Justin Timberlake Happy For Openly Gay Friend Lance Bass

Justin Timberlake tells MTV News he breathed a sigh of relief for his friend and former *NSYNC bandmate Lance Bass after he revealed he was gay and in a relationship with ‘Amazing Race’ star Reichen Lehmkuhl. “I think Lance is one of the greatest people I know, and I’m just happy that he had self-acceptance over this because I’m sure it’s hard,” Timberlake said. “The guy grew up in the Bible Belt, you know, so just as his friend, you want that for him. You want him to be OK and live his life. I think that a lot of the boy bands, and they date back, you know, a little ways, I think that they all sign up for a certain thing and – this might be me assuming too much – but I think that a lot of them buy into that illusion as well. Especially when you have to live it and it’s not who you really are. So I’m happy for him.” Read more.