Lance Bass Says His CW Pilot Was Canceled After It Came Out

Lance Bass he thinks how the walkout led to the cancellation of the CW pilot he was supposed to star in.

The 45-year-old singer opened up about the struggles she faced after coming out publicly, noting that she “lost everything” after sharing her story. (Bass appeared on the July 2006 cover story People.)

“It was a very scary situation because all the examples I’ve had of anyone coming out, especially in entertainment, is that they’re a job killer,” Bass revealed during the Tuesday, December 3, episode of the “Politickin” podcast. .

He told the authorities Gavin Newsom, Marshawn Lynch again Doug Hendrickson“The work definitely changed, and they were right about that. Like, it was a job killer. “

Although Bass had a few acting gigs during his NSYNC days – including a guest role on an episode of. 7th Heaven in 2000 and a starring role in the romantic comedy in 2001, On the line – i Finding Prince Charming The host was looking to further his career after the boy band went on hiatus in 2002.

“I had a sitcom, you know, with the CW at the time,” he said. “We were about to shoot the pilot and this came out and they said, ‘We can’t do this show anymore. Like, they have to believe you’re playing a straight character.’

Us Weekly reached out to The CW for comment, but did not immediately respond. (The CW — formed in 2006 as a merger of The WB and UPN — changed management in 2022 when it was acquired by Nexstar, which had no network ties at the time of Bass’ pilot.)

Bass went on to say that this series of axing was just the beginning of a difficult time finding a job in the industry after leaving.

“All the showrunners I knew, they were like, ‘Lance, we can’t cast you because they won’t look forward … You’re so famous for being gay now that they can’t even consider it a different thing,'” he explained, noting that he had to “just start over and rebrand” when “all forms are fallen.”

Despite facing difficulties in Hollywood during his career, Bass said he has worked with some of these same directors, calling their decision not to work with him in the past “really dumb.”

He added, “They’ve actually done a lot of things for me since then, funny and funny. But you know, I don’t hold grudges at all. I understand a lot. I get it. Business is business. It hurts, but I can’t hold grudges.”

In addition to his early 2000s role, Bass has also appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, including. You are cursed, Now I Call You Chuck and Larry, Valley Peaks, Drop Dead Diva, The Rookie again How I Met Your Father. He has also lent his voice to animated productions such as Kim is possible again Trolls Band Togetherappeared in The Vanderpump Acts and served as manager of 90s house aside Christina Milian.

This guy also starred in the 7th season of ABC Dancing with the Starstaking third place behind Warren Sapp again Brooke Burkeand starred on Broadway as Corny Collins in Hairspray.