Lance Bass Comes Out the Closet

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Lance Bass, a singer in the boy band *NSync, has revealed that he is gay and in a relationship with a former star of a U.S. reality television show, People magazine said on Wednesday.

Bass, 27, said he had kept his homosexuality a secret because he did not want to hurt *NSync's popularity and cripple the careers of his bandmates.

"The thing is, I'm not ashamed -- that's the one thing I want to say," Bass told People. "I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life."

Bass said he has a "very stable" relationship with actor Reichen Lehmkuhl, 32, who appeared on the reality TV show "Amazing Race."

*NSync, whose members included Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez, had hits like "I Want You Back," "Bye Bye Bye" and "Tearing Up My Heart" and was at the forefront of the 1990s "boy band" craze. The group went on hiatus in 2002.

Bass told People he had not previously revealed he was gay because he feared it would hurt the band's popularity and the careers of his bandmates.

"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," Bass said.

Bass said the reason he wanted to come out in public now is that rumors "really were starting to affect my daily life. Now it feels like it's on my terms."

The People issue with the Bass story, which his spokesman verified, hits newsstands on Friday.

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They said this on the radio and I cracked up.

 

HA! I knew it!!

The song tells all.

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I thought all of them were gay.

 

Scary Spice was more masculine than all of them put together.

 

Most people bag on boy bands about being gay. But man I thought he came out with that awhile ago. I guess because he outta the bunch, really looked gay.

 

What's next? An article about Yao Ming where he says he's tall?

 

LMAO! Who would have thaught?! , haha the whole boy band thing is just homo.

 

Seriously, who gives a crap? It's stupid he had to hide it in the first place

 

LMAO @ you asses.

 

WTF? Only one of them is gay?

 

Lol.. All of them are gay! What a gay ***!

 

I think the most shocking thing in all of this is that people are actually surprised.

 

Yeah, I alway's knew that there was something odd about this fellow...it seems there actually is...ah..

 

So when do the other three or four or (whatever number is left) come out of the closet?

 

Like everyone else here it's no surprise that dude was gay, my question is why does the media make such a big deal out of him being gay?....I mean they act like the man won the nobel prize or something when in reality he just likes to have his fudge packed.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting THE DREAM:</div><div class="quote_post">Like everyone else here it's no surprise that dude was gay, my question is why does the media make such a big deal out of him being gay?....I mean they act like the man won the nobel prize or something when in reality he just likes to have his fudge packed.</div>

 

Okay what idiot didnt know he was gay already.And who cares who he screws. as long as I dont have to hear it or see it im okay.

 

Not surprised about this dude...the other dudes dont seem as gay tho but whatever.

 

when is it clay aikens turn?