McLean joked that despite Elliott's intense aversion to the 1999 hit, his daughter does "secretly" appreciate some of her dad's songs.

The superstar told People at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night (March 17) that his 12-year-old daughter Elliott “hates” Backstreet Boys’ classic 1999 hit, “I Want It That Way.” “My oldest daughter hates that song, hates it with a passion,” McLean explained. “Because she gets teased at school when she walks into school.”

According to reports, AJ McLean, a member of the Boyband, Backstreet Boys (popular during the late 90s and early 2000s), and father of two kids, just revealed in an exclusive interview with People Mag