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Lance Bass Reveals How &#;N Sync&#;s Joey Fatone Found Out He Is Gay
Lance Bass came out when he was 21, but the 'N Sync member revealed that one of his bandmates discovered his sexual orientation purely by accident.
Bass, now 34, revealed that Joey Fatone was the first member to learn he was gay.
"Joey walked in on me with the guy I was dating just kind of sitting on my lap. Straight guys don't do that," Bass recalled.
Fatone was totally unfazed by the discovery and fully supported his partner and bandmate.
"He was like, 'Dude, I don't care.' I'm like, 'Surprise!'" Bass said. "Joey was just like, 'Dude, I don't take care. I have so many gay friends -- I don't care.'"
Fatone wasn't the only 'N Sync member to react positively. Bass said the rest of the group was equally supportive of his reveal. "It was a not many months after that before I told the [rest of] the guys," Bass said. "I don't think anyone was surprised."
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Lance Bass on aging, fatherhood: 'I need to cease pretending I'm 21'
Lance Bass is saying "bye, bye, bye" to any horrible habits and devoting "every little thing" he does to all things health and wellness.
"I'm in my 40s now, so I need to stop pretending I'm 21," the singer says over a Zoom call, enjoying a lovely day in Los Angeles. That means keeping his heart rate up through exercise, including lifting and making sure he is toning his muscle.
Bass, 44, developed diabetes within the past few years, and he's still trying to figure out how to deal with that – testing what to chew and seeing how his body reacts. "It's all kind of trial and error right now as I try to fetch all this under control," he says. In the process of trying to improve his health overall, he has also taken a closer look at things like allergies, partnering with Allegra Airways to help allergy sufferers locate areas with less pollen and air pollution.
His health goals took center stage because of two essential people in his life: "I want to be here as long as I can for my kids," says the father of 2½-year-old twin
Lance Bass Divulges Why He Didn&#;t Come out as Gay While He Was in *NSYNC
*NSYNC's impact on the pop music planet was forever etched in stone on Monday (April 30), when the boy band received its star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The group's five members were all present, and while Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez all gave thanks to fans, mentors, and each other, during their acceptance speeches, Lance Bass went one step further and addressed something very personal when it was his time to talk.
"I want to thank these four guys right here: Joey, JC, Chris, Justin. We&#x;re brothers. We&#x;re family," he began. "Out of all this, the music, the tours, the love from the fans, it&#x;s my brotherhood I&#x;m most thankful for. I was a kid when we came together and I&#x;m a male today because of the family I have and you. I love you guys.
"The other thing I want to say here today is something I&#x;ve been trying to put into words maybe my whole life," he continued. "Growing up in Mississippi and
Lance Bass recalls NSYNC's reaction to his coming out
*NSYNC's Lance Bass is opening up about his coming-out story.
In The Hollywood Reporter's Pride issue, which features an oral history of "How I Came Out in Hollywood," Bass described how he was "scared sless" about people study his secret the height of *NSYNC's popularity.
"The bigger we got, the more people are looking into your personal lives," he told the outlet. "I always knew I was gay. Five years ancient, I knew I was gay, but I also knew that it was something I'd have to hide the rest of my life because my Southern Baptist upbringing told me that."
"I knew, especially in the year , that if anyone establish out that I was gay, *NSYNC's career would be completely over, and these guys would detest me for the repose of my life," he recalled thinking.
But when he finally did come out to his band mates, that isn't what happened.
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