AJ McLean Looks Back On His ‘Guy Eyeliner Days’ With Backstreet Boys

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AJ McLean took a nostalgic look back at his early days with Backstreet Boys and the edgy, distinctive look he created for himself.

In a recent interview with ET Canada promoting his upcoming Paramount+ reality competition “Fashion Hero: A New Kind of Beautiful”, Cheryl Hickey asked him about his own fashion style within Backstreet Boys. READ MORE: AJ McLean ‘Temporarily’ Separates From Wife Rochelle DeAnna McLean: Report “You always had your own definition of beauty, especially with the Backstreet Boys.

You had the nail polish and you had your own distinct look,” she asked. “My guy eyeliner days,” he quipped, revealing that once he circled in on a look, he had no choice but to completely commit to it. “It was kind of a roller coaster because there were moments when I would be like, ‘You know what?

I’m just going to rock this and I’m going to rock it to 110 per cent, even if I get shunned.’ And then there was days that I would dumb it down because I just felt like I don’t want to be critiqued, I don’t want external criticism,” he explained. READ MORE: AJ McLean Praises Lizzo’s Raw Honesty And Vulnerability: ‘We Need More People Like That’ Fashion, he revealed, was one piece of the puzzle that helped him battle low self-esteem. “Living in the mindset, a piece of s*t-ism is what I’ve dealt with my whole life and being very insecure and having low self-esteem.