1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,588 --> 00:00:07,716 ♪ somber music playing ♪ 3 00:00:07,716 --> 00:00:11,637 ♪ 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:11,637 --> 00:00:13,138 AARON CARTER: Hey, everybody, how you doing? 6 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:14,681 Aaron Carter. What's up? 7 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,265 ♪ 8 00:00:16,265 --> 00:00:19,937 I just wanna thank all of you guys that have been real with me. 9 00:00:19,937 --> 00:00:23,232 I finally got to this point in my life where I can say, 10 00:00:23,232 --> 00:00:24,191 "You know what? 11 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:27,236 "You're-you're-you're doing good, bro. 12 00:00:27,236 --> 00:00:28,820 Like, you're doing good, Aaron." 13 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:31,448 And nobody can take that away from me. 14 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:32,950 MELANIE MARTIN: Aw. 15 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:35,160 ♪ 16 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,329 You can see how kind 17 00:00:37,329 --> 00:00:39,706 and how warm and how sweet he was. 18 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:41,416 ♪ 19 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:43,627 You can just see it in his eyes and his smile. 20 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:45,462 - Say hi, little Prince. 21 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:46,463 [Melanie chuckles] 22 00:00:47,339 --> 00:00:49,633 PRINCE LYRIC CARTER: Whoa. MELANIE: Wow. 23 00:00:49,633 --> 00:00:51,260 Who's that, Princey? 24 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:52,928 - Mommy. 25 00:00:54,137 --> 00:00:55,222 Daddy. 26 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:57,432 MELANIE: Okay, that's your daddy. PRINCE: Ooh. 27 00:00:58,183 --> 00:00:59,393 ♪ 28 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:01,228 MELANIE [voice breaking]: Before Aaron, I didn't really have, 29 00:01:01,228 --> 00:01:04,064 like, a purpose in life yet and I feel like he gave me a purpose. 30 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:06,900 ♪ 31 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:09,278 And then now he's not here to raise our son. 32 00:01:09,278 --> 00:01:10,779 [Melanie sniffles, sighs] 33 00:01:10,779 --> 00:01:15,826 ♪ 34 00:01:17,870 --> 00:01:19,830 [inhales, sighs] 35 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:27,754 - Aaron Carter's life story in one sentence. 36 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:32,676 ♪ 37 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:34,303 DISPATCHER [over radio]: Attention, Lancaster units, code three. 38 00:01:34,303 --> 00:01:35,512 Response is needed. 39 00:01:35,512 --> 00:01:36,722 NEWSCASTER: Aaron Carter has died. 40 00:01:36,722 --> 00:01:39,141 WHIT JOHNSON: Sudden death of Aaron Carter. 41 00:01:39,141 --> 00:01:41,143 ELIZABETH VARGAS: What's it like to be 12 years old and have groupies? 42 00:01:41,143 --> 00:01:42,102 [laughs] 43 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:44,062 TAYLOR HELGESON: He got the cards that were dealt. 44 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:45,480 - Stop! 45 00:01:46,148 --> 00:01:47,733 JEFF COHEN: Show business is a beast. 46 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:48,734 - It's a shit show. 47 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:50,444 It'll swallow you up. 48 00:01:50,444 --> 00:01:52,696 - It's almost like he never stood a chance. 49 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:54,323 - Once the addiction took over, 50 00:01:54,323 --> 00:01:56,116 that was running the show. 51 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:58,827 CHRIS CONNELLY: The little prince of pop, just 34 years old. 52 00:01:59,578 --> 00:02:01,205 AARON: We have to give up something to get something. 53 00:02:01,205 --> 00:02:03,457 I gave up being a normal person 54 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:05,292 to see the world. 55 00:02:08,587 --> 00:02:11,006 [crowd cheering] 56 00:02:11,006 --> 00:02:15,844 ♪ 57 00:02:15,844 --> 00:02:18,096 - Aaron Carter was like quintessentially 2000s. 58 00:02:18,096 --> 00:02:20,849 - You know, not a lot of kids my age get to do this kinda stuff. 59 00:02:20,849 --> 00:02:24,520 - He really encapsulated a lot about that era. 60 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,063 [cheering] 61 00:02:26,063 --> 00:02:30,067 - The first time that I heard the name Aaron Carter, 62 00:02:30,067 --> 00:02:32,236 I had already been in love with his brother 63 00:02:32,236 --> 00:02:33,779 for a really long time. 64 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:36,198 - ♪ Everybody ♪ 65 00:02:36,198 --> 00:02:38,033 - Nick Carter is a member of the Backstreet Boys. 66 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:39,952 - ♪ Rock your body ♪ 67 00:02:39,952 --> 00:02:41,745 - What's up, MTV? 68 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,081 BRITTANY SPANOS: Nick was traveling the world. 69 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:47,084 This band was already blowing up across the seas 70 00:02:47,084 --> 00:02:49,461 before they were coming back to the US. 71 00:02:49,461 --> 00:02:51,880 - ♪ Backstreet's back, alright ♪ 72 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:57,177 ♪ 73 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:58,595 ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 74 00:02:59,429 --> 00:03:00,973 ♪ Well ♪ 75 00:03:00,973 --> 00:03:03,141 ♪ Oh, my God, we're back again ♪ 76 00:03:03,141 --> 00:03:04,935 AJ: Nick's mom would come out on the road 77 00:03:04,935 --> 00:03:07,688 and, you know, Aaron would come out to hang out 78 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:08,856 with his big brother. 79 00:03:09,982 --> 00:03:11,483 NICK CARTER: It started to become 80 00:03:11,483 --> 00:03:14,027 to where he wanted to be with me 81 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:15,445 and the only way that he could be with me 82 00:03:15,445 --> 00:03:17,656 was to do what I was doing. 83 00:03:17,656 --> 00:03:20,826 - ♪ Am I original? ♪ 84 00:03:20,826 --> 00:03:22,327 - ♪ Yeah ♪ 85 00:03:22,327 --> 00:03:25,414 AJ: Aaron and Nick were pretty inseparable. 86 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:27,916 NICK: Me and the boys, we brought him out on tour 87 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:30,794 over in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 88 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:34,590 - I believe Aaron was about nine when he opened up for us... 89 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:36,008 [cheering] 90 00:03:36,008 --> 00:03:37,551 ...and when everything really started for him. 91 00:03:37,551 --> 00:03:39,136 ♪ 92 00:03:39,136 --> 00:03:40,053 - ♪ Kick it ♪ 93 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:41,138 ♪ 94 00:03:41,138 --> 00:03:43,140 BRITTANY: He performs with the Backstreet Boys 95 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:45,475 and he's able to perform a cover of the song Crush on You. 96 00:03:45,475 --> 00:03:46,435 ♪ 97 00:03:46,435 --> 00:03:48,896 - ♪ I got a crush on you ♪ 98 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:51,607 - There's a lot of kids who have siblings that are in the business. 99 00:03:52,357 --> 00:03:54,651 But he was genuinely really good. 100 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:58,238 ♪ 101 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,616 - He went out there and he just blew 'em all away. 102 00:04:00,616 --> 00:04:02,284 - ♪ You found out ♪ 103 00:04:02,284 --> 00:04:05,078 ♪ I've got a crush on you ♪ 104 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,205 [cheering] 105 00:04:06,205 --> 00:04:07,789 TAYLOR: Once they saw the reaction... 106 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:10,125 - Thank you, Berlin, I love you. 107 00:04:10,125 --> 00:04:11,376 - ...they were quick to scoop him up. 108 00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:15,380 ♪ 109 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:16,507 BRITTANY: Aaron is assigned to Jive Records, 110 00:04:16,507 --> 00:04:18,967 which is the label that also a lot of the acts 111 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:20,719 were being signed to at the time as well. 112 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:22,679 ♪ 113 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:25,224 - Lou saw the potential and he-he ran with it. 114 00:04:26,308 --> 00:04:30,437 - Lou Pearlman was a music manager 115 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:31,647 and a bit of a Svengali. 116 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:34,525 He started the Backstreet Boys, he started NSYNC. 117 00:04:34,525 --> 00:04:35,859 He ended up starting O-Town, 118 00:04:35,859 --> 00:04:38,153 and he was also Aaron Carter's manager. 119 00:04:38,153 --> 00:04:39,238 - He did know how to pick 'em. 120 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:41,949 ♪ 121 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:43,825 INTERVIEWER: Were you kind of inspired by your brother 122 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:45,869 to get into the whole singing thing or-- 123 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:46,870 - Oh, of course, you know, 124 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:49,248 Nick, Nick was always my, my big idol 125 00:04:49,248 --> 00:04:50,666 and I've always wanted to be like him. 126 00:04:50,666 --> 00:04:52,960 [indistinct chatter] 127 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,546 ♪ 128 00:04:55,546 --> 00:04:59,424 - I met Aaron when he had just come from Germany. 129 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:03,387 They were now launching Aaron in the United States 130 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:04,888 and they wanted to be sure 131 00:05:04,888 --> 00:05:07,140 that he was on the cover of the teen magazines 132 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,768 and had mass media coverage. 133 00:05:10,352 --> 00:05:12,271 REPORTER 1: That kid is Aaron Carter. 134 00:05:12,271 --> 00:05:14,231 REPORTER 2: Aaron, yeah, right there. 135 00:05:14,231 --> 00:05:15,399 One more time like that. 136 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:16,650 - Aaron Carter, is he hot or what? 137 00:05:17,234 --> 00:05:18,735 BRITTANY: His real breakthrough would be 138 00:05:18,735 --> 00:05:21,071 at the height of-of it all, it'd be in 2000. 139 00:05:21,071 --> 00:05:22,698 - ♪ People all around you got to ♪ 140 00:05:22,698 --> 00:05:24,366 - ♪ Come get it ♪ - ♪ Everyone together sing it loud ♪ 141 00:05:24,366 --> 00:05:25,242 - ♪ Come get it ♪ 142 00:05:25,242 --> 00:05:26,827 - Aaron's Party came out in 2000. 143 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:27,911 - ♪ Come get it ♪ - ♪ What? ♪ 144 00:05:27,911 --> 00:05:30,163 All the bangers on it, I Want Candy. 145 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,791 - ♪ I want candy ♪ 146 00:05:32,791 --> 00:05:34,626 [inaudible] 147 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:36,753 ♪ I want candy ♪ 148 00:05:36,753 --> 00:05:38,672 ♪ 149 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,132 - My best friend's name was Tammy. 150 00:05:40,132 --> 00:05:42,134 When we were little, we would write like, "I want Tammy." 151 00:05:42,634 --> 00:05:44,887 - ♪ I want candy ♪ [tapping rhythmically] 152 00:05:44,887 --> 00:05:46,805 Catchy as hell. - ♪ It's like boom ♪ 153 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:47,931 - That's How I Beat Shaq. 154 00:05:47,931 --> 00:05:49,349 - ♪ I put it in the hoop like slam ♪ 155 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,977 SCAACHI KOUL: He's making bank playing with Shaquille O'Neal 156 00:05:51,977 --> 00:05:54,021 despite the fact that he's four feet tall. 157 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:55,731 - ♪ Because that's how I beat Shaq ♪ 158 00:05:55,731 --> 00:05:56,857 ♪ 159 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,525 SCAACHI: It was a really successful record. 