Really? It's not like you were a pro-quarterback. You were in a boyband. You wore gold lame. Why the secrecy?
At the beginning, NSYNC went to boyband camp in Germany. I was 16. The record company told us so many things. You can't say you have a girlfriend. You cannot be seen smoking. You cannot be seen drinking. It was all about the fans; it was all about that 10-year-old girl.


Boyband camp? LOL! I bet they must have told them they can't do anything!

Clay Aiken is in a similar position now - the speculation is rampant.
Did he come out? Or is he still in the closet?


Justin Timberlake told Rolling Stone that he always knew you were gay.
Everyone says that. When we were in the group, we thought Justin was gay.

Why?
Because he told us he wanted to do a gay part in a movie. We thought Chris was gay because he used to hang out with a choreographer.

How did it feel to sit around while the members of NSYNC accused eachother of being gay?
I went along with it. I had to.


Now I don't think he was being sarcastic. It seems like they actually just sat around calling each other gay.

Um, did he just out Clay? He better hide!


Amid all this, you set out on a much publicized mission to go into space. You even went to Russia to train. In the extensive psych evaluation required for space travel, none of your sexuality issues came out?
They thought I was straight. The doctors in Russia did a colonoscopy - no anesthesia, no sedation. I had tears running down my face, and they started laughing. I said to my translator, "What are they saying?" He said, "Now they know you're not gay."


Holy shit! OUCH!