Who has aged the best? AJ McLean weighs in

It’s a battle that’s been raging for three decades: Backstreet Boys or NSYNC?

In the most bitter (but truly friendly) disputes, fans endlessly argued over who looked the best, who dressed the best, who danced the best, who was the most successful and, of course, who band had the best tunes.

Now, 30 years later, the debate has erupted online once again – and the question is: which of the ten respective older members the worst?

“Oh man, I don’t know – I can’t harass someone like that!” a very diplomatic AJ McLean dodged on his way back to LAX on Monday.

“Everyone ages the way they’re supposed to age. Some people age like fine wine, others age…not so gracefully. It just depends on how you take care of yourself. Or even genetics. Who know?”

AJ isn’t afraid to admit he thinks he looks pretty good, which he attributes to two things: his Latin roots and, most importantly, his sobriety.

“I think everyone has aged pretty well,” he reflected. “I feel like I’m doing fine. I’m trying to be healthy, fit, sober and just taking care of myself.”

He admitted that if he hadn’t given up on his partying ways, he might have been the one holding the spinster.

“Being sober for me helps a lot, because when I wasn’t sober I was close to not even looking close to what I look like now. I’d probably be bald and just fucking skinny and weathered and… not so good.”

He joked that any comrade or rival bandmate who might be starting to show his age can reverse the process and look as good as he does – if he follows suit.

“If you live a clean life, a healthy life, a happy life – yes, absolutely you can. So if one of the guys isn’t in the best spot, he has a chance to turn it around!” he’s laughing.

With the 30th anniversary of their very first performance – at SeaWorld, Orlando – fast approaching in May next year, AJ agreed that it was “pretty crazy” that three decades had passed “in the blink of an eye. eye”.

“And still going strong,” he said. “It’s a testament to the fans and to the music. And to the brotherhood that we have – we still get along.”

For now, AJ is happy to continue to age gracefully and has even embraced his gray beard – insisting his wife Rochelle loves the salt and pepper look.

“I got a s— ton, man!” he said showing his money under his mask. “I stopped doing Just For Men at the start of the pandemic, I was like, ‘You know what?

“My wife loves it. It makes you look distinguished,” he added with a laugh. “Whether you are or not – it always makes you see in this way.”