The Interesting Impact Of Lance Bass’s Coming Out As Gay On His Career

Lance Bass, a member of the band NSYNC, has stated that he “lost everything” when he came out as gender nonconforming in 2006.

Lance Bass stated in a recent interview that it had a significant impact on his career at the time. He also thought back to his boy band days, when he was a recluse.

Everyone was shocked when he came out as gay at the time. Bass revealed that he even had a sitcom pilot with CW but was fired due to his sexual orientation during an appearance on the Politickin’ podcast on December 5 with hosts Gavin Newsom and Doug Hendrickson.

“I had a sitcom with The CW at the time, and we were about to shoot the pilot, and this came out, and they were like, ‘We can’t do the show anymore,” the singer revealed. The producers wanted him to be believable as a straight man.

He also disclosed that practically all of the directors who were familiar with him made subtle hints that they couldn’t cast him because they couldn’t see past his sexual orientation.

“You’re too famous for being gay now that they can’t look at you as anything other than that.’ So, I lost everything,” Bass added. The NSYNC alum admitted that even his agents faced the same issues and eventually “fell off.” So, at that point, he had to completely “restart and rebrand” himself.

The singer of “Bye Bye Bye” admitted that coming out of the closet had a significant impact on his career.

“It was definitely a career killer. But, not too long after that, I just saw a lot of success stories in entertainment, and I love that,” he said, adding that today’s generation has evolved in acceptance and respect for individuality.

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However, after a few years, Bass received approaches from a number of directors who had previously rejected him due to his sexual orientation, which he finds “funny” and “ironic.” But he says he doesn’t harbor resentment.

“I’m very understanding — I get it, business is business. It sucks, but I never can hold grudges,” he added.

Bass also disclosed that he had always been aware of his sexual orientation but had accepted the possibility that he would have to live a life of concealment.