AlthoughLance Basshas become a majorLGBTQfigure over the years, his 2006 coming out resulted in some professional drawbacks.
The career definitely changed, and they were right about that.
Like, it was definitely a career killer.
Lance Bass attends the 23rd Christmas at The Grove Tree Lighting Celebration on Nov. 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Caruso
Like, they have to believe that youre straight to play a straight character,' he recalled.
The CW had no comment when reached by Deadline.
The CW launched in September 2006 as a merger between UPN and The WB.
Beyond the axed series, Bass found it difficult to find work in Hollywood.
So, I lost everything.
Bass continued, You know, agents, everything just everyone just kind of like kind of fell off.
Like, I dont know what we can do with you now.
And so yeah, I had to completely just restart and rebrand at that moment.
But as Hollywood evolves, Bass has since worked with some of those same casting directors.
Theyre all kind of like, Yeah, that was really dumb,' he noted.
And theyve actually cast me a lot of things since, which is really funny and ironic.
But you know, I never hold grudges at all.
Business is business is business.
It sucks, but I never can hold grudges.
Hes also voiced several roles in animated projects.
