AJ McLean is heading into fall refreshed and recharged after prioritizing his psychological well being earlier this 12 months.
“This previous summer time, I used to be in Scottsdale, Arizona, for about 10 weeks. I’ve no disgrace in saying I used to be doing an intensive outpatient program for psychological well being, for despair, nervousness, trauma, all these items that I had by no means actually taken the time to do for myself,” McLean, 45, completely advised Us Weekly on Friday, September 15, whereas selling his partnership with The Youngsters’s Place’s vacation marketing campaign.
Noting that his sobriety is “locked in,” the Backstreet Boys singer revealed that this system helped him dive into childhood experiences. “I used to be 14 when Backstreet Boys began,” McLean shared. “I by no means actually had time to form of acclimate or to essentially, actually discover me, discover my shallowness, discover my self-worth, and know that I’ve worth. And now, right now, I can take a look at myself within the mirror and I can inform myself, ‘I really like myself right now.’ I’ve been on a serious well being kick, and my youngsters now get to see me differently.”
Fatherhood has develop into McLean’s largest precedence. “My spouse’s [Rochelle McLean] at all times advised me, even in my darkish instances, the one factor I’ve at all times been good at is being a father,” he advised Us. “I by no means wished to be a nasty father.” (The estranged couple — who introduced they had been quickly separating in March after 11 years of marriage — share daughters Elliot, 10, and Lyric, 6.)
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Upon changing into a guardian in 2012, AJ — who has been candid about his substance abuse struggles previously — didn’t need to observe within the footsteps of his personal father, who left when he was 3 years outdated. The pair have just lately made amends, as AJ revealed by way of Instagram on Friday that he and his dad had dinner collectively for the primary time in 42 years.
“It was truly a very nice time,” he advised Us. “Being a father, really — being a Backstreet Boy is nice — being a father is one of the best job ever on this planet. It’s in contrast to the rest. So yeah, life is fairly rattling good right now.”
The self-proclaimed “lady dad” just lately labored alongside his daughters in The Youngsters’s Place Vacation Boy Band Marketing campaign, which additionally options ‘NSync’s Lance Bass and Joey Fatone and Boyz II Males’s Wanya Morris and their respective youngsters.
“The 4 of us have recognized one another for a really very long time, so it’s not such as you’re placing 4 guys in a room along with their youngsters who’ve by no means met, who haven’t any comradery, who haven’t any previous expertise,” AJ shared. “We’re household, we’re brothers, and to get our households in there was simply an superior time.”
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Regardless of filming a vacation advert whereas sporting matching household pajamas in the summertime warmth, AJ famous that every one the youngsters “had a blast” on set. “This has been an superior, superior expertise and we’re honored to be doing this with [the] Youngsters’s Place,” he added.
The Youngsters’s Place’s matching household pajamas assortment is available in shops nationwide, at www.childrensplace.com and on The Youngsters’s Place Amazon storefront.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
