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July 26, 2006

Lance Bass: "Yep, I Have A Wacky Eye"

Speaking of guys who were once in *NSYNC...

Former pop star Lance Bass finally admits one of his eyes is, you know, sort of off.

"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand," Lance reveals in the new issue of People.

"I knew ... it would overpower everything."

Still, Bass soldiered on, unsuccessfully trying to distract the public from his predicament by announcing plans to travel to outer space.

"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. "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."

"The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say. 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."

RELATED: Joey Fatone wants everyone to stop calling him "fat one."

Posted at 9:46 AM




22 Comments

TOTALLY SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: bethany at 07/26/06 10:12 AM | Reply
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close your italics

Posted by: gsssr at 07/26/06 10:12 AM | Reply
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duh

Posted by: Rachelandthecity at 07/26/06 10:16 AM | Reply
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Oh No! Big suprise that the gayest memeber of the gayest boy-group ever that made the gayest music ever to the gayest fans ever would turn out to be....

wait for it...

wait for it...


GAY!

Oh my.

Pretty funny stuff, but definitely not suprising!

Posted by: H-TownHellRaiser at 07/26/06 10:18 AM | Reply
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"Still, Bass soldiered on, unsuccessfully trying to distract the public with plans for a space exploration."

To give him credit though, I think he came up with the best plan he could have. I challange anyone out there to think of better way to shift focus away from one's sexual orientation than by making plans to TRAVEL INTO SPACE.

Posted by: dan at 07/26/06 10:23 AM | Reply
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This is going to be the new trend, boy band members outing themselves. AJ will be next.

Posted by: fred at 07/26/06 11:23 AM | Reply
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Does this mean the plot for 'On the Line' was a total sham??!!!!

Posted by: tight25 at 07/26/06 11:29 AM | Reply
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haha...fat one.

does this mean Lance Bass is one of the 'crooked rain' people?

Posted by: Jeff at 07/26/06 11:57 AM | Reply
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Hahahahhahaahahahahahaha, I always knew it. Great cover. Lance - "I'm Gay" Colin Farrel - "Sober Six Months" Its sad that this is actually newsworthy, who gives a fuck?

Posted by: karl at 07/26/06 12:27 PM | Reply
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now, if he could just get caught with an ugly guy who wears unfashionable shorts in a bush, we've got a story.

Posted by: mathamatic at 07/26/06 12:32 PM | Reply
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"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand"

I wonder if that was the only thing of theirs he had in his hand?

HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Sorry.

Posted by: David at 07/26/06 12:34 PM | Reply
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i always thought he was in the BACKSTREET BOYS......

oh, the irony.....

Posted by: maya lucia at 07/26/06 1:00 PM | Reply
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What? Good for him. I'd imagine it'd be pretty difficult to keep something like that concealed when your group is that HUGE...

But yeah, that is a funny cover.

Posted by: a is for applebits at 07/26/06 2:17 PM | Reply
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maya: he was in n'sync. no duh.

Posted by: nick at 07/26/06 2:28 PM | Reply
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Joey Fatone: "I'm Fat!"

Posted by: -p- at 07/26/06 3:28 PM | Reply
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Lance Bass takes Joey's Fat One in the ass! I knew it!

Posted by: Bass licks Ass at 07/26/06 5:30 PM | Reply
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What a surprise...wow. With a name like Lance???
Nah.

Posted by: Craven Moorehead at 07/26/06 5:56 PM | Reply
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my little sister's favorite member was lance.

i was also confused at first when reading this post cuz i didnt read the title of the people magazine, i just read the "yep i have a wacky eye", and assumed he was ousting a hidden eye surgery or something.

Posted by: hahnsolo at 07/26/06 10:28 PM | Reply
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nick...

of course he's in n'sync.....or was...

duh....

i'm saying that along.....he was a "backstreet boy".....

get it?

dang...

you hipsters are slow....

Posted by: maya lucia at 07/27/06 12:49 AM | Reply
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"...the gayest member..."

No way. That's Chris Kirkpatrick.

Posted by: Trey at 07/27/06 1:21 AM | Reply
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hes faking it, hes just ashamed of his lack of spotlight...and then we got Justin over here kick Michael Jackson out of the king of pop roll...in rollingstone saying...."workin on a new album..."

so the lance guys like, couldnt get into space, i cant act....this is gay....i might as well be gay

Posted by: robbie digital at 07/27/06 12:45 PM | Reply
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FACT: indie rock hipsters still have a soft spot in their hearts for NSync.

Posted by: tjxm at 07/28/06 6:57 AM | Reply
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