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Lance Bass, the former 'N Sync heartthrob, reveals that he is gay, in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.

"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," says Bass, referring to bandmates Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake.

"I didn’t know: Could that be the end of ’N Sync? So I had that weight on me of like, ‘Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it's bad.' So I just never did," he says speaking about his sexual orientation for the first time with PEOPLE.

Now, after years of keeping his personal life private, the Mississippi-bred, Southern Baptist-reared Bass, 27, is publicly revealing what he first shared with his friends, then his shocked family.


"He took years to really think about how he was going to tell everyone," says his close buddy Fatone, 29, who was the first 'N Sync bandmate to find out Bass is gay. "I back him up 100 percent." Adds Bass’s longtime pal, actress Christina Applegate: "I've always accepted him as who he is. It's about his own serenity at this point."

Having pursued acting, producing and – most memorably – space flight after ’N Sync went on hiatus in 2002, Bass now is looking ahead to new beginnings. He is in a "very stable" relationship with model-actor-Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl, 32, and is developing an Odd Couple-inspired sitcom pilot with Fatone in which his character will be gay.

Mostly, though, he’s just enjoying the relief that comes with the culmination of a long, at times emotionally fraught journey.

"The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say," he explains of his decision to come out. "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."

As for why he's talking about this now Bass says, "The main reason I wanted to speak my mind was that (the rumors) really were starting to affect my daily life. Now it feels like it's on my terms. I'm at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there's really nothing else that I worry about."

For the full Q&A with Lance Bass, pick up PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

LMFAO!

Quick question: Who cares who he fucks?

You don't see Keith Urban, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, or any other straight man on the front cover of a mag saying "I'm hetro", do you?

I've got no drama with people being gay or choosing to be gay but I'd prefer they just STFU and do what they do.

But, since that ain't gonna happen I'll have to do something.

Ladies and gentlemen I have announcement to make:

I'm hetro! Yes, after all these years of typing messages to you guys I finally found the courage to step up and let it be known. My fiance is pregnant and it's a little hard to hide it, so I thought I should be honest with you all.

I'm hetro, and I'm working through the situation as best I can. It's a little hard, considering all these metros, fashion gurus and queer eye for me shows but I'm hanging in there and doing my part for the future of the human race.

If we don't repoduce we will die! I had to step up and do my part. Thanks for understanding my situation and I would appreciate it if you valued my privacy at this difficult time.

Thanks"

LMFAO!

Lance My Firm Ass is Open?

Quick question: Who cares who he fucks?

You don't see Keith Urban, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, or any other straight man on the front cover of a mag saying "I'm hetro", do you?

I've got no drama with people being gay or choosing to be gay but I'd prefer they just STFU and do what they do.

But, since that ain't gonna happen I'll have to do something.

Ladies and gentlemen I have announcement to make:

I'm hetro! Yes, after all these years of typing messages to you guys I finally found the courage to step up and let it be known. My fiance is pregnant and it's a little hard to hide it, so I thought I should be honest with you all.

I'm hetro, and I'm working through the situation as best I can. It's a little hard, considering all these metros, fashion gurus and queer eye for me shows but I'm hanging in there and doing my part for the future of the human race.

If we don't repoduce we will die! I had to step up and do my part. Thanks for understanding my situation and I would appreciate it if you valued my privacy at this difficult time.

Thanks"

LMAO. Classic stuff Pharoah.

And by the way, I could have told you Bass was gay in about '97.

And by the way, I could have told you Bass was gay in about '97.

Where'd you guys go for dinner?




(sorry, too easy)

And by the way, I could have told you Bass was gay in about '97.

Where'd you guys go for dinner?




(sorry, too easy)

I really questioned whether or not to post that, and I was like, nah, these guys are cool, they won't go there. Dank. Walked into that one. LOL.

LMFAO!

Lance My Firm Ass is Open?
Yeah thats exactly what that means




[smilie=rolleyes2.g:

Am I the only one who read this article and thought "what a waste of bazillions of hot teen groupies that would do anything you ask of them"?

What a waste of opportunity.

Other than that, whatever. To each his own.

I agree with Taymelo

I thought the reason guys became singers/actors etc was to get chicks?

Obviously I was wrong.

I agree with Taymelo
I thought the reason guys became singers/actors etc was to get chicks?

