Actor / singer Lance Bass claims that Colton Underwood, a new outing, may receive a setback from the gay community because he earns money for the experience.
Bass is commenting this week on the latest episode of The Ben & Ashley I. Almost Famous Podcast.
Colton has announced that he’s gay to host Robin Roberts Good morning America show earlier this week. Deadline reported that he is planning a Netflix reality show about his life as a gay man.
Bass, who was part of the boys group NSYNC, came out as gay in 2006.
“This gay community is very diverse, but we can also be very diverse,” Bass said on the podcast. “He will definitely get a lot of backlash from the community first. Not the majority, but there is a small percentage of the community who just do not like that he came out this way, and that he makes money. They do not think he deserves this attention, and one of the reasons is, and this is what I experienced when I came out … when you first came out, most people had no idea about the LGBT community . ‘
He added: ‘They do not know what the issues are because they are so deliberately separated from each other. So when someone comes out as a public figure, so many people immediately go, “It’s too late.” They do not like to support it because they do not yet feel that you know what you are talking about. But I do not think Colton is trying to lead the charge to be the spokesman for the LGBTQ community. ”
Bass said he may be related to Underwood’s situation because NSYNC’s followers were largely women. ‘90% of my fans were women, and everyone thought I was straight. I earn my money from women and sing about love and use the market. So I came out, it was scary … because now everyone is going to see me as a liar. ‘