Lance Bass has finally found love. Well maybe. It’s complicated. And a bit clichéd. It seems he’s fallen for his trainer. There’s cliché number one. And the trainer is married. Cliché number two. To a woman. Cliché two and a half. But it might have just been a green card marriage. Cliché three and a half. I doubt like counting higher than four, so I’m going to stop with the clichés.

Lance has confirmed the rumors that he’s dating trainer Sebastian Leal after he took him to a party. Leal, who is Italian, has been separated from his American wife of nine years for more than three years. And she doesn’t exactly sound bitter about it. Combined with the Lance-loving, this makes it sound like it was perhaps never a traditional marriage in the first place.

Lance Bass has found love with a hot trainer, but there’s a catch - the muscle-bound hunk is married. Bass stepped out with personal trainer and aspiring actor Sebastian Leal at a Malibu party recently, confirming rumors that they’re an item.

But Page Six has learned that Leal, who is Italian but was born and raised in Brazil, married US citizen Jessica Gannon nine years ago - and never got a divorce. The two separated three years ago, due to what Gannon told us through a rep were “irreconcilable differences.” She added, “We continue to love each other. He was, is and always will be my best friend.”

One pal of Bass and Leal told us the news will be no shock to Bass because “Lance and Sebastian are very open with each other and have no secrets.” A rep for Bass, who contacted Leal as well, declined to comment.

[From Page Six]

Michael K over at Dlisted called Lance, “the gay Sienna Miller” which I think is just about the most apt description I’ve ever heard. Although Michael meant that Lance is a homewrecker. I just think that if Sienna Miller turned into a dude, she would look exactly like Lance Bass. I’m not sure who that’s more offensive to.

It doesn’t sound like any homes have actually been wrecked. Either that marriage was gone a long time ago, or it never really existed in the first place. Or maybe Lance is like the male Ellen DeGeneres and can turn previously straight people gay. That’s a bad take on a 30 Rock joke. But I still think it’d be a really awesome (and unusual) superpower to have.

Here’s Lance at STK restaurant in West Hollywood on May 13th. For some reason that header image really cracks me up. I really don’t know how he keeps getting hot guys with that face. Images thanks to WENN.

You know how celebrities are always doing dumb things that the rest of us just can’t fathom? There’s the drunken wedding in Vegas, or the guy who marries the girl to hide the fact that he’s gay, or the stupid things they’ll do for free stuff. .. well Lance Bass did all of those things in one night. Turns out somewhere back in ’99 or 2000 (he’s understandably a little fuzzy on the details) Lance and a female friend he won’t name tied the knot in Vegas to get free booze. He doesn’t tell us what happened with it – we’ll assume it’s been annulled – but it’s an amusing little anecdote none the less. And really the guy from Nsync can’t afford his own booze? Really?

Of all the members of ‘N Sync, who would have guessed that Lance Bass was the first to take the marital plunge? But the former boy-bander has revealed exclusively to E! News that back in “like, ‘99, 2000,” owing to “one of those crazy moments,” he tied the knot with a girlfriend after a wild night in Sin City. “People do stupid things in the heat of the moment. I’ve been in Vegas where I’ve gotten married for, like, five minutes,” he said. “No one talks about that though.”

Bass, who announced his homosexuality to much fanfare last year, declined to name his his former missus, only IDing his bride as “just a friend of mine. You know it was one of those crazy moments where you’re with a friend and you’re like ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be fun if we did this?’ and that’s all that happened. It’s the Vegas thing to do.” He said that his decision to swap vows was simply the means to an end—that end being to snag some comp’d booze.

“In fact, the only reason we did it is because we wanted to get free drinks all night. And we didn’t get one. We’re like, ‘We just got married!’ They’re like, ‘Ah. Whatever.’ ” Bass declined to go into details about when or how the marriage ended (we’re guessing an equally quick annulment), but he did say that the nano-nuptials didn’t sour his relationship with the former Mrs. Bass “We’re friends,” he said. “It’s great.”

