‘A lot of love’: Lindsay Lohan pays tribute to ex Aaron Carter

Lindsay Lohan has spoken out about the tragic death of Aaron Carter at 34 over the weekend. The actress dated Carter in the early 2000s.

Lindsay Lohan paid her respects to ex-boyfriend Aaron Carter, who died on Saturday aged 34.

“My heart goes out to his family and may he rest in peace,” the Falling for Christmas star, 36, told Entertainment Tonight.

“And God bless him …” she added. “And yeah, just [a] lot of love there.”

In a separate Access Hollywood interview, Lohan shared that she cherished “so many” memories from her time dating Carter in the early 2000s.

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Lindsay and Aaron dated briefly as teenagers. Picture: Robert Kamau/GC Images.

The singer died at age 34 on Saturday. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.

The Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) singer began seeing Lohan shortly after he and fellow child star Hilary Duff pressed pause on their young romance.

During a 2005 interview with CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Carter explained how his unresolved feelings for Duff, now 35, created a complicated dynamic involving Lohan.

“I started dating Hilary on my 13th birthday. I was dating her for like a year and a half, and then I just got a little bored, so I went and started getting to know Lindsay, dating Lindsay,” he explained, adding that Duff “really got her heart broken,” which he felt “sorry” about.

“Then I didn’t want to do that anymore, so I got back with Hilary.”

Lohan and Carter were reportedly together between January 2002 and April 2003.

Around that time, the Freaky Friday actress told People that all was good between her, Carter and Duff – despite the apparent love triangle.

“Aaron and I were friends. That’s my past. It was, like, a few months ago, you know. He’s a cool guy,” she said as a teen, per Access Hollywood. “We’re friends. Hilary is a cute girl. I wish her the best.”

Aaron and Hilary dated on and off between 2000 and 2003. Picture: Getty Images

For her part, Duff spoke out about Carter’s untimely death on Saturday.

“For Aaron – I’m deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in-front of the whole world,” the Lizzie McGuire alum wrote via Instagram this weekend.

“You had a charm that was absolutely effervescent … boy did my teenage self love you deeply.”

Duff concluded her message by telling Carter to “rest easy” and that she was “sending love” to his grieving loved ones.

Carter, the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, struggled with addiction and family trauma in the final years of his life. He was found dead in a bathtub at his California home.

“Aaron worked very hard towards the end of his life in recovery, to be a good father and to make amends with his family,” his rep told Page Six following the tragic news.

Aaron got engaged to Melanie Martin in 2020, and they welcomed a son named Prince in 2021.

A cause of death has yet to be determined.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission