AJ McLean backs daughter’s title change | Leisure

AJ McLean is supporting his nine-year-old daughter’s resolution to vary her title.

The Backstreet Boys star’s little woman Ava – who he shares with spouse Rochelle Karidis together with a second daughter five-year-old Lyric – has determined she now needs to be referred to as Elliott and AJ has insisted it is her proper to vary her title and the household are completely behind her.

He instructed People.com: “It’s her physique, it is her title, it is her every little thing. And she or he’s nonetheless Ava. She’ll all the time be Ava to me.”

AJ went on to clarify Elliott’s title change will not be linked to gender identification – she nonetheless identifies as feminine however she wished to be known as by a unique title.

He went on: “When my daughter requested to vary her title to Elliott, initially, I did not know if it was a transgender factor, which it isn’t, however it’s a private selection. No matter reasoning it’s, that is hers, and I will assist it 1,000,000 %, my spouse will [too].”

The pop star added that her reasoning appeared to be that there are too many ladies named Ava in her social circle.

AJ stated Elliott instructed him: “Dad, I simply really feel like my title will not be that distinctive and never that authentic, and there is a number of Avas at dance and a number of Avas at college.”

He additionally urged she bought the thought for her new title after watching basic youngsters’ movie ‘Pete’s Dragon’ which contains a dragon named Eliot.

AJ and Rochelle bought collectively in 2009 and married in 2011 earlier than welcoming their first little one collectively – Elliott – in 2012 together with her sister Lyric following in 2017.