Angel Carteris opening up about laying her twin brotherAaron Carterto rest followinghis deathlast year.
In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the 35-year-old spoke about her need to “protect him” after he died in November at his home in California.
“To lose a twin, it’s an out-of-body experience. He’s a part of me. And it was like when he died, I had this sense of, ‘I’ve got to get him in my house. I’ve got to bring him home and protect him,” she said of her brother’s death.
Angel ultimately brought his ashes home earlier this year.
Angel Carter for PEOPLE in July 2023.Yuri Hasegawa
Yuri Hasegawa
Angel and Aaron Carter in 2014.Vincent Sandoval/WireImage
“I have him here,” she said of Aaron’s ashes prior to his memorial service on July 28. “And for a few months after he died, it was my last way to protect him. I don’t want anybody to do anything weird with him. Now, I’m burying him next week at Forest Lawn.”
She continued, “I can’t trust that anybody else is not going to exploit him. So at that time, that was my last act of love.”
Angel Carter for PEOPLE with her daughter in July 2023.Yuri Hasegawa
With her sister Lesliedying in 2012 from a drug overdoseas well, Angel — who’s now working with children’s mental health organizationOn Our Sleeves— doesn’t want her or Aaron’s deaths to be “in vain.”
Aaron Carter, Angel Carter and Nick Carter.John Sciulli/WireImage for YMI JEANSWEAR INTERNATIONAL
Angel told PEOPLE how her parents abused alcohol and created a toxic family dynamic that snowballed once elder brotherNickand Aaron were thrust into the spotlight as kids.
“Fame and money took over our family,” Angel said, noting that the pressure took a toll on Aaron until he fell into addiction.
The Carter children in 2006.Kristy Leibowitz/Getty Image
Kristy Leibowitz/Getty Image
“I always felt like that was the beginning of the end,” Angel explained. “Aaron was already in a bad place, but it was like a domino effect.”
Five years later, in November 2022, Aaron died in the bathtub of his California home.
In April, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coronerruled Aaron’s death accidental. His death was attributed to drowning after inhaling difluoroethane and taking alprazolam, the generic form of brand-name Xanax.
For more from Angel Carter, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.
source: people.com
