Lance Bass: ‘Hiding my sexuality was depressing’
By Sam Rigby
Lance Bass has revealed that he found hiding his sexuality from people “depressing”.
The ‘N Sync singer said that it was hard to hide a “huge part” of his life from the people he cared for, and was relieved when he told bandmate Joey Fatone.
Speaking about growing up gay, he told Access Hollywood: “You just knew that you were attracted to the same sex and also, at age five, you knew there was something wrong with that… in the 80s, anywhere you lived, it was considered wrong.”
He explained that Fatone found out about his sexuality after walking in on him with his boyfriend.
“Joey was the first one that found out… Joey walked in on me with the guy I was dating just kinda sitting on my lap, and straight guys don’t do that… He was like, ‘Dude, I don’t care’. It was such a relief… It was a few months after before I told the guys. I don’t think anyone was surprised.
“(Hiding) it was depressing, for sure, because there was a huge part of your life that you were hiding… All the other guys got to go home to their girlfriends on our vacations and I didn’t get to do that.”
Bass announced that his engagement to Michael Turchin in September last year.
> ‘Sherlock’ star Andrew Scott opens up about coming out
> ITV launches anti-bullying campaign with Stonewall