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27.03.2023 - 22:33 / usmagazine.com
Being the best for each other. AJ McLean and Rochelle McLean (née Karadis) have always put their marriage first — even in the wake of their temporary separation.
While the couple first met in 2008, their connection didn’t blossom until five years later. The “As Long As You Love Me” artist recalled asking Rochelle out for the first time while she was working as a waitress at Saddle Ranch in West Hollywood.
“I asked her out, and then she asked her manager who I was. Our first date was supposed to be dinner [and] a movie. And I worked late in the studio the night before,” he recalled during an August 2022 appearance on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “So I was like, ‘Why don’t you just come over to the house? And we’ll watch a movie, and we’ll order in.’”
AJ explained that Rochelle had no idea who he was at the time and ghosted him. One year later however, when the “Everybody” performer asked her out for a second time, she said yes.
In January 2010, “The Call” singer got down on one knee and proposed to the model on his birthday. The pair later walked down the aisle nearly two years later in a gothic-themed ceremony with AJ’s fellow Backstreet Boys members in attendance.
After one year of marriage, AJ and Rochelle became parents for the first time when they welcomed their daughter Elliott in 2012. Five years later, the family of three expanded their brood with the arrival of Elliott’s little sister, Lyric, in 2017.
In 2020, the BSB superstar joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars. While participating in the competition series, he opened up about his relationship with Rochelle and how she had been there for him in his darkest moments.
“As I said, on the show, she’s my
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AJ McLean and his wife Rochelle DeAnna McLean are putting a pause on their marriage.
AJ McLean and his wife, Rochelle, have made the decision to temporarily separate after 12 years of marriage.In a statement from the Backstreet Boys singer's rep, the pair are planning to «work» on themselves and their marriage with the hope of «building a stronger future.»«Marriage is hard, but worth it. We have mutually decided to separate temporarily to work on ourselves, and on our marriage with the hope of building a stronger future.