160 00:05:58,525 --> 00:06:01,945 He sold millions of copies domestically. 161 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:04,990 He became an international hit because of that album. 162 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:07,075 NEWSCASTER: Phenomenon Aaron Carter. 163 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:08,493 BRITTANY: He's kind of like the turn-up king 164 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:10,245 for 13-year-olds at this moment. 165 00:06:11,163 --> 00:06:14,416 - Now we can sort of look at Aaron Carter and we can look at that album, 166 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:16,210 we can look at how successful it was 167 00:06:16,210 --> 00:06:18,045 and see the precursor 168 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:21,381 to a Justin Bieber or to Shawn Mendes. 169 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,342 - Whoo, here we go. 170 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:25,010 ♪ 171 00:06:25,010 --> 00:06:28,263 AJ: Aaron's vibe and his sound 172 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:30,807 in some ways was very reminiscent of like young, 173 00:06:30,807 --> 00:06:32,851 young, young, young like Michael. 174 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:34,853 - ♪ You gotta get up ♪ 175 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:36,271 - The really high voice. 176 00:06:36,271 --> 00:06:38,232 Kinda goofy awkwardness. 177 00:06:38,232 --> 00:06:39,858 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, 178 00:06:39,858 --> 00:06:42,569 please welcome Aaron Carter. 179 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:45,572 - You know, Michael Jackson was known as the king of pop. 180 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:47,449 - Hey, Michael. 181 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:49,243 Hey, it's Aaron. 182 00:06:49,868 --> 00:06:52,037 PHIL LOBEL: And actually bestowed upon Aaron Carter 183 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:54,122 the title "the Little Prince of Pop." 184 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:56,208 And that term stuck. 185 00:06:56,208 --> 00:06:57,334 ♪ 186 00:06:57,334 --> 00:06:59,920 - What's it like to be 12 years old and have groupies? 187 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:00,796 [laughs] 188 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:02,965 - Well, they're not groupies, they're fans. 189 00:07:02,965 --> 00:07:03,799 - They're fans? 190 00:07:03,799 --> 00:07:06,760 PHIL: The tour bus would arrive at these venues 191 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,638 and the girls would be outside by the gates with signs, 192 00:07:09,638 --> 00:07:11,098 "We love Aaron," 193 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,851 and he'd get off the bus and take pictures with the girls 194 00:07:13,851 --> 00:07:15,561 and he'd be signing records 195 00:07:15,561 --> 00:07:18,146 and signing the posters from the teen magazines. 196 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:22,276 - He's really kind of becoming a part of the teen idol scene at this time. 197 00:07:22,818 --> 00:07:25,612 - I very distinctly remember Aaron on Lizzie McGuire. 198 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:27,239 - Uh, okay, just hear me out. 199 00:07:27,239 --> 00:07:28,740 Aaron Carter coming here 200 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:31,118 is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to us. 201 00:07:31,118 --> 00:07:32,578 ♪ 202 00:07:32,578 --> 00:07:34,663 - And then they kiss, which is also a really big deal. 203 00:07:34,663 --> 00:07:37,958 ♪ 204 00:07:37,958 --> 00:07:41,795 You get it on your VHS and you rewind to play it again. 205 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,505 BRITTANY: I mean, this is like one of the biggest shows 206 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:45,174 of this era on Disney Channel. 207 00:07:45,174 --> 00:07:47,801 Hilary Duff's becoming like a team queen of this moment 208 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:50,220 and this becomes a huge turning point 209 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:52,723 in terms of kind of fame and charm factor. 210 00:07:54,766 --> 00:07:56,268 [indistinct chatter] 211 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:57,603 [crowd cheering] 212 00:07:57,603 --> 00:08:00,647 - It was the premiere of Hilary Duff's first big movie. 213 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:02,024 - I'm nervous, Fred! 214 00:08:02,024 --> 00:08:05,903 - And I wanted to shoot the two of them together on the carpet. 215 00:08:06,612 --> 00:08:08,530 So we stopped at a flower store 216 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:10,741 and picked up a big bouquet of flowers. 217 00:08:11,575 --> 00:08:13,702 With the cameras shooting away, 218 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:16,622 he presents to Hilary this bouquet of flowers 219 00:08:16,622 --> 00:08:17,831 right on the carpet. 220 00:08:18,248 --> 00:08:20,959 And that was like the start of this media frenzy 221 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:23,837 that Aaron Carter was dating Hilary Duff. 222 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,047 HILARY DUFF: We're really good friends. 223 00:08:25,047 --> 00:08:26,340 CHARLES GIBSON: Are you, are you, uh-- 224 00:08:26,340 --> 00:08:28,008 Are you an item? 225 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,134 ♪ 226 00:08:29,134 --> 00:08:30,177 SCAACHI: It felt like kismet. 227 00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:34,056 These are like the cutest, whitest, blondest people in the world 228 00:08:34,056 --> 00:08:36,600 and finally they have met and fallen in love. 229 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,186 It was Justin and Britney light. 230 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:42,231 It was Justin Bieber and Selena light. 231 00:08:42,231 --> 00:08:46,360 You know, we've seen these archetypes across generations. 232 00:08:46,985 --> 00:08:48,195 And it's doomed. 233 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:49,947 - I just got a little bored. INTERVIEWER: Okay. 234 00:08:49,947 --> 00:08:52,074 - So I went and I started getting to know Lindsay. 235 00:08:52,074 --> 00:08:53,909 ♪ 236 00:08:53,909 --> 00:08:55,202 Dating Lindsay. INTERVIEWER: Dating. 237 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:56,161 ♪ 238 00:08:56,161 --> 00:08:59,623 SCAACHI: Lindsay Lohan is the kind of premier 239 00:08:59,623 --> 00:09:01,667 like teen actress of this moment. 240 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:03,585 You have these twin flames to Aaron 241 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:07,297 and then obviously it turns into a love triangle. 242 00:09:07,297 --> 00:09:08,674 - This was a, 243 00:09:08,674 --> 00:09:10,717 an interesting kind of turning point in tabloid culture. 244 00:09:11,426 --> 00:09:15,514 These are all teenagers that people became overly invested in, 245 00:09:15,514 --> 00:09:16,849 everything about their lives. 246 00:09:17,307 --> 00:09:20,435 - Felt like you either had to be like Team Lindsay 247 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:21,812 or team Hilary, 248 00:09:21,812 --> 00:09:24,523 and it was ridiculous and this was all over Aaron. 249 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:26,817 These are kids. 250 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:28,986 [inaudible] 251 00:09:28,986 --> 00:09:32,531 - He's a kid thinking this is what real life is like, 252 00:09:32,531 --> 00:09:33,407 this is what it is, 253 00:09:33,407 --> 00:09:35,617 I can have anything I want. 254 00:09:35,617 --> 00:09:36,702 I can do anything I want. 255 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:38,120 I can get any girl I want. 256 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,039 I can get free clothes and things sent to me and blah, blah. 257 00:09:42,583 --> 00:09:44,168 That's not reality. 258 00:09:45,169 --> 00:09:46,879 ♪ 259 00:09:46,879 --> 00:09:47,838 DR. TRAVIS STORK: In some ways I think 260 00:09:47,838 --> 00:09:49,756 Aaron had to grow up too fast. 261 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:52,801 ♪ 262 00:09:52,801 --> 00:09:53,927 But on the other hand, 263 00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:56,180 did he ever develop 264 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:59,224 in the way a normal child might. 265 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:03,312 I can't even think about what my life would've been like 266 00:10:03,312 --> 00:10:05,480 if I was his age 267 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:07,900 and all of a sudden I'm dealing 268 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:10,319 with something that is too big to handle. 269 00:10:10,319 --> 00:10:12,154 ♪ 270 00:10:12,154 --> 00:10:15,407 I'm an ER doctor who, believe it or not, 271 00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:19,244 started on TV as The Bachelor season eight. 272 00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:24,249 I remember thinking, "Boy, oh boy, anyone who goes through this, 273 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:29,171 if you don't have your shit together, you are screwed." 274 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:31,840 You tell me one childhood star 275 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:33,634 who made it out unscathed. 276 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:36,094 I can't think of one. 277 00:10:37,012 --> 00:10:39,806 Unless they had an incredibly supportive system around them. 278 00:10:39,806 --> 00:10:43,769 ♪ 279 00:10:43,769 --> 00:10:45,854 SCAACHI: The Carter family lived in Florida 280 00:10:45,854 --> 00:10:47,397 and there were a lot of kids. 281 00:10:47,856 --> 00:10:50,359 BRITTANY: It was Nick, Bobbie Jean, then Leslie, 282 00:10:50,359 --> 00:10:51,777 and then Aaron and Angel. 283 00:10:51,777 --> 00:10:52,736 ♪ 284 00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:55,280 - And I've known Aaron since he was... 285 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,198 [sighs] 286 00:10:56,198 --> 00:10:58,575 ...probably three or four, maybe? 287 00:10:59,201 --> 00:11:01,745 The other siblings minus Nick 288 00:11:01,745 --> 00:11:04,289 were a little more subdued. 289 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:05,624 Aaron was Nick, 290 00:11:05,624 --> 00:11:09,378 and they were very much mirror images of each other. 291 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,880 - They grew up pretty poor. 292 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,591 - And we lived in-in a van in, uh, 293 00:11:14,591 --> 00:11:16,593 Florida for like a little bit. 294 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:17,928 And really didn't have anything. 295 00:11:17,928 --> 00:11:19,471 Mom and Dad were trying to, just trying to get started. 296 00:11:20,389 --> 00:11:21,765 When Aaron was born, 297 00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:23,600 things were starting to get a little better. 298 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,644 We had, like, a two-bedroom house, 299 00:11:25,644 --> 00:11:28,272 but we still had five kids in one household 300 00:11:28,272 --> 00:11:29,398 with two bedrooms. 301 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:31,692 It's just, you know, it's so many different, 302 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:33,277 you know, type of personalities. 