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Lance Bass, Boyfriend End
Relationship
05 Dec 2006- Former *NSYNC member, Lance
Bass and his boyfriend Reichen Lehmkuhl, have broken up after a relationship of
almost five months.
According to Lance Bass' publicist,
Cindy Owen, the couple has broken up. News of the announcement supposedly came
as a surprise to Reichen, who was unaware that Bass issued a statement
The beginning of the relationship is
linked to Lance Bass’ confirmation of his sexuality earlier this year, in July.
He made the announcement on the front cover of People magazine saying “I’m
Gay.”
Bass said back then he and Lehmkuhl had
been involved for "several" months, adding that they met when Bass hired
Lehmkuhl as a real estate agent. Since then, the men were then seen together at
a number of show business events, including a visit to the Toronto International
Film Festival in September.
Before the announcement came out, there
have been many speculations regarding his sexuality due to paparazzi snapshots
with him and openly gay Lehmkuhl. The first rumors surfaced in 2005 on celebrity
blogs all over the internet starting with Perez Hilton, the famous celebrity
blogger.
The former boy-band member insisted he
hadn’t previously disclosed his sexuality so it wouldn’t affect *NSYNC's popularity.
"The thing is, I'm not ashamed, that's
the one thing I want to say," Bass told the magazine. "I don't think it's wrong,
I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've
been my whole life."
His boyfriend seemed to be very pleased
with his decision to go public about his orientation and showed him a lot of
support. "I'm just really proud of Lance and the decision he made," he told
People. "He did it all on his own and I just stood by and supported him. It's
just been great."
Recently, Bass was spotted without his
partner over the weekend at VH1's Big in '06 Awards and when he was asked during
an interview if he was going to spend the holidays with Lehmkuhl he replied
sharply: "I don't know. A lot can happen in three weeks."
According to Perez Hilton’s blog, their
decision has been “mutual” one. "They had been fighting a lot lately," says an
unnamed Hilton source. "They tried a lot of things to make it work - even
opening up the relationship - but they would just fight all the time towards the
end. It wasn't working."
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