Lance Bass Talks About CW Sitcom He Misplaced Out On After Coming Out

Lance Bass has had an eclectic profession since *NSYNC went on hiatus in 2002. He’s acted on TV in seventh Heaven and Dancing With the Stars, within the motion pictures in At the Line, Zoolander and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry and on Broadway in Hairspray, in addition to web hosting the drive-time radio display Grimy Pop with Lance Bass and coaching for an (in the long run failed) probability to blast off into area.

However the only factor the singer may now not do, it sounds as if, used to be play it instantly for a sitcom at a time when he mentioned that marriage equality used to be starting to bubble up within the nationwide dialog. In a talk this week at the Politickin’ podcast, the 45-year-old pop celebrity unfolded about his misplaced bid at a community function after he got here out in 2006.

“I had a sitcom with The CW on the time, and we have been about to shoot the pilot and this got here out and so they have been like, ‘We will’t do the display anymore. Like, they’ve to imagine that you simply’re instantly to play a instantly personality,’” married father of twins Bass mentioned in regards to the unnamed display. “Each and every casting director I knew, they’re like, ‘Lance, we will be able to’t solid you as a result of they may be able to’t glance previous… You’re too well-known for being homosexual now that they may be able to’t take a look at you as anything else as opposed to that.’ So, I misplaced the whole lot, brokers, the whole lot.”

Bass known as it a “loopy frightening state of affairs,” as a result of, he mentioned, “the entire examples I’ve ever had of someone popping out, particularly in leisure, used to be that it’s a profession killer.” Bass got here out in a Folks mag tale in 2006 and informed the pod’s host, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Tremendous Bowl champ Marshawn Lynch and agent Doug Hendrickson that he endured to fight to search out paintings in Hollywood afterwards, although a few of those self same other people have since solid him in different tasks.

“I imply, I knew I used to be homosexual since I used to be, , 5-years-old,” he mentioned. “But in addition knew at a tender age that used to be one thing I used to be going to have to cover my entire complete lifestyles as a result of, , it used to be unhealthy, particularly rising up in a state like Mississippi the place there’s now not one homosexual individual, now not one out individual in any respect, as it, once more, used to be unhealthy.”

The singer additionally mentioned *NSYNC’s monetary struggles within the early days and their battles with overdue supervisor Lou Pearlman to receives a commission, which precipitated Newsom to convey up the law he signed in September — championed by means of Demi Lovato — that guarantees that kid and teen performers who make on-line content material are secure from monetary abuse. “All the time have an ideal staff of other people round you… it’s a must to agree with anyone,” Bass mentioned.