Aaron Carter came out as bisexual in a revealing Saturday-night Twitter note to fans.
“I grew up in this entertainment industry at a very young age and when I was around 13-year-old I started to find boys and girls attractive,” he wrote.
Carter, 29, started off by saying he needed to get something off his chest that was both weighing him down and of importance “for myself and my identity.”
“There were years that went by that I thought about it, but wasn’t until I was 17-year old, after a few relationships with girls, I had an experience with a male that I had an attraction to who I also worked with and grew up with,” Carter said not mentioning names.
He adds his experience and feelings for the same sex doesn’t “bring me shame, just a weight and a burden I have held onto for a long time.”
Nick Carter’s estranged younger brother ended his message with a quote from Boy George that reads, “I’ve never felt as though I didn’t belong, I just acted as though I did.”
It’s been a troubling several months for the young singer. In July, Carter revealed he’s suffering from an eating disorder and was busted for driving under the influence as well.
Carter’s father, Robert, died in May and he confessed to battling alcoholism in October 2016.