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Aaron Carter's twin sister Angel Carter shared her thoughts on potential factors behind the tragic passing of three of her siblings.
The 36-year-old reality star acknowledged that both 'family dysfunction' and fame played a part in the deaths, which were linked to substance abuse issues, during a candid discussion with Gayle King on CBS Mornings on Wednesday.
Leslie passed away in 2012 at the young age of 25 from an overdose, Aaron died at 34 in 2022 from drowning, attributed to the effects of Xanax, and inhaling difluoroethane and Bobbi Jean died at 41 in 2023 of 'intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl and methamphetamine.'
'There’s certainly a generational dysfunction issue here that comes along with it,' Angel said of their deaths. 'But as far as growing up, there was a time where we were a really close family... there was a lot of love.
'But there was a lot of chaos going on at the same time,' she added.
Aaron Carter 's twin sister Angel Carter shared her thoughts on the potential factors behind the untimely deaths of three of her siblings; Angel and Aaron in 2006
Bobbie Jean, like her brother Aaron and sister Leslie struggled with substance abuse. Leslie died of a drug overdose at age 25 in 2012. Leslie, (center) died of an drug overdose in 2012 at 25. Aaron passed away from an accidental drowning to his drug use in November 2022 (Pictured in 2006)
'Just fighting, she continued. 'My parents were just fighting all the time. Just dysfunction in the home. No boundaries. No stability. No one to talk to. It just felt like, if I had an issue going on I really couldn't have my parents to lean on to.'
When asked if fame aggravated the family issues, Angel replied, 'I do.'
Angel's brother Nick Carter soared to superstardom as a member of the Backstreet Boys, while Aaron's career skyrocketed with the 2000 chart-topper I Want Candy.
'I think it changed everything, honestly,' Angel added. 'Nick has been in Backstreet Boys since I was four or five years old. So, a really long time.
'We were a family that had no money. We were from upstate New York. My parents were poor. And they had never seen anything like this before. So, once the money started coming in, it just changed the dynamic because money became the moving force.'
Angel also confided in Gayle that for years, she had held onto hope that Aaron would find his way to recovery, though she conceded that she had ultimately lost all hope during his final days.
She shared her resolve to dismantle this pattern with her own child, aiming to grant them a sense of innocence that eluded Aaron throughout his life.
'Aaron did not have his innocence,' she explained. 'He was working like an adult from a very young age. And he just wanted to be home.'
'There’s certainly a generational dysfunction issue here that comes along with it,' Angel said of their deaths. 'But as far as growing up, there was a time where we were a really close family... there was a lot of love'; seen in 2006
When asked if fame aggravated the family issues, Angel replied, 'I do'; (Bobbie Jean pictured 2006)
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