October 17, 1971
Star Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Clarion, PA
Childhood Residence: Ohio, California,
Side Projects: CEO of Fumanskeeto - Clothing & Productions, Spokesperson for ChildWatch

Pre-*N Sync: Singer in the Hollywood Hightones doo-wop group at Univeral Studios Florida.
Role in *N Sync: the funny one, hits the high notes
Describes Self As: Spontaneous, Crazy, Outgoing, Fun, Caring
Parents: Bev & Byron
Siblings: 4 half sisters - Molly, Kate, Emily & Taylor
Nationality: Scottish, Indian, Spanish - "I am like the weirdest mix. You know like Chief Sitting Bull bumped into the Lucky Charms dude bumped into the Colombian Coffee guy!"
Family Background in Music: Grandfather, uncle, cousin and aunt have all been in bands
Pets: pug dogs: Busta & Korea
Hobbies: spinning records, rollerblading,
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Shoe Size: 7 1/2
Tattoos: *NSYNC flame on ankle, dragon tatoo on leg
Piercings: multiple ear holes


Fav Musicians & Bands: Busta Rhymes, Brian McKnight, Missy Elliot
Celeb Crush: Gwen Stefani of No Doubt
Fav Sport: Football
Fav Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Penn State & Ohio State
Fav Color: Silver


Fav Food: Mexican, Tacos
Fav Drink: OJ
Fav Ice Cream: Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby
Fav Pizza Topping: Cheese


Fav Movies: Willow, Mad Max
Fav Actor: Mel Gibson
Fav Actress: Audrey Hepburn


Favorite Roller Coaster: Koomba at Busch Gardens
Fav Type of Music: Anything from Michael Jackson to hard techno music
Fav Christmas Song: "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
Dream Duet: "Gwen Stefani, just because I wouldn't sing, and I'd just be asking her out on a date the entire time"
Fears: Never fears anthing, except for heigts. Claims to be an "acrophobic"


As a Little Kid... hyperactive, musical, played football
Favorite Childhood Memory: Grandma's house, fishing with grandpa
Fav School Subject: Gym
Least Fav School Subject: Math
School Days: Chris and 98*'s Jeff Timmons attended the same middle school in Ohio.
First Big Performance: age 11 in the musical of Oliver Twist
School Facts: After second grade, Chris participated in many gifted programs at his schools.
Fav School Teacher: Dr. Sinclair, first choir director who "took a chance on me"
College Degree: Graduated from Valencia with Associated of Arts degree then transferred to study Psychology at Rollins (quit to pursue *NSYNC)
First Job: Shoveling sheep dung on an Ohio farm
Best Buddy: Angelo


Bad Habits: Bites his nails
Fav Cartoon Character: Simpsons & South Park
Busted on Stage: Once during a flip, he crashed into a wall
Fav Song to Sing Onstage: a cappella "I Thought She Knew"
Reads: cereal boxes
Car: "I just bought some new rollerblades. And Nikes!"
Good Luck Charm: small cross & a small Indian shilf with feather and a bear claw on the shield
Boxers or Briefs? Boxer-briefs
Blond, Brunette or Redhead? Blond
Ideal Vacation Spot: Cancun
Most Prized Possesion: Bruce Lee Autograph
Looks for in a girl: "Of course everyone looks for looks. You know, you always want to have somebody that you think looks decent"

Best part about being in *NSYNC: "Seeing my musical ideas come to life and meeting new people in new places"

Dream House: "I want a fun house that everybody [would want to come to]." Filled with lots of toys and little trinkets. In California or Florida, on the beach.


Chris...
On His Dreadlocks (July 1998)
"I love them because it's easy to do"
On His Dreadlocks (Fall 1999)
"[After cutting them off] I'm not 'the one with the hair' anymore!"

On forming *NSYNC (1998):
"It all started with me. I used to sing in coffee shops, and I decided to tak it seriously and do this as a living. So, I called up a couple of my friends... and these are the gus that took it seriously."

On Lou Pearlman (July 1998)
The most influential person in my life, been like a father.

On Lou Pearlman (October 2000)
"He did pay for a lot of the stuff, but it was an investment, like anything," he said. "We said all along, 'Hopefully you will get to make your money back on us.' But the only thing that shreds us about it is when we hear things like, 'Yeah, he used to tell you guys how to sing, he used to tell you guys...' He gave us money. That's it."

On his Pet tree:
It's truly an indoor pet.

On not making an audition:
"I begged and ended up being the first Dalton High School roadie. I went on the road, set up the stage, jingled the bells, threw the snow."

On Sleeping:
"I only need about 4 hours.. I'm not a big sleeping person"

On College:
"Been there. Done that"

On Algebra:
"I failed it several times, I took algebra my freshman year and failied it... Then my junior year I took Algebra II and failied that."

On His Fellow Successful Bandmates:
"I'm so happy watching them be so sucessful and pepole coming up to them and asking for autographs or girls shaking when they see Lance of Justin or things like that. I get the biggest thrill out of that."


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