303 00:11:33,277 --> 00:11:35,320 ♪ 304 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,197 It's a crazy household to live in, I'll tell you that. 305 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:38,282 AARON: Yeah. [laughs] 306 00:11:38,282 --> 00:11:42,327 ♪ 307 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:43,745 [cheering] 308 00:11:43,745 --> 00:11:45,205 REPORTER: Alright, guys, why don't we start off with 309 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,916 what do the Teen Choice Awards mean to you guys? 310 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:50,419 - A lot of-- 311 00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:51,920 - A lot of-- I don't know. - Color. 312 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:53,505 - It's a lot of fun, lot of fun. - Color. 313 00:11:53,505 --> 00:11:55,465 - You know, people just come here to just have fun. 314 00:11:55,465 --> 00:11:56,758 And that's why I'm here, you know. 315 00:11:56,758 --> 00:11:57,926 With him. 316 00:11:57,926 --> 00:11:59,845 REPORTER: Have some good times? - Yeah. 317 00:11:59,845 --> 00:12:01,430 SCAACHI: The perception was that Aaron 318 00:12:01,430 --> 00:12:05,642 had a really fun, exciting, glamorous, expensive life. 319 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:07,686 And I don't think people understood 320 00:12:07,686 --> 00:12:10,063 that the reality was really dark. 321 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:12,524 - Everything starts in the home. 322 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:15,777 If there's issues between Mom and Dad, 323 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:18,614 it's gonna have a huge effect on you. 324 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:22,784 - I mean, the parents were moving in the direction of a divorce. 325 00:12:23,744 --> 00:12:26,663 It certainly was leading to more arguments 326 00:12:26,663 --> 00:12:28,290 between Jane and Bob. 327 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:31,001 SCAACHI: I think Aaron always felt stuck 328 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:34,880 between two very bombastic grownups. 329 00:12:35,506 --> 00:12:40,427 And he is this little kid who is trying to keep the peace. 330 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:44,473 - What was it like being in the middle of your parents' divorce? 331 00:12:44,473 --> 00:12:48,769 - It was really, really tough because, you know, 332 00:12:48,769 --> 00:12:51,021 sometimes I feel like it was, it was my fault. 333 00:12:51,021 --> 00:12:53,982 You know, sometimes I feel like, you know, 334 00:12:55,067 --> 00:12:56,235 was it me who caused it? 335 00:12:56,902 --> 00:12:58,529 Was it me who-who did it? 336 00:12:58,529 --> 00:13:00,864 ♪ 337 00:13:00,864 --> 00:13:03,867 - Aaron's mom was managing his career, which is very common, 338 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:06,745 a lot of child stars, their-their moms end up taking over their accounts. 339 00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:09,331 - This is from Aaron's winter party. 340 00:13:09,331 --> 00:13:11,333 I just loved that coat we had made. 341 00:13:11,333 --> 00:13:13,585 I had designed that coat for him. 342 00:13:14,211 --> 00:13:16,922 PHIL: Jane Carter was more the business person 343 00:13:16,922 --> 00:13:18,882 that I dealt with on a day-to-day basis. 344 00:13:18,882 --> 00:13:20,551 I'm dealing with all things publicity. 345 00:13:20,551 --> 00:13:23,178 - Crush On You. That was his very first single, 346 00:13:23,178 --> 00:13:25,180 and that went gold in Germany, too. 347 00:13:25,889 --> 00:13:28,100 SCAACHI: Over the course of their relationship, 348 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:30,644 Aaron accused his mom countless times 349 00:13:30,644 --> 00:13:32,896 of not really being a mother, 350 00:13:32,896 --> 00:13:34,690 but being a manager first. 351 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:39,319 - It was never about a mother-son relationship. 352 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:40,362 It was always about work. 353 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:42,114 Sometimes I would just stop and I would be like, 354 00:13:42,114 --> 00:13:44,324 "Mom, why can't we just fight about, you know, 355 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:47,452 "me being a teenager and me growing up or, you know, 356 00:13:47,452 --> 00:13:49,037 why can't we fight about those kinda things?" 357 00:13:49,037 --> 00:13:50,497 ♪ 358 00:13:50,497 --> 00:13:52,958 JOHN STOSSEL: The famous brothers are Nick and Aaron Carter. 359 00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:55,836 They're huge pop stars and very rich now. 360 00:13:55,836 --> 00:13:57,004 It's interesting that it was 361 00:13:57,004 --> 00:13:59,840 when the money started rolling in that the trouble began. 362 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:03,427 SCAACHI: Within a couple of years of her managing him, 363 00:14:03,427 --> 00:14:05,679 he accuses her of basically taking his money. 364 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,725 ♪ 365 00:14:09,725 --> 00:14:13,145 - When we were on tour, every show we did, 366 00:14:13,145 --> 00:14:14,897 we would probably make about, 367 00:14:15,647 --> 00:14:18,108 I mean, like maybe $40,000, $50,000 a show. 368 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:20,611 And it was all gone. 369 00:14:20,611 --> 00:14:22,654 - Do you think your mother stole money from you? 370 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,364 - I think she did. 371 00:14:24,823 --> 00:14:27,618 I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, unintentional, 372 00:14:27,618 --> 00:14:31,038 but, I mean, I know that it was gone. 373 00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:34,208 - After all these years of being Aaron's publicist, 374 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:36,793 suddenly they were two or three months behind. 375 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:40,047 You know, I-I reached out and that's when I kinda found out 376 00:14:40,047 --> 00:14:42,341 that there was no more money. 377 00:14:42,341 --> 00:14:47,137 ♪ 378 00:14:52,059 --> 00:14:53,810 ♪ 379 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:56,480 - My experience as a former child actor 380 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,357 very much informs my experience 381 00:14:58,357 --> 00:15:00,400 as an entertainment lawyer now. 382 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,361 OPERATOR: Marker. PRODUCER: Thank you. 383 00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:04,238 - Alright. 384 00:15:04,238 --> 00:15:07,074 I played the role of Chunk in the film The Goonies. 385 00:15:07,074 --> 00:15:09,034 - First you gotta do the truffle shuffle. 386 00:15:09,535 --> 00:15:10,869 - Come on. 387 00:15:11,328 --> 00:15:14,289 [yells unintelligibly] [laughter] 388 00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:17,417 I weigh the same, uh, but I was shorter and I had more hair. 389 00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:18,961 I had a lot more hair, uh, back then. 390 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:20,838 ♪ 391 00:15:20,838 --> 00:15:22,840 Show business is a beast. 392 00:15:23,507 --> 00:15:27,177 And I learned how it can go right and how it can go wrong. 393 00:15:27,177 --> 00:15:28,720 And you need someone in your corner, 394 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,849 you need someone who has your best interest at heart. 395 00:15:31,849 --> 00:15:33,100 ♪ 396 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,393 PHIL: The Jackie Coogan Laws 397 00:15:34,393 --> 00:15:36,311 dictate that parents set aside 398 00:15:36,311 --> 00:15:38,981 for their minor's income in a, in a trust fund. 399 00:15:38,981 --> 00:15:40,983 ♪ 400 00:15:40,983 --> 00:15:45,904 JEFF: Jackie Coogan was the first great child movie star. 401 00:15:46,405 --> 00:15:48,240 And in the '20s and '30s, 402 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,701 he amassed earnings of four million dollars. 403 00:15:50,701 --> 00:15:54,121 As an adult, he asked his mother and stepfather for his money. 404 00:15:54,913 --> 00:15:56,540 And they said, it's gone. 405 00:15:56,540 --> 00:15:57,875 [inaudible] 406 00:15:57,875 --> 00:16:02,296 In California, the state legislature in 1939 passed the law 407 00:16:02,296 --> 00:16:04,631 that eventually became known as the Coogan Act. 408 00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:06,925 The law was amended in 1999. 409 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:09,094 The law was amended in 2003. 410 00:16:10,053 --> 00:16:11,388 Its heart is in the right place, 411 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,765 but there are a number of deficiencies. 412 00:16:14,308 --> 00:16:15,893 It's not nationwide. 413 00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:20,189 You're only required to put 15% of the child's earnings in trust, 414 00:16:20,189 --> 00:16:23,192 so that means 85% is fair game. 415 00:16:23,192 --> 00:16:25,694 Additionally, if the law is breached, 416 00:16:25,694 --> 00:16:27,362 you have to sue your parents. 417 00:16:28,322 --> 00:16:29,615 Who wants to sue their parents? 418 00:16:29,615 --> 00:16:32,576 ♪ 419 00:16:32,576 --> 00:16:34,411 AJ: Let's just call a spade a spade. 420 00:16:34,411 --> 00:16:37,164 The entertainment business is definitely not normal. 421 00:16:37,164 --> 00:16:39,416 It's a shit show, man. It is. 422 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:40,959 It'll swallow you up. 423 00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:44,254 ♪ 424 00:16:44,254 --> 00:16:46,757 JANE CARTER: The drugs, the drinking, 425 00:16:46,757 --> 00:16:48,467 the people that want a piece of you. 426 00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:51,386 A normal family doesn't have all those pressures. 427 00:16:51,386 --> 00:16:52,763 [crowd yells] [man whistles] 428 00:16:52,763 --> 00:16:55,140 - 15, 16 years old, of course I experimented with things, 429 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:57,351 but I realized it was a mistake. 430 00:16:57,351 --> 00:16:59,561 - You were quoted as saying you were worried 431 00:16:59,561 --> 00:17:01,063 you were gonna wake up one morning 432 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:03,148 and hear that he had died of a drug overdose. 433 00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:05,442 - I did. I did worry about that. 434 00:17:05,442 --> 00:17:07,402 ♪ 435 00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:10,739 AJ: I don't know when the downward spiral started. 436 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:14,576 Nobody really knows, except Aaron, 437 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:17,454 but I don't think anybody really was aware of the signs 438 00:17:17,454 --> 00:17:20,249 early on to maybe try to nip it in the bud. 439 00:17:20,249 --> 00:17:23,669 ♪ 440 00:17:23,669 --> 00:17:28,006 SCAACHI: There is a real appetite for the come up 441 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,758 and the fall down of a child star. 442 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:31,885 ♪ 443 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:35,013 People started to enjoy watching him fail. 444 00:17:35,013 --> 00:17:36,849 ♪ 445 00:17:36,849 --> 00:17:38,517 - There was a major fall-off for the acts 446 00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:42,396 that were still trying to make that same bubblegum pop sound 447 00:17:42,396 --> 00:17:44,273 of the late '90s, early 2000s, 448 00:17:44,273 --> 00:17:47,276 and Aaron was one of the-the victims of that. 449 00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:50,904 AJ: Others may think differently, but how I perceived it 450 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:53,198 is that he was always trying to play catch-up, 451 00:17:53,198 --> 00:17:54,575 and then started probably to feel 452 00:17:54,575 --> 00:17:56,326 like he was living in his brother's shadow. 453 00:17:57,077 --> 00:17:58,912 - Nick and Aaron were really competitive. 454 00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:00,497 You saw it a lot on House of Carters. 455 00:18:01,456 --> 00:18:02,666 - Come on in. 456 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,502 - Pickle! 