Obviously I was wrong.

"Everybody else does it for the Chicks, I do it for the Dicks!"
"Silly Rabbit those dicks are for me" - Lance Bass

Quick question: Who cares who he fucks?

You don't see Keith Urban, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, or any other straight man on the front cover of a mag saying "I'm hetro", do you?



Yes, you do see exactly that (http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1114381,00.html) from time to time.

LOL

And who's Keith Urban?

Next stop for Lance Bass is the Bassmasters TV show, where he gets to talk about his fishing pole...

Who is Keith Urban? I thought he was popular in the USA?

Dude married Nicole Kidman.

Country singer.

Australian.

etc

Married Kidman? Way to go him.

Yeah, boy scored there.

She ain't my type (lanky and too damn skinny) but she's got mils, so I'd do her for a year and ask for some cash in the settlement.

I'd guess the accent doesn't really do much for ya.

Quick question: Who cares who he fucks?

You don't see Keith Urban, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, or any other straight man on the front cover of a mag saying "I'm hetro", do you?



Yes, you do see exactly that (http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1114381,00.html) from time to time.


That's awesome! geerussell 1, cruise 0.

Who is Keith Urban? I thought he was popular in the USA?
I'd suspect there's less modern country music fans in NBA-basketballl-land than with the population as a whole. I first heard of Keith Urban as "that dude who's banging Nicole Kidman".

Damn. Lance Bass is gay huh?

I wonder what the rest of Rascal Flatts think about that. [smilie=rofl.gif]

Lance Bass is GAHAY??? Are you kidding me?

When did this happen?

Boy, it's a good thing he never got a chance to fly in space. Those astronauts are thanking their lucky stars, I'm telling ya. Lance Bass + three astronauts + in orbit with nowhere to run = :eek:

I'm wondering if Lance's gay astronaut confession opens up this political can of worms:


John Kerry’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination struggled to stay on-message today after a gay rights group urged the candidate to recruit homosexual astronauts for America’s space missions.

A little-known group, the Organization of Gay and Self-loving Men in Orbit or ORGASMO, made the demand in a press release faxed to major newspapers and media outlets today.

Claiming to represent millions of homosexual and masturbating Democrats, ORGASMO demanded that Kerry honor the Democratic Party’s commitment to diversity and equal rights by reserving slots for gay astronauts who, they claim, “are clearly best qualified to perform prolonged missions in deep space”.

Experts believe that the ORGASMO manifesto may open the door for public discussion, if not acceptance, of gay space missions.

The unacceptable danger of in-flight pregnancy virtually rules out co-ed missions to Mars, which will take more than one year or more from launch to recovery. But the prospect of serial autoerotic relief — whether furtive and ad hoc or scheduled and supervised — on stag space flights threatens to undermine the morale and image of America’s proudly macho astronaut corps.

Requiring the astronauts to remain celibate, though the obvious political and religious choice, is simply not a medically feasible option, commented Dr. Stanley Krumm, Professor of Astromedicine at Cedars — Sinai.

“Sexual abstinence for such a long period would have deleterious physical as well as psychological effects” he remarked. “They could run the gamut from impaired concentration to serious prostate infections”.

The sexual needs of interplanetary astronauts, Krumm believes, “must be addressed, although a presidential campaign may not be the best time to do it.”

The demand spells trouble for the Kerry camp, which is trying to stake out a nuanced position opposing gay marriage but supporting legal recognition of gay unions.

The GOP was quick to attack.

Ed Gillespie, GOP chairman, appearing before a veteran’s group in Charlotte, North Carolina, angrily condemned the call as “the intersection of the worst kind of quota politics and junk science”. He called on Kerry to repudiate ORGASMO and its message immediately.

Even as Kerry attempts to put the controversy behind him, President Bush has already seized the high ground.

“The men we rocket into God’s heaven will honor His laws and respect our nation’s cherished values”, the President declared in his weekly radio address. “There is no room for sin in our space program.”

Bush also announced an Executive Order establishing “The Presidential Intergalactic Marriage Protection Initiative”. The purpose of the PIMP act is to promote marriage of humanoids “as performed by a competent religio-civil authority” only within species and between genders on all planets that the U.S. space program visits or colonizes.
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