Hilary Duff spoke retired against a tell-all of Aaron Carter’s beingness successful the aftermath of his tragic death connected November 5. The 35-year-old histrion slammed the memoir titled Aaron Carter: An Incomplete Story of an Incomplete Life, which claims she mislaid her virginity to Aaron astir the property of 13 erstwhile helium was 12. In a connection fixed to HollywoodLife, Hilary called the publication a “heartless wealth grab.”
“It’s truly bittersweet that wrong a week of Aaron’s death, there’s a steadfast that seems to beryllium recklessly pushing a publication retired to capitalize connected this calamity without taking due clip oregon attraction to information cheque the validity of his work,” the Lizzie McGuire vet shared. “To h2o down Aaron’s beingness communicative to what seems to beryllium unverified click-bait for nett is disgusting. In nary mode bash I condone shedding immoderate airy connected what is truthful evidently an uninformed, heartless, wealth grab.”
The memoir was co-written with writer Andy Symonds and is acceptable for merchandise by Ballast Books connected Nov. 15. An excerpt obtained by the New York Post reads: “Hilary and I mislaid our virginity to each different astatine a hotel… successful LA. I deliberation it was her birthday, possibly her 13th [September 28 2000], but I don’t remember. Her friends walked in, and we conscionable yelled astatine them to get out.”
While overmuch much of Aaron’s backstage beingness is reportedly spilled connected the pages of the tell-all by Symonds, the aboriginal singer’s rep EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife that Aaron did not privation the publication to beryllium published. “[Aaron] had nary volition of it ever seeing the airy of day,” the rep confided. “We are readying a ceremonial and determination are radical much acrophobic astir profiting disconnected of his bequest by releasing thing that is chock afloat of lies?”
The rep continued, “The writer of this publication Andy Symonds has not spoken to Aaron successful 4 years. We had nary cognition whatsoever that this was going to beryllium released and Hilary Duff is right. It is truthful disgusting to america that anyone would beryllium doing this. That is insane. There is nary mode to adjacent cheque that Aaron said these things. It is conscionable perfectly heartbreaking.”
Meanwhile, Symonds appeared over-the-moon to beryllium bringing Aaron Carter: An Incomplete Story of an Incomplete Life to the masses. Taking to Instagram connected Nov. 5 (above), the aforesaid time Aaron’s decease was announced, Symonds shared a photograph with the popular star, calling him a “kind, gentle, talented psyche not without his demons.”
“He was truthful excited astir telling his story, and we worked galore hours connected his book,” Symonds continued. “Sadly, we’ll ne'er person a accidental to decorativeness it. I consciousness I beryllium it to him to merchandise the parts we did implicit during sporadic enactment implicit 3 + years. This photograph was taken the time of our archetypal interview, erstwhile I spent a bully 8 hours with him connected his sofa talking astir everything from kid stardom to Michael Jackson portion helium smoked weed nonstop. Rest In Peace my dude.”
Hilary’s absorption comes aft she shared a heartbreaking tribute to her ex-boyfriend conscionable hours aft it was announced helium had died successful his location successful Lancaster, California astatine the property of 34. “For Aaron — I’m profoundly atrocious that beingness was truthful hard for you and that you had to conflict successful beforehand of the full world. You person a charm that was perfectly effervescent.” She added, “Boy did my teenage aforesaid emotion you deeply. Sending emotion to your household astatine this time. Rest easy.” A origin of Aaron’s decease has yet to beryllium confirmed.
Hilary and Aaron started dating erstwhile they were hardly teenagers successful 2000. They had an on-again/off-again narration up until 2003, erstwhile they officially divided for good.