Don’t count on to see Lance Bass‘ identify on the listing of celebrities who’ve attended considered one of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ events. The previous *NSYNC singer and solo star advised Andy Cohen on Watch What Occurs Stay on Wednesday evening (Sept. 25) that after listening to one thing the disgraced Dangerous Boy mogul mentioned when Diddy opened for *NSYNC on the group’s remaining tour in 2002 he had little interest in spending time with Combs.
“I by no means had time to go to a Diddy social gathering,” mentioned Bass, who added that he’d completely forgotten that Diddy had warmed up the stage for *NSYNC till the rapper/producer was arrested in New York on Sept. 16 and accused by prosecutors of working a felony enterprise centered on his “pervasive sample of abuse towards ladies.” Diddy was been denied bail twice whereas awaiting trial on the three felony prices of intercourse trafficking and racketeering that would land him a life sentence.
“It’s kinda horrible, however by no means kinda preferred him as a result of the final present in Orlando I overheard him speaking to Justin [Timberlake] being like, ‘You have to drop these… effers! You have to go solo! And I used to be like, ‘I don’t such as you anymore Diddy.’ I’m like, ‘at my very own present? What the hell?’” mentioned Bass.
Timberlake did, after all, exit on his personal after *NSYNC went on hiatus in 2002 and has launched six solo albums so far, together with this 12 months’s Every little thing I Thought It Was.
Diddy was hit with one other civil sexual abuse lawsuit this week from Thalia Graves, who claimed that Combs and his head of safety, Joseph Sherman, drugged and repeatedly sexually abused her at Diddy’s New York Metropolis studio in 2001 and filmed the assault, which they allegedly then confirmed to others. Combs, who has denied all of the allegations, has been hit with no less than 9 different comparable civil fits over the previous 12 months, with each accusing him of sexual abuse and different wrongdoing.
The Diddy story was ironic as a result of elsewhere within the interview, Bass was requested by a caller about rumors of a potential *NSYNC reunion tour. “I can lastly say we’re in talks proper now, we’re truly speaking,” Bass mentioned to wild applause concerning the chance that he’ll as soon as once more hit the stage with Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick.
He added that the renewed curiosity has been sparked by the beloved boy band’s studio reunion final 12 months for the Trolls Band Collectively soundtrack track “Higher Place” — and Timberlake’s EITIW album observe “Paradise” — in addition to the catalog bump for the band because of the inclusion of the *NSYNC basic “Bye Bye Bye” within the opening credit sequence of Deadpool & Wolverine.
“We’d be silly to not do one thing… simply maintain your breath just a bit longer,” Bass teased. “It’s gonna take a while, however I believe one thing’s coming.”
Watch Bass speak Diddy and potential *NSYNC reunion tour beneath.