Jesse McCartney knows a thing or two about fame.
When he was younger, that wasn’t on his mind until suddenly, it was unavoidable.
“I never thought of stardom or fame.
“I remember it all being so surreal and thinking, wow, this is next level.
This is like, there are girls screaming!”
“I remember thinking, ‘All these people are really here to see me?'”
McCartney ruled the 2000s, but his career since has made less noise.
He understands that, noting toVMANthat his teen heartthrob status has been difficult to overcome.
“I think people hang onto that notion that you’ll never grow.
And that’s hard to combat,” he said.
He had a successful music career
In the early 2000s, Jesse McCartney ruled the radio waves.
By “radio waves,” we mostly mean Radio Disney.
The band even appeared on “Maury.”
The group broke up in 2002.
Inquirer, “when it was just easy to grab the microphone and sing to people.
I wasn’t as preoccupied with what it was I was singing about then.”
The song is McCartney’s signature tune, and he still plays it now.
Speaking with “The Zach Sang Show,” McCartney acknowledged, “Do I get sick of it?
They take up surfing as they get integrated into the local community in Malibu.
McCartney played Bradin, the eldest brother.
He’s a punk!”
McCartney joked on “Soap Talk” (viaYouTube).
“He’s such a punk!
He, y’know, the writers have actually done a really good job.
They’ve captured that typical teenage lifestyle.”
He went on to do, of course, incredible things.”
It was like, oh, now I’m an unemployed actor in LA" (viaYouTube).
She’s pregnant" (viaDigital Spy).
That was news to everyone.
He was, indeed, not supposed to say anything.
I thought I had read it somewhere."
J.Lo, who was married to Marc Anthony at the time, released a statement denying the rumor.
Her spokesperson kept it simple, tellingHollywood.comthat McCartney’s statement was “100% not true.”
“I originally wrote it for my own record,” he toldContact Music.
“I kept thinking about being in love so much that it hurts.
I was so in love that it was painful.
It was like bleeding, it cut me open.”
Whether I recorded it and made it a hit, we’ll never know."
Otherwise, though, McCartney finished out the 2000s on a quiet note.
Perhaps that’s actually for the best, considering the other way his career might have gone.
“It was going to be my first big studio picture.
I was very excited and it was a tens of millions of dollars budget film.”
The movie was a high-profile bomb, clocking in at a dismal 5% rating onRotten Tomatoes.
Still, it hurt.
McCartney reflected, “When you’re 21, it’s a lot harder to handle it.
“That’s Jon Sadowski, Jonathan Sadowski.
Great actor, also happens to be one of my best friends,” he said.
“Boy went from Dream Street to Pacific Ocean, zombie-fleeing, boat-stealing pirate!”
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When the series premiered, he toldCBRthat he took the responsibility of playing such an iconic character seriously.
Having that income is important, McCartney said, because it allows him to do other things.
… Those are my bread and butter."
Ultimately, McCartney wasn’t too disappointed that he didn’t win.
“It’s okay, honestly.
It was such a fun, incredible experience that I’ll never forget,” he toldEntertainment Weekly.
He added, “When you get that far … you definitely smell blood.
you’re free to smell the end.
Together, they sang a cover of The Script song “Breakeven.”
Ever the savvy businessman, McCartney used his appearance to promote his tour onInstagram.
“Performing live on stage again was amazing, thank you @MaskedSingerFOX!
I can’t wait to do it again next May on the New Stage 2022 Tour.”
We really enjoy being creative, so this was the perfect opportunity to do that organically.”
However, he noted, content like the “Quarantined Couple” videos was still important.
He announced onInstagramthat his former Dream Street bandmate Chris Trousdale had died from COVID-19.
“Chris had an explosively charming personality with boundless amounts of talent.
… We were young kids with budding talent who shared an overwhelming love for music and performing.
“RIP Chris,” he concluded.
“I’ll never forget your smile.”
A year after Trousdale’s death, McCartney offered some further thoughts toE!
It was just before closing, but they had a connection.
They dated for years, and in September 2019, he popped the question.
McCartney announced the news alongside anInstagramphoto of himself kissing his new fiancee.
“Locked it up,” he wrote simply.
Peopleannounced in 2021 that they had gotten married.
The actor gave the outlet an interview beforehand, and he anticipated a certain moment of the ceremony heavily.
It’s hard not to be romantic about that portion of the night,” he said.
A few days later,Peopleshared photos of their ultra-romantic ceremony.
Their dog served as flower girl, and Peterson’s uncle was the one who married the happy couple.
McCartney also clarified that the new music represented a new stage of his life, considering his marriage.
