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AJ McLean backs daughter's name change

AJ McLean is supporting his nine-year-old daughter's decision to change her name. The Backstreet Boys star's little girl Ava - who he shares with wife Rochelle Karidis along with a second daughter five-year-old Lyric - has decided she now wants to be known as Elliott and AJ has insisted it's her right to change her name and the family are totally behind her. He told People.com: "It is her body, it's her name, it's her everything. And she's still Ava. She'll always be Ava to me." AJ went on to explain Elliott's name change is not linked to gender identity - she still identifies as female but sh...

AJ McLean is in the 'best shape of his life' after giving up alcohol

AJ McLean is in the "best shape of [his] life” after giving up alcohol. The Backstreet Boys star, 44, admitted that hitting the bottle had led to gaining weight in the first place but after going teetotal he has lost a total of 32 pounds. He said: "Drinking caused weight gain, but it also weighed down my mental state. But now I'm in the best shape of my life. I'd tell myself, 'I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this. I am going to be the best version of myself." The 'Everybody' hitmaker - who has been married to Rochelle Karidis since 2011 and has children Ava, nine, and five-year-old Lyric...

AJ McLean: My daughter changing her name to Elliot is nothing to do with gender

AJ McLean's daughter changed her name to Elliot but it was "not a gender thing." The Backstreet Boys star has been married to makeup artist Rochelle Karidis since 2011 and has daughters Ava Jaymes, nine, and five-year-old Lyric Dean with her and while his eldest has changed her name to Elliot, his wife has insisted that the new moniker is not related to gender. Rochelle wrote on Instagram: "For those asking … not that it's anyone's business but Elliott's name change is not a gender thing. Ava’ has changed her name quite a few times since she was about five. Last year she asked us to start call...