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"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. 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." 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.
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Lance Bass of 'N Sync attends a news conference in Moscow on Friday, May 31, 2002. Bass, the former member of boy band 'N Sync, reveals he's gay in the upcoming Friday, July 28, 2006 issue of People magazine. The singer, who formed 'N Sync with bandmates Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, says he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity.
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