I got no link, but I did dig up a transcript. I remember walking along - in Borders, in fact - and looking over to see "NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick Dishes Gay Dirt" on the cover and about having a heart attack. No one knew it was coming out. No one had heard or said anything about it. It was a complete and utter shock.
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June 2001 Michael Musto dishes with the NSync member about his new fashion line, Michael Jackson, and whether any of his bandmates are gay.
The oldest and perhaps wisest NSync member, 29-year-old Chris Kirkpatrick, is savvy enough not to rest on his laurels as part of 2000's number 1 music act, whose new album Celebrity is due out July 24. The affable boy-grouper has turned entrepreneur with FuMan Skeeto, his line of t-shirts and sweatshirts influenced by skateboard culture and Japanese animation. Ain't no lie - so buy, buy, buy!
Musto: So now you've got a fashion line. What are you, the new Puffy?
Kirkpatrick: I don't think he's really designing that stuff. I know I'm not really designing mine. If you think I know what a woman's halter top feels like ...
M: I do!
K: Exactly. You can give me some tips. But you might be different from the girls who buy it. "Michael says it's a little snug in the hips."
M: Please, I'm a size 4! Anyway, are you branching out because you're a smart guy?
K: It seemed like something to do. I know what I like to wear. It makes sense that if I can do my own line, I should do it.
M: Do I smell a solo career in the making?
K: No, not really. We all have the group's best interests at heart. But I think my individuality's strong enough that I need a lot of different side things to fufill it.
M: I know. I used to love that sort of Spacedog hairdo you once had.
K: It was some outlandish braidy thingy. It stuck us out a little bit. But I've moved on. I'm now into something more mature: purple hair.
M: All right, let's get down to business. How many NSyncers are gay? Four? Five?
K: Honestly, I couldn't even answer that. I don't think any of them, but it's not something we talk about. "Good riff - are you gay?" If any of the guys are gay, that's their own personal thing. I don't make a big deal either way.
M: Yay! So there still might be a potential husband in there for me?
K: Possibly. I wouldn't rule it out.
M: You have lots of gay male fans. Do they come up to you?
K: Like, hit on me?
M: No, just approach you.
K: Of course. We do meet-and-greets. We meet a lot of gay male fans, and they're cool. A lot of times they're more flamboyant [than the girls] and very funny.
M: What do you think of gay stars who publically come out?
K: I'm not going to knock anybody for their sexuality or what they believe in. We're all just people trying to figure out what we're doing on this planet.
M: What are the Backstreet Boys doing on this planet? No, wait - how many of them are gay?
K: That's another one I couldn't answer. If I hung with them, I'd know, but I don't.
M: Like, oh my God. I thought the animosity was dying down.
K: i don't know if it's dying down, but they're always looking for controversy, and now they're kind of tired of it.
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Date: June 11th, 2003 10:34 am (UTC)************
June 2001
Michael Musto dishes with the NSync member about his new fashion line, Michael Jackson, and whether any of his bandmates are gay.
The oldest and perhaps wisest NSync member, 29-year-old Chris Kirkpatrick, is savvy enough not to rest on his laurels as part of 2000's number 1 music act, whose new album Celebrity is due out July 24. The affable boy-grouper has turned entrepreneur with FuMan Skeeto, his line of t-shirts and sweatshirts influenced by skateboard culture and Japanese animation. Ain't no lie - so buy, buy, buy!
Musto: So now you've got a fashion line. What are you, the new Puffy?
Kirkpatrick: I don't think he's really designing that stuff. I know I'm not really designing mine. If you think I know what a woman's halter top feels like ...
M: I do!
K: Exactly. You can give me some tips. But you might be different from the girls who buy it. "Michael says it's a little snug in the hips."
M: Please, I'm a size 4! Anyway, are you branching out because you're a smart guy?
K: It seemed like something to do. I know what I like to wear. It makes sense that if I can do my own line, I should do it.
M: Do I smell a solo career in the making?
K: No, not really. We all have the group's best interests at heart. But I think my individuality's strong enough that I need a lot of different side things to fufill it.
M: I know. I used to love that sort of Spacedog hairdo you once had.
K: It was some outlandish braidy thingy. It stuck us out a little bit. But I've moved on. I'm now into something more mature: purple hair.
M: All right, let's get down to business. How many NSyncers are gay? Four? Five?
K: Honestly, I couldn't even answer that. I don't think any of them, but it's not something we talk about. "Good riff - are you gay?" If any of the guys are gay, that's their own personal thing. I don't make a big deal either way.
M: Yay! So there still might be a potential husband in there for me?
K: Possibly. I wouldn't rule it out.
M: You have lots of gay male fans. Do they come up to you?
K: Like, hit on me?
M: No, just approach you.
K: Of course. We do meet-and-greets. We meet a lot of gay male fans, and they're cool. A lot of times they're more flamboyant [than the girls] and very funny.
M: What do you think of gay stars who publically come out?
K: I'm not going to knock anybody for their sexuality or what they believe in. We're all just people trying to figure out what we're doing on this planet.
M: What are the Backstreet Boys doing on this planet? No, wait - how many of them are gay?
K: That's another one I couldn't answer. If I hung with them, I'd know, but I don't.
M: Like, oh my God. I thought the animosity was dying down.
K: i don't know if it's dying down, but they're always looking for controversy, and now they're kind of tired of it.
(LJ's cutting me off, so cont. in next post ...)