N'Sync member, Lance Bass: "I'm Gay!"

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'N Sync singer worried he would harm group

Wednesday, July 26, 2006; Posted: 1:16 p.m. EDT (17:16 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a reality show star.

Bass, who formed 'N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity.

"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," he tells the magazine.

'N Sync is known for a string of hits including "Bye Bye Bye" and "It's Gonna Be Me." The band went on hiatus in 2002. Bass has also found headlines for undertaking astronaut training and failing to raise money for a trip into space.

Bass says he wondered if his coming out could prompt "the end of 'N Sync." He explains, "So I had that weight on me of like, 'Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it's bad.' So I just never did."

The singer says he's in a "very stable" relationship with 32-year-old actor Reichen Lehmkuhl, winner of season four of CBS' "Amazing Race."

Bass and Fatone, 29, are developing a sitcom pilot inspired by the screwball comedy "The Odd Couple," in which his character will be gay.

"The thing is, I'm not ashamed -- that's the one thing I want to say," Bass says. "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. I'm just happy."

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This is my schocked face:

Wait, HECK from 5 years ago just appeared in front of me and is reading this story, he isn't surprised!



-HECK!

Oh, I don't think that a lot of people are surprised. Heart broken, maybe.
I think that it's great that Lance feels that he can be out now. Why should ANYONE have to hide who they are? Seriously. Oh wait... we're still waiting on Tom Cruise to come out and admit the truth, right?

And in other news:

Water Announces: I'm Wet!

-HECK!

Poo Announces: I Stink!

Yeah, no surprise there. But it was good of him to keep it hidden until the whole nsync thing was done in case it would tarnish their boy band image. I read he's in a serious relationship with one of the winners from the 4th season of the Amazing Race.

Now if only Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys would come out.....

(These things happen in three's don't they?...)

HAHA...yeah man! COmeon HOWIE..you can do it!

I'm sure that it was hard for him. I burst out from that closet a long time ago, and no way in hell will I go back in there. It's a hard place to be. So, I respect the guy for what he did.