457 00:18:05,502 --> 00:18:07,296 SCAACHI: House of Carters premiered in 2006. 458 00:18:07,296 --> 00:18:09,256 ANGEL: Where's the bathroom? Gotta go pee. 459 00:18:09,256 --> 00:18:11,049 BRITTANY: Aaron's career had fallen off. 460 00:18:11,049 --> 00:18:14,219 This was their way of recapturing the public interest. 461 00:18:14,219 --> 00:18:16,722 - I got a pool and a balcony to jump from. 462 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:18,724 NICK: No, Aaron, don't, please. 463 00:18:18,724 --> 00:18:21,518 AJ: I thought it was a bad idea for them to do the show. 464 00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:25,063 It did not help Aaron's cause. 465 00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:27,482 - I was with Mom and I didn't even get a chance to cry 466 00:18:27,482 --> 00:18:28,817 about Mom and Dad's divorce. 467 00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:30,694 - It's really not even an issue. 468 00:18:30,694 --> 00:18:31,528 - Yes, it is an issue. 469 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,572 SCAACHI: House of Carters seem to be telling us the truth. 470 00:18:33,572 --> 00:18:35,115 NICK: Anybody that wants to know the truth. 471 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:37,159 You wanna know why I don’t trust my brother? 472 00:18:37,159 --> 00:18:38,702 Why he doesn't respect me? 473 00:18:39,161 --> 00:18:40,245 BRITTANY: And I don't even think that the show 474 00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:41,872 understood it was doing that. 475 00:18:41,872 --> 00:18:44,333 - I think around then is really when 476 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:46,210 the friction really started to happen. 477 00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:48,086 - Alright? Alright? - Don't spit on my face. 478 00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:49,254 - You gonna respect me. - Don't spit in my face. 479 00:18:49,254 --> 00:18:50,088 - You're gonna respect me. 480 00:18:50,088 --> 00:18:51,465 - Stop it. - What are you doing? 481 00:18:51,465 --> 00:18:52,382 NICK: You’re gonna respect my house. 482 00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:53,634 AARON: Get out of my room. 483 00:18:54,092 --> 00:18:54,968 What are you doing? 484 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:56,470 NICK: Now I'm gonna tell you [bleep]-- 485 00:18:57,387 --> 00:18:59,723 AJ: What started out as a, "I really admire my big brother..." 486 00:19:00,224 --> 00:19:01,725 NICK: Let's go, baby, let's go. 487 00:19:01,725 --> 00:19:04,603 AJ: ..."I wanna be like my big brother." 488 00:19:05,395 --> 00:19:08,774 But then when you don't become your big brother, 489 00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:11,818 how do you handle that? 490 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,487 ♪ 491 00:19:18,408 --> 00:19:21,328 Aaron was the definition of bubblegum pop. 492 00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:26,124 Maybe he thought, "Okay, I had this success. 493 00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:27,793 It's gonna stay like this." 494 00:19:28,418 --> 00:19:30,462 It doesn't just stay, you gotta keep working at it. 495 00:19:30,462 --> 00:19:33,549 You gotta keep reinventing yourself. 496 00:19:33,549 --> 00:19:35,092 You have to keep growing. 497 00:19:35,092 --> 00:19:40,681 ♪ 498 00:19:40,681 --> 00:19:42,599 - This season's comeback kid, 499 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,226 pop star Aaron Carter... 500 00:19:44,226 --> 00:19:46,436 SCAACHI: By 2009, Aaron starts doing 501 00:19:46,436 --> 00:19:48,230 what I think a lot of celebrities that go 502 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:51,108 from A-list to C, D-list start doing. 503 00:19:51,859 --> 00:19:53,485 - ♪ Riding high ♪ 504 00:19:53,485 --> 00:19:55,070 BRITTANY: To go on Dancing With the Stars was a huge move 505 00:19:55,070 --> 00:19:56,738 for a lot of artists 506 00:19:56,738 --> 00:19:58,699 who were reviving their career in some capacity. 507 00:19:59,157 --> 00:20:02,661 AARON: Being able to climb back up the ladder is so rewarding 508 00:20:02,661 --> 00:20:05,747 because you gotta work for it and... I'm working for it. 509 00:20:06,290 --> 00:20:09,751 - I think Aaron maybe expected, 510 00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:12,379 okay, if I go on a national television show 511 00:20:12,838 --> 00:20:15,174 and remind people, "Hey, I'm here," 512 00:20:15,174 --> 00:20:17,301 offers are gonna start piling up. 513 00:20:17,301 --> 00:20:20,554 - But it just didn't really pay off the way that he had hoped. 514 00:20:21,597 --> 00:20:24,600 - He starts engaging in pop culture in different avenues. 515 00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:28,562 Like a super-long run with the Fantasticks off-Broadway. 516 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:31,440 He was really trying to find his footing again. 517 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:32,608 There's a version of the world 518 00:20:32,608 --> 00:20:35,444 where Aaron Carter hosts like Access Hollywood, 519 00:20:35,444 --> 00:20:37,905 that could have happened, um. 520 00:20:38,989 --> 00:20:40,324 But I don't know, it didn't take. 521 00:20:40,324 --> 00:20:42,326 ♪ 522 00:20:42,326 --> 00:20:44,953 BRITTANY: There wasn't a million offers after that. 523 00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:47,539 He wasn't getting people lining up to wanna work with him. 524 00:20:47,539 --> 00:20:49,625 ♪ 525 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:51,293 AJ: Now that's messing with his ego. 526 00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:53,795 Now that's messing with his pride. 527 00:20:53,795 --> 00:20:55,714 You're gonna then go back inward 528 00:20:56,465 --> 00:20:59,551 and the demons are gonna take over again. 529 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:02,804 ♪ 530 00:21:03,347 --> 00:21:06,016 TAYLOR: Aaron hadn't released music in quite some time 531 00:21:06,016 --> 00:21:07,601 and he didn't know what his sound was. 532 00:21:07,601 --> 00:21:09,436 It was his chance to prove himself. 533 00:21:10,521 --> 00:21:14,733 The beginning of 2015, I'd been out here about five years, 534 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:16,652 your typical struggling artist situation. 535 00:21:17,486 --> 00:21:20,030 I ended up getting a couch in a buddy's house 536 00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:23,325 and he was ranting about how he was friends with Aaron Carter. 537 00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:25,160 Big flex, you know, Aaron Carter, like, 538 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,246 hey, I think I've heard of him, you know. 539 00:21:28,038 --> 00:21:31,917 And the very next morning, it's like 7:00 in the morning. 540 00:21:31,917 --> 00:21:34,294 I woke up to somebody knocking on the door 541 00:21:34,294 --> 00:21:36,630 and I'm looking at Aaron Carter. 542 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:39,967 And he looks at me and he says, "Hey, you write music, right?" 543 00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:41,468 I'm like, "Yeah." 544 00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:43,136 And he's like, "Come in my car. 545 00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:44,346 I got some beats I wanna play you." 546 00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:45,222 Like, just like that. 547 00:21:45,222 --> 00:21:48,308 And I'm like, "Uh, okay, let me put some clothes on real quick." 548 00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:51,061 ♪ 549 00:21:51,061 --> 00:21:53,272 We went, we sat in his car for, like, four hours. 550 00:21:54,231 --> 00:21:57,818 In that session, we wrote the first song on the Love album. 551 00:21:57,818 --> 00:21:59,194 ♪ 552 00:21:59,194 --> 00:22:02,698 Mid-2015 is when we really started going deep. 553 00:22:02,698 --> 00:22:05,826 ♪ plays notes on piano ♪ [indistinct singing] 554 00:22:05,826 --> 00:22:08,453 Working with Aaron on a project was... 555 00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:10,664 [laughter] 556 00:22:10,664 --> 00:22:15,127 ...one of the most special experiences 557 00:22:15,127 --> 00:22:17,045 uh, of my life to date. 558 00:22:17,045 --> 00:22:19,548 Incredibly exhausting, 559 00:22:19,548 --> 00:22:22,634 this guy, all he wanted to do was work. 560 00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:26,847 ♪ bright piano music playing ♪ 561 00:22:26,847 --> 00:22:28,682 AJ: He was a super, super talented kid, 562 00:22:28,682 --> 00:22:31,185 and all the instruments that he played, self-taught. 563 00:22:31,185 --> 00:22:34,104 ♪ upbeat electronic music playing ♪ 564 00:22:34,104 --> 00:22:36,190 ♪ 565 00:22:36,190 --> 00:22:37,357 That's a gift. 566 00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:38,901 That is a huge gift. 567 00:22:39,610 --> 00:22:42,613 TAYLOR: We'd stay, you know, for a month straight 568 00:22:42,613 --> 00:22:44,615 from sun-up to sundown in his house, 569 00:22:44,615 --> 00:22:47,701 just recording, recording, writing, recording, writing, recording. 570 00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:48,869 ♪ 571 00:22:48,869 --> 00:22:51,538 He was very meticulous about making sure 572 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:56,543 that every song was exactly the way that he wanted it to be. 573 00:22:57,669 --> 00:22:59,588 It was absolutely relentless, 574 00:22:59,588 --> 00:23:02,049 but we were able to find a new sound for Aaron. 575 00:23:02,049 --> 00:23:06,637 ♪ 576 00:23:06,637 --> 00:23:10,724 Sooner Or Later was the single off the album Love that we released. 577 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:13,477 - ♪ Sooner or later she'll be walking away ♪ 578 00:23:13,477 --> 00:23:15,229 ♪ I got something to say to her ♪ 579 00:23:15,229 --> 00:23:17,189 TAYLOR: And it was very much Aaron's sound, you know. 580 00:23:17,189 --> 00:23:21,902 The difference between Aaron's early work and the Love album, 581 00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:23,695 those records weren't Aaron's records. 582 00:23:23,695 --> 00:23:25,280 A five-year-old kid doesn't know who they are. 583 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:26,573 [indistinct chatter] 584 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:28,408 Especially when they're being directed by a team 585 00:23:28,408 --> 00:23:30,035 of God knows how many people telling him, 586 00:23:30,035 --> 00:23:31,495 do this, do this, do this every day. 587 00:23:31,495 --> 00:23:33,580 REPORTER: Aaron, point at me, right here. 588 00:23:34,581 --> 00:23:36,500 - He wasn't old enough to make that choice for himself. 589 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:38,377 You know, Aaron had a lot of resentment about growing up like that. 590 00:23:39,002 --> 00:23:41,255 - ♪ I don't need this pressure ♪ 591 00:23:41,255 --> 00:23:43,090 ♪ You're my greatest stressor ♪ 592 00:23:43,090 --> 00:23:44,508 ♪ Panties on my bed ♪ 593 00:23:44,508 --> 00:23:45,717 TAYLOR: The Love album was his. 594 00:23:45,717 --> 00:23:48,011 He chose to make it and he made it his way. 595 00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:48,929 ♪ Fool's Gold by Aaron Carter playing ♪ 596 00:23:48,929 --> 00:23:51,056 And that was him taking his power back. 597 00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:52,432 - This is my best friend. 598 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:56,144 He co-wrote every single song on the Love album. 599 00:23:56,144 --> 00:23:59,523 ♪ upbeat electronic music playing ♪ 600 00:23:59,523 --> 00:24:02,860 ♪ 601 00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:04,570 BRITTANY: It's a pretty good album, you know. 602 00:24:04,570 --> 00:24:06,029 It's a very grown album from him... 603 00:24:06,029 --> 00:24:07,447 ♪ 604 00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,825 ...but unfortunately it doesn't recapture 605 00:24:09,825 --> 00:24:12,703 the type of kind of power that he had as a child. 