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AJ McLean’s Shocking Confession: First Cocaine Use Before BSB Video

AJ McLean just dropped a bombshell about his wildest days with the Backstreet Boys. The singer is opening up in the new docuseries “Boy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event” about the time he made a midnight decision that would haunt him for years — and it involved a 2 AM video shoot call time.

Here’s the tea: McLean revealed he used cocaine for the first time right before heading to set. Talk about a rough night. The BSB member is getting real about those chaotic early days in the boy band bubble, when the pressure was intense and the partying was even more so.

In the doc, McLean doesn’t hold back about how that decision spiraled into a much bigger struggle. He’s been pretty open about his past battles with addiction over the years, but hearing the specifics of how it all started? That’s a whole different level of vulnerability. The singer has come a long way since then, and he’s using his platform to be honest about the dark side of fame in the ’90s.