*NSync star Bass comes out

Lance Bass, a singer in boy band *NSync, has revealed that he is gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a former star of a US reality television show.

The 27-year-old said he had kept his homosexuality a secret because he did not want to hurt *NSync's popularity and cripple the careers of his bandmates. "I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life," he said.