606 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:15,038 At this point in his life, 607 00:24:15,038 --> 00:24:17,624 he's back in the press and public consciousness 608 00:24:17,624 --> 00:24:19,084 for really all the wrong reasons. 609 00:24:19,084 --> 00:24:23,422 You know, he's beginning to act pretty radically on social media. 610 00:24:23,422 --> 00:24:25,299 He gets a DUI. 611 00:24:26,383 --> 00:24:30,179 NEWSCASTER: From promising child star to this mugshot. 612 00:24:30,179 --> 00:24:32,222 INTERVIEWER: You know, when people see this mugshot, 613 00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:35,058 they think, you know, this is a picture of-of a drug addict. 614 00:24:35,058 --> 00:24:36,560 Are you a drug addict? 615 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,519 - No. 616 00:24:38,896 --> 00:24:40,189 ♪ 617 00:24:40,189 --> 00:24:42,149 SCAACHI: He appears really, really emaciated. 618 00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:43,984 He does not look well. 619 00:24:43,984 --> 00:24:45,611 He's really thin, he's really gaunt. 620 00:24:45,611 --> 00:24:47,404 He has no color in his face. 621 00:24:47,404 --> 00:24:49,531 He had shaved the side of his head 622 00:24:49,531 --> 00:24:52,993 so he looked kind of alien-esque. 623 00:24:54,286 --> 00:24:57,039 His tattoos were on his neck like snaking down his arms. 624 00:24:57,039 --> 00:24:59,374 There was a clear shift in his physicality. 625 00:24:59,374 --> 00:25:01,752 ♪ 626 00:25:01,752 --> 00:25:03,962 He was coming from a place of agony. 627 00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:07,591 Just, he was like a raw open wound all the time. 628 00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:11,720 And it is not fun to engage in pop culture 629 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,224 made by a weeping sore. 630 00:25:15,224 --> 00:25:17,809 ♪ 631 00:25:17,809 --> 00:25:20,145 I think this sort of marks the beginning of Aaron 632 00:25:20,145 --> 00:25:25,442 going back to the well of trauma in order to have a career, 633 00:25:25,442 --> 00:25:27,027 'cause you see him doing it again and again. 634 00:25:27,736 --> 00:25:30,864 And in 2017, Aaron appears on The Doctors. 635 00:25:31,532 --> 00:25:33,909 - I need help. I'm scared. 636 00:25:34,826 --> 00:25:36,370 DR. STORK: So I was never Aaron's doctor. 637 00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:37,412 To be honest with you, 638 00:25:37,412 --> 00:25:39,206 I looked at Aaron more like a little brother. 639 00:25:40,165 --> 00:25:44,044 Because Aaron not only had issues with substance abuse, 640 00:25:44,044 --> 00:25:47,005 he obviously had a lot of familial issues 641 00:25:47,005 --> 00:25:48,674 and then on top of it, you know, 642 00:25:48,674 --> 00:25:52,427 he was dealing with some true, uh, mental health issues. 643 00:25:53,178 --> 00:25:56,098 It was pretty clear he needed some help ASAP. 644 00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:57,891 - There's things going on with me. 645 00:25:57,891 --> 00:25:59,309 There's rumors. 646 00:25:59,309 --> 00:26:01,311 There's people that are body-shaming me. 647 00:26:01,854 --> 00:26:04,398 DR. STORK: When Aaron was really going through the toughest times, 648 00:26:04,398 --> 00:26:07,192 it was also when he's interacting with, 649 00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:09,361 we call them internet trolls, right, 650 00:26:09,361 --> 00:26:10,612 and he couldn't stop. 651 00:26:11,572 --> 00:26:13,407 TAYLOR: I think one of the downfalls for Aaron 652 00:26:13,407 --> 00:26:15,325 was that he fed into it a lot. 653 00:26:15,325 --> 00:26:17,160 He really cared about what people thought about him 654 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,745 and I think you could argue he was raised 655 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:21,248 to care very much about what people thought about him. 656 00:26:22,541 --> 00:26:26,044 He would engage with these people 657 00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:29,047 and engaging with them only makes it worse. 658 00:26:29,047 --> 00:26:30,883 - It's almost like he had an addiction 659 00:26:31,675 --> 00:26:37,264 not only to substances, um, but to his fame as well. 660 00:26:37,264 --> 00:26:39,766 Not an addiction to, oh, I must be famous, 661 00:26:39,766 --> 00:26:43,478 but an addiction to, I must please my fans. 662 00:26:43,478 --> 00:26:44,563 - Love you. 663 00:26:44,563 --> 00:26:48,817 - I must make sure that they understand, 664 00:26:48,817 --> 00:26:52,321 um, when I'm not sure anyone could ever understand Aaron except himself. 665 00:26:52,321 --> 00:26:56,533 Aaron very openly submitted to a drug test 666 00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:58,327 because he wanted to set the record straight. 667 00:26:58,327 --> 00:27:01,371 Cocaine was negative, meth was negative, 668 00:27:01,371 --> 00:27:06,043 marijuana was positive, benzodiazepines, Xanax for instance, positive. 669 00:27:06,043 --> 00:27:08,754 It was also positive for opiates, hydrocodone. 670 00:27:08,754 --> 00:27:11,256 What scares me about that drug panel... AARON: Yeah. 671 00:27:11,256 --> 00:27:13,800 - ...is your sister perished from an overdose. 672 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:14,676 - Yeah. 673 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:18,388 ♪ 674 00:27:18,388 --> 00:27:21,183 SCAACHI: I remember Leslie a lot. 675 00:27:21,183 --> 00:27:22,601 A lot. 676 00:27:24,019 --> 00:27:26,855 BRITTANY: Leslie's the middle child in the Carter family 677 00:27:26,855 --> 00:27:29,858 and she had a really long struggle with addiction 678 00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:32,402 and she passed away from an overdose at the age of 25. 679 00:27:32,402 --> 00:27:35,447 ♪ 680 00:27:35,447 --> 00:27:37,991 DR. STORK: What's your greatest fear? AARON: My greatest fear? 681 00:27:39,243 --> 00:27:41,203 I don't even know how to answer that question. 682 00:27:43,121 --> 00:27:46,458 Not being able to live... as long as I can. 683 00:27:47,501 --> 00:27:50,754 ♪ 684 00:27:50,754 --> 00:27:52,923 AJ: I was a functioning addict. 685 00:27:52,923 --> 00:27:56,093 I've been in and out of the rooms since 2001. 686 00:27:56,093 --> 00:27:57,678 So for 22 years, 687 00:27:59,054 --> 00:28:01,098 I've been battling my own shit. 688 00:28:01,098 --> 00:28:04,726 I almost lost my marriage. I almost lost my band. 689 00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:06,061 Um... 690 00:28:06,061 --> 00:28:07,521 I almost lost my life. 691 00:28:08,438 --> 00:28:10,649 The last time I relapsed, 692 00:28:10,649 --> 00:28:12,943 um, which would be 18 months ago, 693 00:28:13,944 --> 00:28:17,781 you know, my youngest daughter was kind of the 694 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:20,909 nail in the coffin for me. 695 00:28:20,909 --> 00:28:22,661 ♪ 696 00:28:22,661 --> 00:28:24,872 She said I didn't smell like her dad. 697 00:28:26,623 --> 00:28:28,000 That was enough. 698 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,170 That... that pretty much did it in for me. 699 00:28:31,170 --> 00:28:34,131 And I have stayed sober since, 700 00:28:34,131 --> 00:28:37,593 and I plan on staying sober, and it's a daily thing. 701 00:28:37,593 --> 00:28:40,637 ♪ 702 00:28:40,637 --> 00:28:43,724 2017, Aaron had reached out to me, 703 00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:46,977 asked me for help, and I said, 704 00:28:46,977 --> 00:28:51,064 "Look, if you get on a plane and you come out to LA, 705 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,483 I will make sure you get into treatment." 706 00:28:53,942 --> 00:28:56,528 And he showed up. 707 00:28:56,528 --> 00:28:58,739 I was shocked, but I was happy. 708 00:28:59,698 --> 00:29:03,619 And he checked in to a treatment center in Malibu. 709 00:29:03,619 --> 00:29:05,662 ♪ 710 00:29:05,662 --> 00:29:07,164 A couple days later I talked to him, 711 00:29:08,081 --> 00:29:10,876 and then he kind of went off the map 712 00:29:10,876 --> 00:29:13,879 and I think it was maybe two weeks. 713 00:29:13,879 --> 00:29:15,506 So I called my friends at the treatment center 714 00:29:15,506 --> 00:29:17,633 and they said he checked himself out. 715 00:29:17,633 --> 00:29:20,427 ♪ 716 00:29:20,427 --> 00:29:23,013 - I have a truth that I'm going to reveal right now. 717 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:26,683 - When Aaron came back on in 2019, 718 00:29:26,683 --> 00:29:28,185 maybe he wasn't as good 719 00:29:29,770 --> 00:29:32,689 as at first glance he might have appeared to have been. 720 00:29:33,273 --> 00:29:35,901 - The reason why I went to rehab is for huffing. 721 00:29:36,527 --> 00:29:38,612 - That's basically breathing in compressed air 722 00:29:38,612 --> 00:29:39,738 and it could be anything. 723 00:29:39,738 --> 00:29:42,741 It provides this euphoria 724 00:29:42,741 --> 00:29:45,827 and it doesn't show up on a drug screen, 725 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:48,664 so it's probably more common than people realize. 726 00:29:48,664 --> 00:29:52,084 But it can cause sudden, sudden death, 727 00:29:52,084 --> 00:29:53,418 uh, it can affect your heart, 728 00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:54,837 it can obviously affect your brain. 729 00:29:54,837 --> 00:29:56,880 ♪ 730 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,216 In my time talking to Aaron, it was never, you know, 731 00:29:59,216 --> 00:30:02,886 "My best friend or my siblings." 732 00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:05,305 He didn't have anyone. 733 00:30:06,014 --> 00:30:07,432 I met his mom. 734 00:30:08,433 --> 00:30:12,813 It's not as though this was some really 735 00:30:14,231 --> 00:30:15,858 comfortable relationship 736 00:30:15,858 --> 00:30:18,277 where they're leaning on each other to-to get better. 737 00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:21,905 It was more so just equally self-destructive. 738 00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:24,783 Please welcome Aaron's mom, Jane, to the show. 739 00:30:24,783 --> 00:30:26,368 SCAACHI: On the 2019 appearance of The Doctors, 740 00:30:26,368 --> 00:30:27,953 he brought his mother. 741 00:30:27,953 --> 00:30:29,246 - I get up in the morning... 742 00:30:29,246 --> 00:30:31,123 - Tell 'em the truth. - ...four, five o'clock. 743 00:30:31,123 --> 00:30:35,502 And, uh, first thing I want to do is, is have a drink. 744 00:30:35,502 --> 00:30:38,172 - They have such a strange back-and-forth dynamic 745 00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:40,174 where he needed her so desperately 746 00:30:40,174 --> 00:30:42,426 and he was constantly making room for her 747 00:30:42,426 --> 00:30:43,760 in whatever way he could. 748 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,222 - Normally when a child has an addiction, 749 00:30:47,222 --> 00:30:50,017 they can lean on their mother for help. 750 00:30:51,268 --> 00:30:53,395 But what do you do 751 00:30:54,146 --> 00:30:57,858 when they're both struggling? 752 00:30:57,858 --> 00:31:00,944 ♪ 753 00:31:00,944 --> 00:31:05,949 It's not like he had one person that he really counted on. 754 00:31:05,949 --> 00:31:09,453 It was Aaron... and the world. 755 00:31:11,455 --> 00:31:13,790 [birds chirping] 756 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:20,214 ♪ 757 00:31:25,761 --> 00:31:29,014 MELANIE: I saw something cute on social media 758 00:31:29,014 --> 00:31:31,225 where Aaron did a tour of his house 759 00:31:32,226 --> 00:31:34,019 and he was showing his dogs and he was, like, 760 00:31:34,019 --> 00:31:35,562 showing his barbecue and he was like, 761 00:31:35,562 --> 00:31:38,106 "I need a woman that can cook with me 762 00:31:38,106 --> 00:31:39,775 and have a family with." 763 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,237 So I just sent him a message and I said, 764 00:31:43,237 --> 00:31:45,906 "Your pug is so cute, I wish I could cuddle with you guys." 765 00:31:46,448 --> 00:31:48,242 And then he was like, "Well, you can." 766 00:31:48,242 --> 00:31:49,493 And I'm like, "Okay." 767 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:51,370 ♪ 768 00:31:51,370 --> 00:31:52,788 It was so cute and so innocent. 