Backstreet Boy, Real Recovery

Untraditionally Lala

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3.4 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

AJ McLean joins Lala and Ambyr for an unfiltered conversation about addiction, relapse and the moment his sponsor gave him an ultimatum.

Expect brutal honesty about a higher power, navigating life as a sober dad and how "you're as sick as your darkest secrets."

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed human.
0:05.4	Hi, Amber.
0:06.6	Hi, Lala.
0:07.5	Welcome to an unlikely affair.
0:12.9	Hello, everybody.
0:14.0	Welcome to another episode of an unlikely affair.
0:16.7	I'm here with my sister wife.
0:18.6	That's like your permanent name, Lala Kent.
0:37.9	I love it. Hello, everybody. I'm hyped on the day. I'm hella hyped on the day. I mean, thank God. Okay, I'm super, super excited about this episode. I have like a really cool story, but I will share this in just a second. I would like to introduce AJ Alexander. I like Alexander.
0:39.4	McQueen.
0:40.1	Thank you.
0:40.8	A.k.a. Backstreet boys, baby.
0:43.3	My favorite of the backstreet boys.
0:45.7	Even as a young and I like the bad boy.
0:48.6	Oh, the best.
0:49.9	And I'm so not that.
0:51.7	That's what's great.
0:52.4	But that's the best thing.
0:53.7	Yeah, like I'm the biggest pushover teddy bear anyone's ever met, but I'm so not that. That's what's great. But that's the best thing. Yeah, like I'm the biggest pushover teddy bear anyone's ever met.
0:57.9	But I just got pigeonholed because I dyed my hair and I got tattoos and piercings and blah, blah, blah.
1:05.1	So somehow they had to find, because that was the formula, right?
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