# out of the closet
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802 "2006-07-26T12:14:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/1 "2006-07-26T12:14:29Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap\_on\_en\_mu/people\_lance\_bass;\_ylt=AhRiS57JkH4xG5yNz5LRVjoDW7oF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_on_en_mu/people_lance_bass;_ylt=AhRiS57JkH4xG5yNz5LRVjoDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhZDhxNDFzBHNlYwNtZW5ld3M-)
NEW YORK - 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 went 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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hahaha, it was only a matter of time. 🤣
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/2 "2006-07-26T12:20:07Z")
hello captain obvious.
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### Author:  [@yamaha](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamaha)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/3 "2006-07-26T12:27:11Z")
> [@flyinglow57](#):
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> hello captain obvious.
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### Author:  [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/4 "2006-07-26T12:30:14Z")
It was just a matter of time.
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### Author:  [@mp3ray](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mp3ray)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/5 "2006-07-26T12:32:20Z")
He should have been out the whole time, but I guess the public isn’t as understanding
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### Author:  [@mustang03gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mustang03gt)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/6 "2006-07-26T12:50:56Z")
his BF Reichen is HOTT. If I was a dude, he would turn me gay haha
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### Author:  [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/7 "2006-07-26T12:54:16Z")
if feel he’s irresponsible to be gay as a male in his position. it was his duty to bang as many of those hot little bitches as he could. but oh well… less mice more cheese.
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### Author:  [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/8 "2006-07-26T13:00:24Z")
I thought it was required to be in a boyband or to like their music you have to suck dick…and like it?
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/9 "2006-07-26T13:17:36Z")
I saw the thread, I saw the poster… I was SO excited that Bob was finally coming out of the closet so I could finally stop covering for him… ☹
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### Author:  [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/10 "2006-07-26T13:48:30Z")
sorry mike, you’ll just have to stop pestering me and find someone else to toss ur salad.
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### Author:  [@Laura00WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Laura00WS6)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/11 "2006-07-26T13:55:48Z")
well now all we can do is wait for the other four members to come out.
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-of-the-closet/183802/12 "2006-07-26T14:22:16Z")
I thought it was mandatory to be :greddy2: in a boy band