Date: 7/26/2006 2:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 16376
I saw this on TV, I don't think its too surprising.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
and the careers of others..  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
I cant say that I am surprised. The disgusting fact is that he had to hide it all that time only because it could be damaging to his career. |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 33256
Now we just have to wait for the rest of them to come out   |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:39:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
I fail to see how anyone's sexual preferences affect their ability to sing and entertain. He should have been honest from the start....not that it is anyone's business but his own.  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
It doesnt affect their ability at all - thats not the point. The fact is that people fear that being themselves can hurt their careers. It is no doubt that it can. |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 58334
You know what? He was the only member of Nsync I liked. I'm glad he was able to come out.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:41:00 PM
From Authorid: 59418
Wow, I think we all knew before he did, to be honest   |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
Beezleben, in my opinion, the only thing that might damage his career is the fact that he was not honest from the beginning. If he wanted people to know then he should have stated it at the start....or kept quiet. People don't like dishonesty. |
Date: 7/26/2006 2:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 43015
hmm gives meaning to that song "Which Backstreet Boy is gay"..=P I use to love N'Sync..but then they started coming out with songs like "Bye Bye Bye" and I started to dislike them..But I love the older songs =)  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
Right now, he will get a new following. But as a member of Nsync, if he had come out back then and been openly gay, it would not have been helpful to their careers. I am sorry that you cannot see that. People are rotten. |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:47:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
HOW would it have damaged his career. Remember, I am a Brit, perhaps we have different tolerances. Are gay artists in the USA penalised for their preferences. Sorry if I am failing to understand...explain it to me? |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
Yes, in the US, my honest opinion is that it would have damaged not only his career, but the careers of the other members of n'sync. First of all the media would have a ball with it - their greatest fan base was the 14 year old girls who could care less about the music and were all 100% sure that they would be marrying one of the members and that they would have all their children - with that "dream" realized to not be possible.. even though it hardly was in the first place they would lose interest. Also, do you not realize how relentlessly cruel the christian right are towards gays? They would raise such a stink. The people in the U.S. are not as nice as we think that we all are. It is a fact. We respect only our own freedom, but nothing beyond that. |
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Date: 7/26/2006 2:56:00 PM
From Authorid: 46527
That is very sad Ben, what a shame to miss out on potential good entertainment due to prejudice. |
Date: 7/26/2006 3:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 10391
Actually I fail to see how this is news. I really hate when I log into a news site and stuff like this is top news;  |
Date: 7/26/2006 3:15:00 PM
From Authorid: 47166
Hmmm... this is definately in my top ten of "Things that do not suprise me."  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 3:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
LSR, I couldnt agree more. |
Date: 7/26/2006 3:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 62998
I agree Carly, why is this news? Isn't there enough newsworthy stuff going on without having to print what sexual preference a band member has. Move on.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 4:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 61013
I kinda felt as if he wasn't completely straight lmao.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 4:59:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
it's about time he admitted it! he denied it for soo long.. really there are photos of him taken with this guy and a few days other photos taken and they are wearing eachothers shirts! i think if he came out in the beginning of the Nsync days the band it woulda been a good thing  |
Date: 7/26/2006 5:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 30747
I guess I can't understand how this is news? Why do we have to announce when we are gay? I want equal time. I want a write up in News Week telling everyone I'm heterosexual. I gotta laugh at the media  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 5:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
But its not exactly his fault that it is considered "news" |
Date: 7/26/2006 5:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 2030
Well now he can gain status as an oppressed minority.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 6:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 12709
Pretty dumb that something like not preferring people of the opposite sex caused him to live a lie for so long. Really, someone explain to me what the big deal is about being gay? Let the man be happy.  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 6:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 30747
I didn't say it was. |
Date: 7/26/2006 7:09:00 PM
From Authorid: 8905
And to all those who are surprised by this, please raise your hand so we can laugh at you. Still dont like the band... Thanks for the news update  |
Date: 7/26/2006 7:54:00 PM
From Authorid: 47805
He was the only member of N'sync that I liked too :P  |
Date: 7/26/2006 8:32:00 PM
From Authorid: 10344
Just because he didn't disclose his sexual preference doesn't make him dishonest.  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 8:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
so you dont like him anymore, leapardess? |
Date: 7/26/2006 9:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 63302
i know if i was famous the last thing i would want to discuss would be my sexual preferences and or desires. that is personal. i am tired of the media bashing on gay people or making a story out of them for ratings. people have the right to live thier life the way they want to without judgement from others in my opinion. god is the only one who shall judge.let people be happy and
let the prejudices go....hugs all  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 9:56:00 PM ( SD-Admin )
Well, I think this is something we all knew. Besides, he is still a person. We should all be a bit blind and hard of hearing. Maybe then we would accept about everyone |
Date: 7/26/2006 10:00:00 PM
From Authorid: 1631
Oh puh-leeze. This guy was given the opportunity to be a part of the boy band franchise whose only goal is to make gobs and gobs of money off teenage female fans. He knew what he was getting into and he knew what was expected of him...to attract teenage GIRLS and their expendable income. He was perfectly content to be a teen idol to the ladies and make lots of money while doing so. Now that N'Sync is pretty much over, he's going shifting over to a new market to help keep his celebrity afloat. It wasn't fear that kept him in the closet for all those years, it was money.  |
Date: 7/26/2006 10:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 53909
Heh, I heard this on the radio today.  |
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Date: 7/26/2006 10:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
Exactly Ali, as well as the fact that his sexuality could have been damaging to the carreers of the other members. |
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Date: 7/26/2006 10:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 1631
But it's not about oppression, it's about marketing. You don't advertise the newest iPod to the 65+ age group because that would be a waste of marketing dollars and bad business. Lance was signed on to that band to be a commodity designed by music moguls, plain and simple. He sold his soul to the music industry and CHOSE to hide who he really was. I feel less sorry for his fear that his "career" might be damaged for coming out and more sorry for all the teenage girls he duped into falling in love with him for all those years. |
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Date: 7/26/2006 10:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 63194
right - what a crook he is.. |
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Date: 7/26/2006 10:49:00 PM ( SD-Admin )
The person matters...who cares what sexual preferance you are. Why can't we all love everybody? Even if you dont agree, why can't we just all accept ppl for who they are? I am straight, I have friends of all religons and prefrences. I know I just want to be accepted for who I am and loved. |
Date: 7/27/2006 12:34:00 AM
From Authorid: 36766
I'm not the least bit surprised by this & I could care less if he is gay or straight, as long as he's happy & content, then I'm happy for him & I'll still be an Nsync fan until the day I croak. You go, Lance!!  |
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Date: 7/27/2006 3:09:00 AM ( Chatmin-SC )
OMG! i would of never guessed thanks for informing me |
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Date: 7/27/2006 4:26:00 AM
From Authorid: 1631
Let him be as gay as the day is long! I don't think that is the problem here. It sounds like he's found love, acceptance and peace plus he has the all the financial comfort his past CHOICE of being a fraud has brought him. He's luckier than all of us put together as far as I'm concerned. |
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Date: 7/27/2006 6:20:00 AM
From Authorid: 2030
He's just a person, Hugs, love, accept. Yea we get it. Who the heck is not accepting him? |
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Date: 7/30/2006 7:01:00 PM ( Admin-PK )
what a waste he was hot |
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Date: 7/30/2006 7:02:00 PM ( Admin-PK )
i dont mean that in a bad way either, i just mean, i always thought i would marry him :-P |
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