769 00:31:52,788 --> 00:31:55,582 He was so innocent and so down-to-earth. 770 00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:57,835 [indistinct chatter] OPERATOR: Marker. 771 00:31:58,418 --> 00:32:00,462 MELANIE: My name is Melanie Martin 772 00:32:00,462 --> 00:32:02,381 and I was engaged to Aaron Carter. 773 00:32:02,381 --> 00:32:04,925 ♪ 774 00:32:04,925 --> 00:32:06,635 I wasn't a boy band fan, 775 00:32:06,635 --> 00:32:08,887 but I did think he was very attractive. 776 00:32:09,888 --> 00:32:12,140 It wasn't like I was following him for a long time. 777 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:14,685 I just followed him that day and then messaged him 778 00:32:14,685 --> 00:32:16,186 and then it was like right away. 779 00:32:17,396 --> 00:32:19,523 I didn't think he was gonna respond, and he did. 780 00:32:20,148 --> 00:32:21,984 And then, you know, we hit it off, 781 00:32:21,984 --> 00:32:23,527 and I stayed at his place. 782 00:32:34,663 --> 00:32:36,707 - And then I went back to my place and he said, 783 00:32:36,707 --> 00:32:38,792 "I miss you already, come back and move in with me." 784 00:32:40,169 --> 00:32:41,503 - Say hello, my love. 785 00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:43,172 - Hi. [chuckles] 786 00:32:44,214 --> 00:32:46,216 I mean, he was posting me on his page. 787 00:32:46,216 --> 00:32:47,926 AARON: Say hello. - Hey, guys. [chuckles] 788 00:32:47,926 --> 00:32:50,512 Saying this is my new wife right away. 789 00:32:50,512 --> 00:32:52,556 You guys, what should our couple's name be? 790 00:32:52,556 --> 00:32:53,432 - Maron. 791 00:32:53,432 --> 00:32:56,143 - And he was like, "I wanna have kids with her and marry her" 792 00:32:56,143 --> 00:32:58,228 and all this stuff. [laughs] 793 00:32:58,228 --> 00:32:59,605 - Alright, guys, shh. Guess what? 794 00:33:01,190 --> 00:33:03,233 I have a question for you. MELANIE: Oh, my gosh. 795 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:05,110 - Alright, stop, stop. MELANIE: Baby. 796 00:33:05,777 --> 00:33:07,029 Hi, guys. 797 00:33:07,029 --> 00:33:08,113 Ahh! 798 00:33:08,113 --> 00:33:09,114 ♪ 799 00:33:09,114 --> 00:33:10,616 [inaudible] 800 00:33:10,616 --> 00:33:12,451 ♪ 801 00:33:12,451 --> 00:33:13,869 AARON: Hi. MELANIE: Ooh, hi. 802 00:33:13,869 --> 00:33:15,078 [kisses] 803 00:33:15,078 --> 00:33:15,913 Whoo! 804 00:33:15,913 --> 00:33:19,041 ♪ 805 00:33:19,041 --> 00:33:22,169 - Melanie Martin and Aaron began dating around 2020. 806 00:33:22,169 --> 00:33:23,921 ♪ 807 00:33:23,921 --> 00:33:27,007 There were a lot of ups and downs, a lot of breakups and makeups. 808 00:33:27,466 --> 00:33:30,719 - Aaron and Melanie's relationship was not a healthy dynamic. 809 00:33:31,595 --> 00:33:33,305 He goes on YouTube and he says 810 00:33:33,305 --> 00:33:35,807 that she has physically assaulted him. 811 00:33:36,808 --> 00:33:39,269 - He would call the police department and then-- 812 00:33:40,812 --> 00:33:42,523 It doesn't make sense to me. 813 00:33:43,023 --> 00:33:45,150 He's back with me a week later. [scoffs] 814 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,738 - She has also alleged that he was abusing her. 815 00:33:49,738 --> 00:33:51,949 ♪ 816 00:33:51,949 --> 00:33:53,534 MELANIE: It was always up and down. 817 00:33:53,534 --> 00:33:56,453 ♪ 818 00:33:56,453 --> 00:33:57,538 I couldn't live without him 819 00:33:57,538 --> 00:33:59,289 and he said, "I couldn't live without you," you know. 820 00:33:59,289 --> 00:34:01,124 ♪ 821 00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:05,128 - And again, everything with Aaron goes back to-to tragedy. 822 00:34:06,505 --> 00:34:08,298 It's a tragic relationship. 823 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,135 And I don't think that he had any framework 824 00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:13,262 to have a healthy one. 825 00:34:13,262 --> 00:34:15,973 ♪ 826 00:34:15,973 --> 00:34:17,975 I think at some point, Aaron had accused 827 00:34:17,975 --> 00:34:20,936 almost everybody in his family of abuse, 828 00:34:20,936 --> 00:34:22,813 but there's also lots of allegations of abuse against Aaron. 829 00:34:23,981 --> 00:34:26,608 Nick and Angel both ended up filing 830 00:34:26,608 --> 00:34:28,610 a restraining order against Aaron. 831 00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:30,571 ♪ 832 00:34:31,029 --> 00:34:34,992 - Once the addiction took over that was running the show, 833 00:34:34,992 --> 00:34:38,120 was telling Aaron what to say, what to think, what to do, 834 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,289 how to act, how to be. 835 00:34:40,289 --> 00:34:42,082 Instead of being a little angry, 836 00:34:42,082 --> 00:34:44,209 you're gonna go full-on postal. 837 00:34:44,209 --> 00:34:45,919 Instead of being a little emotional, 838 00:34:45,919 --> 00:34:48,088 you're gonna be a babbling brook. 839 00:34:48,630 --> 00:34:51,633 - They made that tough choice to walk away, 840 00:34:51,633 --> 00:34:52,676 you know, for the benefit of him. 841 00:34:54,136 --> 00:34:56,180 To show him that you can't have both. 842 00:34:56,638 --> 00:34:59,641 You can't have a fulfilling, loving family life 843 00:34:59,641 --> 00:35:01,310 and be in your addiction. 844 00:35:01,310 --> 00:35:02,311 They made that choice. 845 00:35:02,311 --> 00:35:03,937 That's one of the hardest choices you can make. 846 00:35:05,105 --> 00:35:06,940 ♪ 847 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:09,776 When he had Prince, something really changed with him. 848 00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:12,571 MELANIE: Look how cute my little babies are. 849 00:35:13,822 --> 00:35:15,407 You guys are little twinsies. 850 00:35:16,742 --> 00:35:18,577 - Wanna say hi, little one? 851 00:35:20,245 --> 00:35:21,955 Say hi, little Prince. 852 00:35:21,955 --> 00:35:23,457 [Melanie chuckles] 853 00:35:23,457 --> 00:35:24,833 Are you hungry again? 854 00:35:25,459 --> 00:35:26,627 You're hungry? 855 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,003 Oh, is he hungry? 856 00:35:28,962 --> 00:35:31,673 TAYLOR: Aaron, his whole life, wanted a family of his own 857 00:35:31,673 --> 00:35:34,051 and I think that stems from just a tumultuous childhood. 858 00:35:34,051 --> 00:35:37,554 AARON: Is that my baby boy? Uh-huh? 859 00:35:38,805 --> 00:35:40,557 Are you looking at the cam? Hi. 860 00:35:40,557 --> 00:35:41,725 Look at Daddy. 861 00:35:42,267 --> 00:35:43,602 Look at Daddy. 862 00:35:43,602 --> 00:35:45,604 TAYLOR: So when he had Prince... 863 00:35:45,604 --> 00:35:46,939 AARON: Daddy loves you. 864 00:35:48,023 --> 00:35:49,441 TAYLOR: ...that was everything to him. 865 00:35:49,441 --> 00:35:50,901 AARON: Hey, sweet boy. 866 00:35:51,568 --> 00:35:52,694 [Aaron chuckles] 867 00:35:52,694 --> 00:35:54,029 Oh. [chuckles] 868 00:35:56,448 --> 00:36:00,661 ♪ 869 00:36:04,706 --> 00:36:07,292 TAYLOR: Aaron called me, uh, in June. 870 00:36:07,292 --> 00:36:09,461 He was very adamant about doing this tour. 871 00:36:09,461 --> 00:36:12,798 Um, he felt like this is how he's gonna make money, 872 00:36:12,798 --> 00:36:16,343 you know, he's got his kid, he's a new father, and he needs to work. 873 00:36:17,344 --> 00:36:19,763 The best Aaron was a working Aaron. 874 00:36:19,763 --> 00:36:21,598 He felt like he was in his safe place again 875 00:36:21,598 --> 00:36:23,475 and he felt like he was finally getting back 876 00:36:23,475 --> 00:36:25,394 into a purpose, right? 877 00:36:25,394 --> 00:36:26,979 ♪ 878 00:36:26,979 --> 00:36:29,773 KAILA METHVEN: It seemed like a new door or a new path had opened for him. 879 00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:35,654 He even said it was like one of the best days in a long, long time 880 00:36:35,654 --> 00:36:37,573 that he was happy to be on set again. 881 00:36:37,573 --> 00:36:39,324 The legendary Aaron Carter. 882 00:36:39,324 --> 00:36:41,618 Mwah! You look fabulous. 883 00:36:41,618 --> 00:36:43,453 - And-and you look shiny and beautiful. 884 00:36:43,453 --> 00:36:44,955 - Oh, thank you, sweetheart. 885 00:36:44,955 --> 00:36:46,832 - The day that Aaron went on Kaila's talk show, 886 00:36:46,832 --> 00:36:48,417 he was really focused. 887 00:36:48,417 --> 00:36:50,085 - How's it going? - Oh, good, good. 888 00:36:50,085 --> 00:36:52,212 And how are you? - I'm good, I'm good. 889 00:36:52,212 --> 00:36:54,298 - He loves being on talk shows. 890 00:36:54,298 --> 00:36:57,509 He likes to tell the truth and, you know, say what he feels. 891 00:36:57,509 --> 00:37:00,888 - I went into rehab four times until I finally got it right. 892 00:37:00,888 --> 00:37:03,223 - And you know what? Amen, you got it right. 893 00:37:04,266 --> 00:37:05,851 - Thank you. Thank you. 894 00:37:05,851 --> 00:37:08,937 KAILA: The moment when he said that, "I went to rehab four times," 895 00:37:08,937 --> 00:37:12,065 and that he was really trying to be his best person 896 00:37:12,065 --> 00:37:13,859 is what really stood out to me 897 00:37:13,859 --> 00:37:15,652 because I really believe that. 898 00:37:17,237 --> 00:37:18,822 ♪ 899 00:37:18,822 --> 00:37:20,949 NOGEN BECK: I didn't know what was gonna happen that day. 900 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,620 I was photographing for a pilot. 901 00:37:25,454 --> 00:37:27,372 KAILA: I hired him to come on set 902 00:37:27,372 --> 00:37:29,625 and just take headshots of everyone. 903 00:37:31,001 --> 00:37:33,754 NOGEN: Celebrities, they want to appear aspirational, 904 00:37:33,754 --> 00:37:36,757 whereas as soon as Aaron got in front of the lens, 905 00:37:36,757 --> 00:37:38,759 I was just sensing something completely different. 906 00:37:38,759 --> 00:37:42,930 ♪ 907 00:37:42,930 --> 00:37:44,348 Aaron wanted to connect. 908 00:37:45,516 --> 00:37:47,351 Aaron wanted to be genuine. 909 00:37:47,935 --> 00:37:50,771 Aaron wanted to be accepted for who he was. 910 00:37:50,771 --> 00:37:53,732 ♪ 911 00:37:53,732 --> 00:37:54,816 It was two minutes. 912 00:37:54,816 --> 00:37:59,071 There were probably 55 just show-stopping images. 913 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:02,115 It's a lot. That's a lot. 914 00:38:02,699 --> 00:38:05,118 KAILA: He was living his life again 915 00:38:05,118 --> 00:38:06,870 after four years of, you know, 916 00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:09,748 trying to get himself into the right position. 917 00:38:09,748 --> 00:38:12,334 - He and his friend approached me at the end 918 00:38:12,334 --> 00:38:17,047 and asked me to, uh, photograph his album cover. 919 00:38:18,257 --> 00:38:23,303 It looked to me like a person that was really eager to express himself anew. 920 00:38:23,303 --> 00:38:25,848 ♪ 921 00:38:28,016 --> 00:38:34,064 ♪ 922 00:38:35,524 --> 00:38:37,150 - I think he was putting on a face 923 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:40,654 and... I think he was in a lot of personal pain 924 00:38:40,654 --> 00:38:44,783 and, um, very lost the last two years of his life. 925 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:47,995 ♪ 926 00:38:47,995 --> 00:38:49,997 We were on that tour. 927 00:38:49,997 --> 00:38:51,748 I said, "What is it like to be you? 928 00:38:53,458 --> 00:38:56,295 What is it like to be famous for better or worse?" 929 00:38:56,295 --> 00:38:57,921 ♪ 930 00:38:57,921 --> 00:38:59,631 This was a point where the cyberbullying stuff 931 00:38:59,631 --> 00:39:03,177 had gotten... quite outta hand. 932 00:39:04,303 --> 00:39:05,888 And we had, if you can believe it, 933 00:39:05,888 --> 00:39:08,390 a dedicated group who bought tickets 934 00:39:08,390 --> 00:39:11,685 to every single show just to heckle Aaron. 935 00:39:11,685 --> 00:39:14,188 They'd post from on their social media 936 00:39:14,188 --> 00:39:15,772 and a hold up signs like, "I hate you." 937 00:39:15,772 --> 00:39:19,276 We got off stage and he was visibly, like, hurt 938 00:39:19,276 --> 00:39:21,403 and he calmly, he just looked at me and he said like, 939 00:39:21,403 --> 00:39:23,697 "You remember what you asked me?" And I said, "Yeah." 940 00:39:23,697 --> 00:39:26,366 And he said, "It feels like this, every day." 941 00:39:27,409 --> 00:39:30,204 It was kinda like being in, like, your own little prison, you know. 942 00:39:30,996 --> 00:39:33,707 A life of criticism, a life of never enough. 