Aaron Carter Was Working on a Sitcom About Mental Health and Group Therapy Before His Death: How the Show Will Honor Him

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Aaron Carter will be honored by a sitcom he was working on prior to his death.The “Aaron’s Party” rapper, who died on Saturday, November 5 at age 34, had finished filming the pilot episode for the upcoming show Group, director Brian Farmer told TMZ in an article published Tuesday, November 8.

Carter portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom, the director revealed, explaining that the series centered around group therapy and aimed to advocate for mental health awareness.In addition to the “That’s How I Beat Shaq” artist, the series — which will move forward with Carter’s team’s blessing, TMZ reported — stars Freaks and Geeks alum Samm Levine, Mike Starr (best known for his roles in Goodfellas and Dumb and Dumber), as well as Anne Judson-Yager, who played lead character Whittier in the Bring It On sequel, Bring It On Again.

The show will be dedicated to Carter, Farmer told the outlet.Carter, for his part, had long been open about his battles with mental health and substance abuse.

In a candid interview on The Doctors in 2019, the ’00s pop icon shared that his “official diagnosis is that I suffer from multiple personality disorder [dissociative identity disorder], schizophrenia, acute anxiety and manic depression.” The “I Want Candy” singer also revealed that he was “prescribed … Xanax, Seroquel, Gabapentin, Hydroxyzine, Trazodone, Omeprazen.”He also revealed that he was addicted too huffing. “I was huffing because I was really f—king stupid and sad, but this is really no excuse,” Carter said on The Doctors at the time. “I was huffing because I’m a drug addict.”Per TMZ, police found cans of compressed air —used for huffing — at the scene of Carter’s death.