‘NSYNC Honored with Star

‘NSYNC was honored with the 2,636th star on the Hollywood Walk of fame Monday. Group members Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick reunited to attended a ceremony in Los Angeles where the star was unveiled.

“These four guys mean so much to me,” Timberlake said. “We’re really a family and the memories that we have and the times that we’ve shared and the families that we’ve built from it … I don’t think I could really put into words how much the four of you mean to me.”

During his speech Bass discussed the difficulty of keeping his sexuality a secret during the height of the band’s popularity. “I thought if I came out, ‘NSYNC would be over, so I kept my secret and our wildest dreams were coming true. But so many nights onstage I’d see young gay fans singing their hearts out, and I just wanted them to know, ‘I was you.’ I just didn’t have the strength then,” Bass said.

The rest of the group offered thanks to their friends and family and Kirkpatrick assured his 6-month-old son Nash that his former bandmates would be a presence in his life. “Nash, you got some of the best uncles on the planet here. If you ever got any problems, you got them,” Kirkpatrick said.