943 00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:35,959 I-I think he hated it, you know, 944 00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:37,252 and that's why he'd act the way he would. 945 00:39:37,252 --> 00:39:42,508 ♪ 946 00:39:44,593 --> 00:39:47,471 MELANIE: The end of '22, 947 00:39:47,471 --> 00:39:50,891 his mental health was not all there. 948 00:39:50,891 --> 00:39:53,560 Aaron and I did lose custody of Prince. 949 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,479 ♪ 950 00:39:55,479 --> 00:39:59,149 I think that the real downfall was him losing custody 951 00:39:59,149 --> 00:40:01,985 and not knowing what was gonna happen. 952 00:40:01,985 --> 00:40:04,238 ♪ 953 00:40:04,238 --> 00:40:07,282 Basically, Aaron had a manic episode. 954 00:40:07,950 --> 00:40:10,619 We had a heated fight and it was, you know, 955 00:40:10,619 --> 00:40:12,204 lingering on for a few days. 956 00:40:14,081 --> 00:40:15,707 Thank you, Princey. [Prince coos] 957 00:40:15,707 --> 00:40:20,045 ♪ 958 00:40:23,090 --> 00:40:25,801 The uncertainty of, like, what was gonna happen, 959 00:40:25,801 --> 00:40:28,011 and there was just too much going on. 960 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:31,515 Him trying to rebuild his career, our relationship, 961 00:40:31,515 --> 00:40:34,184 he was thinking about family all the time. 962 00:40:35,352 --> 00:40:38,230 I don't know, it was just a lot for any person to handle, 963 00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:39,731 let alone somebody that says 964 00:40:39,731 --> 00:40:41,859 they have mental health issues, you know. 965 00:40:41,859 --> 00:40:43,318 ♪ 966 00:40:43,318 --> 00:40:45,070 TAYLOR: He was trying to do everything in his power 967 00:40:45,070 --> 00:40:46,113 that he could do, 968 00:40:46,113 --> 00:40:48,574 fighting that addiction to get to a place 969 00:40:48,574 --> 00:40:51,201 where he could retain custody of his kid. 970 00:40:51,201 --> 00:40:53,829 ♪ 971 00:40:53,829 --> 00:40:56,123 Unfortunately, his life and the way he was living 972 00:40:56,123 --> 00:40:59,042 called into question his ability to raise that kid. 973 00:41:03,797 --> 00:41:08,427 ♪ 974 00:41:08,427 --> 00:41:11,471 CHRISTY CARLSON ROMANO: I never claimed to know Aaron that well. 975 00:41:11,471 --> 00:41:13,098 ♪ 976 00:41:13,098 --> 00:41:16,018 What I wanted to do though was get to know him well. 977 00:41:16,018 --> 00:41:17,728 ♪ 978 00:41:17,728 --> 00:41:19,021 A lot of people know me 979 00:41:19,021 --> 00:41:22,733 from Disney Channel's golden era of programming, 980 00:41:23,692 --> 00:41:25,402 which included Even Stevens 981 00:41:25,402 --> 00:41:27,070 where I co-starred next to Shia LaBeouf. 982 00:41:27,988 --> 00:41:29,740 - Oh, hi, Ren, uh, can I ask you something? 983 00:41:30,282 --> 00:41:31,700 - You just did. Bye. 984 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:33,619 ♪ 985 00:41:33,619 --> 00:41:36,580 I definitely had a pretty rough time acclimating 986 00:41:36,580 --> 00:41:40,375 socially and emotionally 987 00:41:40,375 --> 00:41:42,878 to life after Disney, I'd say. 988 00:41:42,878 --> 00:41:44,213 MAN: Christy! 989 00:41:44,213 --> 00:41:45,506 CHRISTY: What people didn't see, you know, 990 00:41:45,506 --> 00:41:47,758 it's like I flirted with self-harm. 991 00:41:47,758 --> 00:41:49,301 PHOTOGRAPHER 1: How about an over-the-shoulder? 992 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,345 PHOTOGRAPHER 2: Wow, you're looking good. 993 00:41:51,345 --> 00:41:54,223 - Obviously alcohol was a coping mechanism for me. 994 00:41:54,223 --> 00:41:56,099 ♪ 995 00:41:56,099 --> 00:41:59,478 Now I have a podcast that's a mental health-focused podcast 996 00:41:59,478 --> 00:42:02,272 that's grabbing a lot of headlines 997 00:42:02,272 --> 00:42:05,651 because I've become sort of an advocate 998 00:42:06,151 --> 00:42:08,612 for former child actors. 999 00:42:08,612 --> 00:42:11,698 - The acting was almost like a home that wasn't broken. 1000 00:42:11,698 --> 00:42:14,326 - There were times that I was in fuckin' tabloids as a kid and stuff. 1001 00:42:14,326 --> 00:42:16,453 - There was so much upheaval in my life 1002 00:42:16,453 --> 00:42:19,331 that acting became that... that thing for me. 1003 00:42:19,331 --> 00:42:22,668 - Because I was like, cut the shit because I know how I feel 1004 00:42:23,585 --> 00:42:28,048 and I know that you must share some of the same experiences. 1005 00:42:29,591 --> 00:42:32,177 ♪ 1006 00:42:32,177 --> 00:42:33,804 When I saw Aaron online, 1007 00:42:33,804 --> 00:42:37,933 I felt like he wasn't displaying his best self. 1008 00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:40,644 And so there was a part of me that was trying to be 1009 00:42:40,644 --> 00:42:42,729 the big sister and help him. 1010 00:42:42,729 --> 00:42:44,898 ♪ 1011 00:42:44,898 --> 00:42:47,317 - Christy had reached out to do a interview with Aaron 1012 00:42:47,317 --> 00:42:49,236 and, you know, this was kind of during that period 1013 00:42:49,236 --> 00:42:50,779 where Aaron was starting to flake out 1014 00:42:50,779 --> 00:42:52,656 on some obligations, you know, 1015 00:42:52,656 --> 00:42:56,076 which kinda coincided with some of the more erratic behavior 1016 00:42:56,076 --> 00:42:57,619 that we were seeing towards the end. 1017 00:42:57,619 --> 00:43:00,372 ♪ 1018 00:43:00,372 --> 00:43:01,707 - Whew. 1019 00:43:01,707 --> 00:43:04,668 I'm like unexpectedly shaking, um, 1020 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:08,463 and I think it's probably because-- 1021 00:43:08,463 --> 00:43:11,049 ♪ 1022 00:43:11,049 --> 00:43:12,134 Um-- 1023 00:43:12,676 --> 00:43:14,595 I haven't really processed this. 1024 00:43:14,595 --> 00:43:17,014 ♪ 1025 00:43:17,014 --> 00:43:21,602 Aaron was scheduled on my podcast, that was in September. 1026 00:43:21,602 --> 00:43:23,228 I shoot ahead of time, 1027 00:43:23,228 --> 00:43:26,315 so that means that Aaron's episode... 1028 00:43:27,191 --> 00:43:29,401 [sighs] ...was meant to air 1029 00:43:29,401 --> 00:43:31,111 a couple months down the line. 1030 00:43:31,111 --> 00:43:33,155 ♪ 1031 00:43:33,155 --> 00:43:36,867 Hey, so today on Vulnerable, I am my own guest. 1032 00:43:36,867 --> 00:43:39,328 ♪ 1033 00:43:39,328 --> 00:43:43,081 We had a wonderful guest, um, booked to come on, 1034 00:43:43,081 --> 00:43:46,084 but you know, currently we don't have an ETA 1035 00:43:46,084 --> 00:43:47,836 on whether that guest is able to come. 1036 00:43:48,712 --> 00:43:53,717 ♪ 1037 00:43:53,717 --> 00:43:57,763 I knew something was wrong when he didn't show up. 1038 00:43:57,763 --> 00:44:03,310 ♪ 1039 00:44:07,606 --> 00:44:10,317 - In the final kind of weeks, month, uh, with Aaron, you know, 1040 00:44:10,317 --> 00:44:13,278 he started missing deadlines and missed a couple shows 1041 00:44:13,278 --> 00:44:15,614 and sessions and-and, you know, 1042 00:44:15,614 --> 00:44:17,950 that was incredibly uncharacteristic of him. 1043 00:44:17,950 --> 00:44:19,409 ♪ 1044 00:44:19,409 --> 00:44:21,411 CHRISTY: He was doing these disturbing Lives. 1045 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,456 And it just felt really eerie. 1046 00:44:24,456 --> 00:44:26,667 [rattling] 1047 00:44:27,793 --> 00:44:29,711 One of the final Lives he did, 1048 00:44:29,711 --> 00:44:32,965 there was some sort of like a strange sound 1049 00:44:32,965 --> 00:44:34,633 that was coming from his room. 1050 00:44:34,633 --> 00:44:37,344 [hissing] 1051 00:44:37,344 --> 00:44:38,720 [Aaron muttering] 1052 00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:42,140 [muttering continues] 1053 00:44:43,141 --> 00:44:44,685 And at that point I was like... 1054 00:44:46,603 --> 00:44:48,188 the clock's ticking. 1055 00:44:48,188 --> 00:44:50,774 ♪ 1056 00:44:50,774 --> 00:44:52,693 It was very, very disturbing. 1057 00:44:52,693 --> 00:44:54,903 ♪ 1058 00:44:54,903 --> 00:44:57,030 - The huffing thing, um, 1059 00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:59,700 that was a pretty good indicator that it was hittin' the fan. 1060 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:01,785 ♪ 1061 00:45:01,785 --> 00:45:05,205 - I was out of the house and I said, "Is this real?" 1062 00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:06,957 And he said, "No, I'm messing with you." 1063 00:45:06,957 --> 00:45:08,166 And I said, "No, you're not." 1064 00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:09,793 ♪ 1065 00:45:09,793 --> 00:45:11,086 TAYLOR: Well, he denied it. 1066 00:45:11,086 --> 00:45:12,921 He said, you know, "It's fake, it's not real, 1067 00:45:12,921 --> 00:45:14,089 they all think I'm huffing." 1068 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:16,508 ♪ 1069 00:45:16,508 --> 00:45:17,509 MELANIE: I said, "This is serious." 1070 00:45:17,509 --> 00:45:20,179 So I called a welfare check on him 1071 00:45:20,179 --> 00:45:22,598 and then I called a neighbor and they went through the window 1072 00:45:22,598 --> 00:45:23,891 'cause I was two hours away. 1073 00:45:23,891 --> 00:45:25,350 - I kept pressing the issue, you know, 1074 00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:26,977 I kept pressing the issue and pressing the issue 1075 00:45:26,977 --> 00:45:29,438 and eventually, um, 1076 00:45:30,856 --> 00:45:32,399 eventually he owned that. 1077 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:34,818 OPERATOR: B-cam. Mark. 1078 00:45:34,818 --> 00:45:37,154 BRENDEN BORROWMAN: Aaron's team reached out to me last fall. 1079 00:45:37,946 --> 00:45:40,908 The first concern was his use of huffing 1080 00:45:40,908 --> 00:45:43,702 and if there was a treatment protocol available 1081 00:45:43,702 --> 00:45:45,871 to help remediate that. 1082 00:45:46,663 --> 00:45:48,498 TAYLOR: Aaron was doing an outpatient program. 1083 00:45:48,498 --> 00:45:50,209 The outpatient was not cutting it. 1084 00:45:51,168 --> 00:45:53,086 We were trying to find him some help, 1085 00:45:53,086 --> 00:45:55,380 try to get him back, back on the wagon. 1086 00:45:55,380 --> 00:45:57,716 - So step one would've been flying out to Utah. 1087 00:45:57,716 --> 00:46:00,886 ♪ 1088 00:46:00,886 --> 00:46:03,138 And he would've been there for 14 days, 1089 00:46:04,765 --> 00:46:06,934 working with all of our specialists 1090 00:46:06,934 --> 00:46:09,520 and getting to a point where we felt comfortable and confident 1091 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,063 for him to move to the next phase, 1092 00:46:11,063 --> 00:46:12,564 which is more just emotional coaching. 1093 00:46:12,564 --> 00:46:14,441 ♪ 1094 00:46:14,441 --> 00:46:16,401 He would've been completely off the grid. 1095 00:46:18,028 --> 00:46:19,279 And then the following two weeks 1096 00:46:19,279 --> 00:46:21,657 the team would've went back to California with him 1097 00:46:21,657 --> 00:46:23,325 to help him adjust. 1098 00:46:23,325 --> 00:46:25,035 - We're talking the real deal. 1099 00:46:25,035 --> 00:46:26,328 And that's a massive commitment, 1100 00:46:26,328 --> 00:46:28,080 and he was terrified to do that. 1101 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,708 ♪ 1102 00:46:31,708 --> 00:46:36,839 His excuse was, "I'll do it, I need to get my son back first." 1103 00:46:36,839 --> 00:46:38,173 ♪ 1104 00:46:38,173 --> 00:46:41,552 And my argument to him is, 1105 00:46:41,552 --> 00:46:43,804 I would think the other way around 1106 00:46:43,804 --> 00:46:45,889 would probably have been the best way to go. 1107 00:46:46,890 --> 00:46:48,016 He didn't wanna hear that. 1108 00:46:49,434 --> 00:46:53,856 He was stuck in a really deep, very long addiction 1109 00:46:53,856 --> 00:46:55,566 that he battled his whole life. 1110 00:46:57,693 --> 00:47:00,320 By the time he realized he needed to beat that monster, 1111 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,073 I think the monster was a little too big, you know. 1112 00:47:03,073 --> 00:47:05,158 ♪ 1113 00:47:07,953 --> 00:47:09,496 OPERATOR: 18 Gold, take three. Marker. 