Hilary Duff Calls Publishing Aaron Carter's Unfinished Memoir "Disgusting" and "Heartless"

11.11.2022 - 20:47 / glamour.com

will be posthumously published by Ballast Books, a move finds to be, in a word, “disgusting.” According to , the book gets into Duff and Carter's relationship from back when they were barely teenagers—and claims that they lost their virginities to one another in a hotel room. “It’s really sad that within a , there’s a publisher that seems to be recklessly pushing a book out to capitalize on this tragedy without taking appropriate time or care to fact check the validity of his work,” Duff told . “To water down Aaron’s life story to what seems to be unverified click-bait for profit is disgusting.

In no way do I condone shedding any light on what is so obviously an uninformed, heartless, money grab." In the book, Carter reportedly writes that, “Hilary and I lost our virginity to each other at a hotel… in LA. I think it was her birthday, maybe her 13th, but I don’t remember.

Her friends walked in, and we just yelled at them to get out."To be titled, Aaron Carter: An Incomplete Story of an Incomplete Life, the memoir was cowritten by Andy Symonds and is set to be published on November 15. It is perhaps worth mentioning that Symonds is also the president and publisher of , so feel free to make of that what you will.

“Aaron was an open book during the writing process,” Symonds said in a statement, via . “It’s a tragic irony that his autobiography will never include all his stories, thoughts, hopes, and dreams as he intended.”As for what Carter would have wanted, his team at least appears to be firmly on Hilary Duff's side, backing her up in a statement to the “This is a time for mourning and reflection not heartless money grabs and attention seeking,” the statement read.By Elizabeth LoganBy Carrie WittmerBy Kathleen WalshBy