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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 Identity issue, which features an oral history of "How I Came Out in Hollywood," Bass described how he was "scared sless" about people learning 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 old, I knew I was same-sex attracted, but I also knew that it was something I'd have to mask the rest of my life because my Southern Baptist upbringing told me that."
"I knew, especially in the year , that if anyone found out that I was gay, *NSYNC's career would be completely over, and these guys would loathe me for the rest of my life," he recalled thinking.
But when he finally did appear out to his band mates, that isn't what happened.
"The guys are still so pissed that I wasn't capable to tell them when we were still a groupthey absolutely don'
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 pretty 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 devour and seeing how his body reacts. "It's all kind of trial and error right now as I try to acquire 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 significant 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 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. Linear guys don't do that," Bass recalled.
Fatone was totally unfazed by the discovery and fully supported his friend and bandmate.
"He was like, 'Dude, I don't care.' I'm like, 'Surprise!'" Bass said. "Joey was just like, 'Dude, I don't care. I contain 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 expose. "It was a few months after that before I told the [rest of] the guys," Bass said. "I don't assume anyone was surprised."
Today, Bass is the godfather of
What happened to NSYNC members who weren&#;t Justin Timberlake?
Of all the non-Timberlake members of NSYNC, Lance has arguably maintained the top public profile since the end of the boyband in
He reached the final of Dancing With The Stars in and has kept himself active appearing on various US reality and panel shows since He has also turned his hand to television presenting and worked as a voice star on TV shows such as Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman.
He has also been active in supporting worthy causes, launching The Lance Bass Foundation which helps children from low-income families meet their health needs. Lance came out as gay in , earning himself a Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for doing something which, at the time, was rare in the pop world.
But perhaps Lance is best known, in his post-NSYNC years for trying (and sadly failing) to go to space.
In he began cosmonaut training in Russia for a planned space flight, even undergoing heart surgery to build sure he was physically fit enough to proceed into orbit, which he was to be filmed for a documentary. Sadly, th