How to Watch ‘The Carters: Hurts to Love You’ Documentary Special Online
Written by djfrosty on April 14, 2025
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A new two-part documentary special takes a closer look at the late pop star Aaron Carter, his brother Nick Carter and their family’s struggles with substance abuse, mental health, and tragedy.
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On Tuesday (April 15), The Carters: Hurts to Love You drops on Paramount+. It’s available to stream for subscribers only.
How to Watch The Carters: Hurts to Love You for Free
Paramount+ has two tiers for streaming plans to watch The Carters: Hurts to Love You. The first is the Paramount+ Essential plan, which is ad-supported and goes for $7.99 per month. It grants you access to everything the streamer has to offer, including and catalog titles — from content hubs, including CBS, CBS Sports, CBS News, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and The Smithsonian Channel — but with limited commercial breaks throughout movies, TV shows and live TV.
The other is Paramount+ with Showtime, which is ad-free and goes for $12.99 per month. This plan has all of Paramount+ originals and network hubs, as well as programming from Showtime with hits including Yellowjackets, Billions, The Curse, The Chi and Your Honor without any ad breaks.
Not a subscriber? Sign up for a seven-day free trial to watch The Carters: Hurts to Love You.
Directed by Soleil Moon Frye, the documentary special follows the rise and fall of Aaron Carter until his untimely death in 2022. It also follows substance abuse problems with Aaron’s sisters, as well as his older brother Nick Carter.
The Carters: Hurts to Love You is exclusive to stream on Paramount+ starting on Tuesday (April 15). In the meantime, watch the trailer for the two-part documentary special below:
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