Prior to Aaron Carter’s death, he had an estranged bond with sibling Nick Carter.
“My brother and I have always had an up and down relationship,” the “I Want Candy” performer, who died in November 2022, exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2017. “We’re brothers — what do you expect? We both do the same thing too, so there’s always going to be an underlying competition.”
Nick, for his part, rose to fame in 1996 as one of the five members of the Backstreet Boys. As the band’s success grew, Nick — alongside bandmates Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson — invited his younger brother to serve as the opening act during their 1997 tour.
Nick and Aaron were the two sons of Robert and Jane Carter, who divorced in 2004. Robert, who died in 2017, and Jane also shared daughters Bobbie and Angel as well as Leslie, who died in 2012.
Despite a close brotherly bond as child stars — and even a few musical collaborations — Nick and Aaron’s relationship turned a corner after Aaron notably skipped Nick’s April 2014 wedding to Lauren Kitt.
Nick — who shares children Odin, born in 2016, Saoirse, born in 2019 and Pearl, born in 2021, with Kitt — remained at odds with Aaron through the years. While Nick had been equally distraught over their fractured relationship, things reached a boiling point after he accused Aaron of making threats about Lauren and their children.
Aaron, for his part, denied the allegations and noted that he did not “intend” to see his family moving forward. After Aaron’s death at the age of 34, Nick issued an emotional statement about the loss of his sibling. “My heart has been broken today. Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded,” the I Heart Nick Carter alum wrote via Instagram in November 2022. “I have always held onto the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed.”
He concluded: “I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know. I love you Chizz.”
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