{"id":281303,"date":"2019-10-08T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1080792"},"modified":"2019-10-08T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T16:05:00","slug":"tearful-aaron-carter-says-he-felt-responsible-for-the-deaths-of-his-sister-and-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/tearful-aaron-carter-says-he-felt-responsible-for-the-deaths-of-his-sister-and-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tearful Aaron Carter Says He Felt &#8220;Responsible&#8221; for the Deaths of His Sister and Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2017417\/rs_600x600-170517110314-600-bob-aaron-carter.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.305978898007\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"25.012895662368\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/aaron_carter\">Aaron Carter<\/a><\/strong> is opening up about his family tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old singer, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1075237\/a-complete-timeline-of-the-ongoing-drama-surrounding-aaron-carter-and-his-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">going through a very troubling time<\/a>&nbsp;as of late, is speaking out about the deaths of his sister, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/leslie_carter\">Leslie Carter<\/a><\/strong>, and his father, <strong>Robert Gene Carter<\/strong>. It&#8217;s been just over two years since Aaron&#8217;s dad, known to loved ones as Bob, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/853472\/nick-carter-and-aaron-carter-mourn-sudden-death-of-dad-robert-carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed away suddenly<\/a> at the age of 65. Bob&#8217;s passing came just five years after the death of Leslie, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/291204\/leslie-carter-cause-of-death-drug-overdose-says-police-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed away<\/a> from an overdose in Jan. 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Aaron is reflecting on the deaths of his loved ones in an exclusive clip from the new season of WE tv&#8217;s <em>Marriage Boot Camp: Family Edition<\/em>, which Aaron is appearing on with his mother,&nbsp;<strong>Jane Elizabeth Carter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt like I&#8217;d been responsible for the death of my sister, for the death of my dad, for my family falling apart,&#8221; a tearful Aaron tells the counselors in the preview clip.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>We also hear from Jane in the clip, who shares her reaction to Aaron&#8217;s tearful confession.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s one of the things that hurts Aaron the most, he just was so busy with his own life that he wasn&#8217;t there, and I think he wanted to be there for them,&#8221; Jane says. &#8220;In his heart he feels like he could&#8217;ve done something more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>Later on, we see Jane receive a <em>Parenting 101<\/em> book from the counselors, which she says she &#8220;obviously&#8221; never read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did the best I could do,&#8221; Jane tells the counselors. &#8220;I&#8217;m devastated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the exclusive clip above to see Aaron and Jane open up about their family.<\/p>\n<p>The new season of <em>Marriage Boot Camp: Family Edition<\/em> premieres Friday, Oct.&nbsp;11 at 10 p.m. ET\/PT on WE tv.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1080792\/tearful-aaron-carter-says-he-felt-responsible-for-the-deaths-of-his-sister-and-dad?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Carter is opening up about his family tragedies. The 31-year-old singer, who has been going through a very troubling time&nbsp;as of late, is speaking out about the deaths of his sister, Leslie Carter, and his father, Robert Gene Carter. It&#8217;s been just over two years since Aaron&#8217;s dad, known to loved ones as Bob, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-18 13:50:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}