98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons Said a Fan Tried to Snatch His Young Daughter Out of His Arms: 'You're Not Supposed to Have a Baby'
98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons Said a Fan Tried to Snatch His Young Daughter Out of His Arms: 'You're Not Supposed to Have a Baby'
Angela AndaloroMon, April 27, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC
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Jeff TimmonsCredit: Barry King/WireImage -
98 Degrees formed in 1996 and worked hard in the early years of their career to achieve success
Jeff Timmons recalls one of the moments where he saw the darker side of being famous after a fan approached him while he was out with his daughter
Timmons shares more about his experiences with fame in ID's Boy Band Confidential
Jeff Timmons is opening up about one of the more difficult moments in his experience with fame.
The 98 Degrees member, 52, opened up about the darker side of being recognized in public by sharing a frightening moment that happened while he was out with his oldest daughter, Alyssa, in ID's Boy Band Confidential: Deep Cuts.
"I was on the road all the time. I had a young daughter and some guy came up to me and he was just kind of looking at me," he recalled.
"He was like, 'Hey, you’re Jeff from 98 Degrees,' and I’m holding my daughter and this guy literally, he goes, ‘You’re not supposed to have a baby,’ like trying to snatch my daughter out of my hands, like literally having some sort of weird meltdown and I felt scared, not necessarily of him. It’s how weird and how unpredictable people can be sometimes, and it was bizarre."
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Jeff Timmons and daughter Alyssa in the "My Everything" music videoCredit: Universal Records
Elsewhere in the ID documentary, Timmons admitted to struggling with his mental health as the band's popularity grew. Timmons admitted to feeling like "the weakest link in the group," explaining, "I just didn't feel good about myself. I didn't feel good, physically. I couldn't sleep and my head wasn't right."
"I felt so worthless and just the fact that I could not handle all this pressure, that I was like, 'Just end it,' " he said.
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Timmons tried hard to work past those feelings, but it took time. "For whatever reason, I just thought, 'No screw that. Just push one more time. Just try this last thing,' " he shared.
"I went to our manager and I said, 'I need some help. If I don't get some sort of help, I will not be here. This is over. And I mean, seriously,' " he added.
98 Degrees in 2000Credit: Tim Roney/Getty
Timmons got help, but continued to struggle with the demands of being part of a popular boy band. His bandmate Nick Lachey noted that modern artists thankfully have a better opportunity to prioritize their mental health.
"You'll see a Bieber cancel a tour. You'll see a Shawn Mendes cancel a tour because, 'My mental health needs to come first.' That was not an option when we were out there," Lachey, now 52, said in the documentary series.
"You went out there and you did the show and you came back after the show and you broke down and you cried and you kicked a hole in the wall or you did whatever you had to do, but you didn’t bow out," he continued. "You worked so hard to get there, you couldn’t let your foot off the gas.”
Boy Band Confidential: Deep Cuts premieres Monday, April 27 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on ID and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7.
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