Former *NSYNC star Lance Bass tells People magazine he is, as many have long speculated, gay. “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,” says Bass, referring to bandmates Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake. “I didn’t know: Could that be the end of *NSYNC? So I had that weight on me of like, ‘Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it’s bad.’ So I just never did.”

PerezHilton.com reports that on Tuesday night (June 13), former *NSYNC star Lance Bass and his alleged boyfriend Reichen Lehmkuhl attended a charity event for the Fatone Family Foundation at Howl at the Moon in Orlando, sponsored by Miller Lite. “After the event began, Lance’s boyfriend arrived and he greeted him at the door,” revealed a woman who attended the festivities. “Lance escorted Reichen to the VIP section. Once I finally got into the VIP section they refused to take a picture together.”