1114 00:47:09,496 --> 00:47:11,164 - ♪ Nobody notices anything, not one-- ♪ 1115 00:47:11,164 --> 00:47:12,708 I did that when I was 15, 16. MAN: And we're set. 1116 00:47:12,708 --> 00:47:13,667 AARON: Twenty years ago. 1117 00:47:13,667 --> 00:47:14,835 WOMAN: Hmm. AARON: Jesus. 1118 00:47:14,835 --> 00:47:16,044 MAN: And we're set. 1119 00:47:17,838 --> 00:47:18,672 DIRECTOR: Action. 1120 00:47:20,215 --> 00:47:24,219 - I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. 1121 00:47:24,219 --> 00:47:25,262 I-- 1122 00:47:26,555 --> 00:47:28,849 I've seen a lot, 1123 00:47:28,849 --> 00:47:31,685 I've been through... a lot. 1124 00:47:31,685 --> 00:47:33,937 ♪ 1125 00:47:33,937 --> 00:47:37,107 But mostly I'm... I'm judged... 1126 00:47:37,107 --> 00:47:39,109 ♪ 1127 00:47:39,109 --> 00:47:43,071 without ever having a chance to share my side of the story. 1128 00:47:43,739 --> 00:47:45,157 And trust me, there's, 1129 00:47:46,825 --> 00:47:48,619 there's always two sides to every story. 1130 00:47:48,619 --> 00:47:50,370 ♪ 1131 00:47:50,370 --> 00:47:52,206 - In October 2022, 1132 00:47:52,206 --> 00:47:56,251 I had absolutely no indication 1133 00:47:56,251 --> 00:47:59,505 of him struggling while we were on set. 1134 00:47:59,505 --> 00:48:00,839 - Who's throwing the grapes? 1135 00:48:00,839 --> 00:48:03,509 - We would win. No, there's gotta be teams. Babe? 1136 00:48:04,384 --> 00:48:05,469 - Go further. 1137 00:48:06,553 --> 00:48:07,387 [all cheering] 1138 00:48:07,387 --> 00:48:09,264 OLIVE CHIACCHIA: I think that Aaron wanted to share 1139 00:48:09,264 --> 00:48:11,683 more about the positives and the successes 1140 00:48:11,683 --> 00:48:14,019 that he's had in the last couple years 1141 00:48:14,019 --> 00:48:18,190 that felt so overshadowed by all of the issues 1142 00:48:18,190 --> 00:48:20,150 he had around addiction and mental health. 1143 00:48:20,943 --> 00:48:24,112 - There's a, a stigma against me. 1144 00:48:24,112 --> 00:48:26,073 ♪ 1145 00:48:26,073 --> 00:48:30,035 Like I'm this... bad guy. 1146 00:48:30,035 --> 00:48:32,162 - It's possible that he was, that he was going through it, 1147 00:48:32,162 --> 00:48:35,582 but when he came on set, like, that guy was just a pistol. 1148 00:48:35,582 --> 00:48:36,667 He just, he crushed it. 1149 00:48:36,667 --> 00:48:39,253 - I'm Aaron. - [stammers] Hey-hey, I love you. 1150 00:48:39,253 --> 00:48:40,838 - Definitely is his best self when he's working 1151 00:48:40,838 --> 00:48:42,339 because he's doing what he loves 1152 00:48:42,339 --> 00:48:44,091 in an environment where people love him back. 1153 00:48:44,925 --> 00:48:46,426 OLIVE: As soon as the lights were on, 1154 00:48:46,426 --> 00:48:47,970 he was on, he was ready. 1155 00:48:48,428 --> 00:48:51,265 He knew his lines, frontwards, backwards, sideways. 1156 00:48:51,265 --> 00:48:52,808 He knew everybody's lines. 1157 00:48:53,892 --> 00:48:55,936 BRIAN FARMER: I felt like he was really trying 1158 00:48:55,936 --> 00:48:57,187 and I think towards the end of his life 1159 00:48:57,187 --> 00:48:59,106 was when he was really trying to turn it around, 1160 00:48:59,606 --> 00:49:01,066 more so than any other time before. 1161 00:49:01,066 --> 00:49:05,362 - If people just listened, if they really, really listened, 1162 00:49:07,489 --> 00:49:09,533 they'd know it doesn't just stem from me. 1163 00:49:10,659 --> 00:49:15,789 Blame it on... childhood, blame it on circumstances, 1164 00:49:17,082 --> 00:49:18,458 blame it on my brother. 1165 00:49:20,419 --> 00:49:24,548 But just know that I've turned it around 1166 00:49:26,925 --> 00:49:28,218 and I've got a lot to say. 1167 00:49:31,471 --> 00:49:36,143 ♪ 1168 00:49:42,733 --> 00:49:45,319 DISPATCHER [over radio]: Attention, Lancaster units, code three. Response is needed. 1169 00:49:45,319 --> 00:49:47,863 ♪ 1170 00:49:47,863 --> 00:49:50,157 [Melanie crying] [indistinct chatter] 1171 00:49:50,157 --> 00:49:52,034 - It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. 1172 00:49:52,034 --> 00:49:54,119 [crying] It's okay, it's okay. 1173 00:49:54,119 --> 00:49:56,121 ♪ 1174 00:49:56,121 --> 00:49:58,332 MELANIE: I got a phone call that the, 1175 00:49:59,333 --> 00:50:01,084 the house sitter found him. 1176 00:50:01,084 --> 00:50:04,171 [crying continues] 1177 00:50:05,339 --> 00:50:07,090 ♪ 1178 00:50:07,090 --> 00:50:10,177 [indistinct radio chatter] 1179 00:50:10,177 --> 00:50:11,762 DISPATCHER: ...121. 1180 00:50:11,762 --> 00:50:13,305 Lancaster unit in three or less. 1181 00:50:13,305 --> 00:50:15,140 ♪ 1182 00:50:15,140 --> 00:50:17,184 - I called Nick, 1183 00:50:17,184 --> 00:50:19,102 and I said, "Hey, bud." 1184 00:50:19,102 --> 00:50:20,062 Uh-- 1185 00:50:21,605 --> 00:50:23,524 I'm hearing some things about your brother. 1186 00:50:23,524 --> 00:50:25,943 ♪ 1187 00:50:25,943 --> 00:50:26,860 [cries] 1188 00:50:29,571 --> 00:50:30,781 MELANIE: I was actually in shock, 1189 00:50:30,781 --> 00:50:32,449 like, I didn't even know it was-- 1190 00:50:32,449 --> 00:50:34,785 Everyone told me, they're like, "Melanie, you were in shock, 1191 00:50:34,785 --> 00:50:36,370 like, you didn't, you were in another world." 1192 00:50:38,997 --> 00:50:43,335 ♪ 1193 00:50:43,335 --> 00:50:45,963 God. [inhales and exhales] 1194 00:50:45,963 --> 00:50:47,840 ♪ 1195 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:49,132 [sighs] God. 1196 00:50:49,132 --> 00:50:50,509 ♪ 1197 00:50:50,509 --> 00:50:53,011 - I woke up about ten o'clock 1198 00:50:53,011 --> 00:50:56,723 and I got a call about 10:20, so-- 1199 00:50:56,723 --> 00:50:59,268 ♪ 1200 00:50:59,268 --> 00:51:00,310 It was crazy. 1201 00:51:00,310 --> 00:51:01,812 Right when I got that call, 1202 00:51:01,812 --> 00:51:04,857 every news outlet on the planet started calling. 1203 00:51:04,857 --> 00:51:06,650 NEWSCASTER: Breaking news tonight, 1204 00:51:06,650 --> 00:51:10,529 singer and reality TV star Aaron Carter has died. 1205 00:51:10,529 --> 00:51:12,364 - Aaron Carter was found dead here inside his-- 1206 00:51:12,364 --> 00:51:14,241 NEWSCASTER: Remembering Aaron Carter. 1207 00:51:14,241 --> 00:51:16,910 - Bad news indeed. Aaron Carter, just 34 years old. 1208 00:51:17,953 --> 00:51:19,830 - I believe it was in my social media 1209 00:51:19,830 --> 00:51:21,206 that he had passed away. 1210 00:51:21,206 --> 00:51:22,040 [cell phone chimes] 1211 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,501 - I got an alert on my phone, like a push alert. 1212 00:51:24,501 --> 00:51:25,502 [cell phone dings] 1213 00:51:26,170 --> 00:51:27,880 - I think I found out on Twitter. 1214 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,466 - I actually got a text. 1215 00:51:32,926 --> 00:51:37,014 - It immediately made me feel like I was nine again 1216 00:51:37,014 --> 00:51:38,807 and that he was also nine, 1217 00:51:38,807 --> 00:51:42,019 and I was like, "Well, he's so young, like, he's a little kid." 1218 00:51:42,019 --> 00:51:45,856 ♪ 1219 00:51:45,856 --> 00:51:47,149 [inaudible] 1220 00:51:47,149 --> 00:51:49,109 - There’s a part of you that’s just like, "Damn it." 1221 00:51:49,735 --> 00:51:51,570 Knowing he’s a father now 1222 00:51:52,154 --> 00:51:57,784 and knowing how hard he had tried to turn his life around. 1223 00:51:57,784 --> 00:51:59,119 He ran out of time, you know. 1224 00:52:00,245 --> 00:52:02,080 He ran out of time to get his happy ending. 1225 00:52:03,540 --> 00:52:04,791 - Aaron Carter's legacy is tied 1226 00:52:04,791 --> 00:52:08,003 to the legacy of what happens to child stars everywhere. 1227 00:52:08,712 --> 00:52:10,422 It's a reminder of how quickly 1228 00:52:10,422 --> 00:52:13,091 you are used up and forgotten... 1229 00:52:13,091 --> 00:52:14,259 [audience cheering] 1230 00:52:14,259 --> 00:52:15,677 ♪ 1231 00:52:15,677 --> 00:52:16,678 [laughs] 1232 00:52:16,678 --> 00:52:17,930 ...not just by your audience, 1233 00:52:17,930 --> 00:52:20,390 but by the machine 1234 00:52:20,390 --> 00:52:22,601 that employed you in the first place. 1235 00:52:22,601 --> 00:52:25,521 [cheering] 1236 00:52:25,521 --> 00:52:28,273 [indistinct] 1237 00:52:28,273 --> 00:52:32,194 MAN: Tonight, uh, we've got a little bit of heavy hearts, 1238 00:52:33,362 --> 00:52:36,114 because we lost one of our family members yesterday. 1239 00:52:36,114 --> 00:52:38,909 ♪ 1240 00:52:38,909 --> 00:52:40,202 AJ: We were in London. 1241 00:52:40,202 --> 00:52:43,539 Nick was just... hysterical. 1242 00:52:43,539 --> 00:52:46,667 Um, he was angry, he was sad, 1243 00:52:47,292 --> 00:52:49,044 probably every emotion you could imagine. 1244 00:52:49,044 --> 00:52:51,088 [overlapping chatter] - Ask Cliff, Cliff knows. 1245 00:52:51,088 --> 00:52:54,424 AJ: Because even though they never reconciled, 1246 00:52:54,424 --> 00:52:56,134 that's still your baby brother. 1247 00:52:56,134 --> 00:52:58,178 [squeals] [indistinct chatter] 1248 00:52:58,178 --> 00:53:00,806 ♪ 1249 00:53:00,806 --> 00:53:02,683 TAYLOR: One of the last things we talked about 1250 00:53:02,683 --> 00:53:06,562 was his regret about his part in his relationship with his brother. 1251 00:53:07,479 --> 00:53:08,856 And they had reached out to each other, 1252 00:53:08,856 --> 00:53:11,275 same with Angel, his sister. 1253 00:53:11,275 --> 00:53:13,652 ♪ 1254 00:53:13,652 --> 00:53:16,071 Even through the bad and a lot of the tough things 1255 00:53:16,071 --> 00:53:17,990 that Aaron went through in his life... 1256 00:53:17,990 --> 00:53:20,200 ♪ 1257 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,370 under that person there was an incredibly wonderful soul. 1258 00:53:23,370 --> 00:53:24,496 - What's up, y'all? 1259 00:53:24,496 --> 00:53:26,373 [cheering] 1260 00:53:26,373 --> 00:53:28,542 - There are still people singing his songs. 1261 00:53:28,542 --> 00:53:30,294 ♪ 1262 00:53:30,294 --> 00:53:31,503 - ♪ I want candy ♪ 1263 00:53:31,503 --> 00:53:33,547 AARON: Let's go! Jump, jump! 1264 00:53:33,547 --> 00:53:35,841 DR. STORK: At the end of the day he wanted to be viewed 1265 00:53:35,841 --> 00:53:37,759 as a musician and a performer. 1266 00:53:37,759 --> 00:53:40,053 ♪ upbeat music playing ♪ 1267 00:53:40,053 --> 00:53:41,847 [cheering] 1268 00:53:41,847 --> 00:53:43,140 ♪ 1269 00:53:43,140 --> 00:53:44,808 He cared a lot about his fans. 1270 00:53:44,808 --> 00:53:46,685 ♪ 1271 00:53:46,685 --> 00:53:48,437 Deep down, he was like a good kid. 1272 00:53:48,437 --> 00:53:52,983 ♪ 1273 00:53:52,983 --> 00:53:54,860 MELANIE: I want Aaron to be remembered 1274 00:53:54,860 --> 00:53:59,948 as the funny, smart, caring, and forgiving human 1275 00:53:59,948 --> 00:54:01,783 that he was to a lot of people. 1276 00:54:02,367 --> 00:54:04,244 [indistinct yelling] 1277 00:54:04,244 --> 00:54:05,996 [camera shutter clicking] 1278 00:54:06,580 --> 00:54:10,042 - Aaron Carter's life story in one sentence? 1279 00:54:16,006 --> 00:54:17,341 A beautiful tragedy. 1280 00:54:19,510 --> 00:54:23,055 'Cause he did have a beautiful life when things were good. 1281 00:54:26,016 --> 00:54:27,142 Beautiful tragedy. 1282 00:54:29,144 --> 00:54:33,899 ♪ 1283 00:54:47,538 --> 00:54:50,874 The last thing I'll say is just to anyone out there that's struggling, 1284 00:54:50,874 --> 00:54:52,000 you're not alone. 1285 00:54:52,668 --> 00:54:57,047 There is multiple ways to ask for help. 1286 00:54:57,047 --> 00:55:00,008 There is hotlines, there is programs. 1287 00:55:01,051 --> 00:55:03,387 But the biggest thing is you're not alone 1288 00:55:03,387 --> 00:55:05,931 and don't be afraid to ask for help. 1289 00:55:07,266 --> 00:55:10,561 Uh, you know, before it's too late. 1290 00:55:19,736 --> 00:55:25,659 ♪ 1291 00:55:31,707 --> 00:55:37,171 ♪ Go on, carry the weight of the world on your shoulders ♪ 1292 00:55:37,546 --> 00:55:43,343 ♪ So far you're telling me with no words of your own ♪ 1293 00:55:43,343 --> 00:55:48,599 ♪ Well, I've been waiting so long ♪ 1294 00:55:48,599 --> 00:55:54,563 ♪ Will you give me something to hold on to? ♪ 1295 00:55:54,563 --> 00:55:59,067 ♪ If you're gonna say it, well ♪ 1296 00:56:00,569 --> 00:56:05,365 ♪ Then you better say it now ♪ 1297 00:56:05,824 --> 00:56:08,535 ♪ Before it's too late ♪ 1298 00:56:08,535 --> 00:56:11,705 ♪ 1299 00:56:11,705 --> 00:56:14,416 ♪ Before it's too late ♪