[From E! News]

I wonder if it was a famous friend. I wonder if she knew he was gay? Most importantly, I wonder if she thought he was an exceptional cheapskate to be willing to get married just for free booze? I’m guessing that the wedding/annulment probably canceled out any booze profits. I’m constantly amazed at how much alcohol factors into weddings and marriage. Far too many people go to weddings just for the open bar. Far too many people get married because they’re drunk. And far too many people take to drinking when the wedding and/or marriage is over. But I haven’t heard of many people getting married to get free drinks. Congrats, Lance, Stay classy.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Lance at a signing for his new book, “Out of Sync” at Borders Books in Chicago on Monday. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Referring to Lance Bass and music together in the same sentence seems kind of weird, but there it is. The guy was the bass (ironically enough) in ‘Nsync, after all. Not exactly known for their Grammy-winning musical prowess. Remember the scary East Coast/West Coast rap feuds of the nineties? You know, the ones where rappers (and their assorted posses) were shooting other rappers (and their assorted posses) for being from the wrong side of the ocean? Well those flames are heating up again.

Lance Bass and 50 Cent (real name: Curtis James Jackson III) are releasing books at the same time, and even held their launch parties on the same night. At 50’s party in New York’s Philippe Tuesday, he told the New York Daily News that Bass better watch his back. “He doesn’t stand a chance,” the rapper said as he promoted his coffee-table book, 50 x 50. Later that night, at Bass’s own NYC launch party at hotspot Azza for his new tell-all book, Out of Sync: A Memoir, the former ‘N Sync member – who came out in 2006 to PEOPLE – hit back at the rapper.

“50’s going down, that’s all I have to say,” he joked. “50, I don’t want to playa-hate, but there’s a lot that my book has [that yours doesn’t]. Including, Bass says, two things in particular: “I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have any relationships with guys in that book. And I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have any space training, either.”

50 added, he’s been in this situation before. “With me, everything’s a competition, so I bet you the end of next week, I’ll be moving more copies than him,” 50 said. “This is the same competition – this is Kanye West and 50 Cent all over again!”

[From People]

Yeah I’m guessing there are no allusions to gay sex in 50’s coffee table book. Though that would make for one of the better coffee table books I’ve seen in a while. I’m really worried that one of these guys is going to knock the other one out (I’m guessing the weapon of choice will be a bottle of Vitamin Water or a tin of spike-inducing hair gel). There will be a big hullabaloo (because you know a lot of music feuds involve hullabaloos) and then their moms will meet at one of the MTV awards shows and embrace on stage, and everything will be more or less okay after that. This is pretty much Biggie and Tupac all over again.

Lance Bass has been getting a lot of bad press since he moved to New York City for a role in “Hairspray.” He gave an interview to New York Magazine, and they did a tiny little write-up as a result, mentioning that Bass wasn’t in love with the city, especially the real estate market. He’s also had many mentions on local blogs since moving here, all of which have stated that he’s been rude to fans.

“Lance Bass is here for a few months to star as Corny Collins in Hairspray. He’s not sure he likes New York so much. First off, it took three weeks, and three brokers, to find an apartment. ‘There’s a lot of pieces of crap here for a lot of money,’ he says. ‘And I don’t think anyone here has any style. I was looking at fully furnished places and it was like, you can either have a bunch of floral prints or some dusty couch from the 1960s.’ But he’s adapting. ‘My walking pace has picked up a lot,’ he says. ‘And apparently I’m ruder. I read that someone met me at a club and told me I looked great and I was like, “Don’t even think about taking a picture.” Which really sounds like me. And then they printed a picture they’d taken of me, which makes even less sense.’ He’s not hanging out at fellow ’N Sync alum Justin Timberlake’s barbecue joint. ‘I’ve been a few times,’ he says. ‘But it’s really up there. The Upper East Side? I’m not in college anymore.’ And, after coming out of the closet not so long ago, he has another startling admission to make: ‘I was the worst dancer in the band. I kind of hate to dance.’”

[From New York Magazine]

Lance didn’t like the quotes, and fired back on his MySpace page, along with issuing a statement to a few press agencies. That’s not really helping his image as a control freak. He’s now saying he “loves New York” and is really pissed by the “fake quotes” – saying the reporter, Jada Yuan, put “words in my mouth.” Oh his MySpace page [http://www.myspace.com/basslance], Lance wrote, “This dumb reporter just put words in my mouth and turned everything I said into a negative. I told her I love NY and I will probably be doing the bi-coastal thing now because I love it so much.” He responded to the quotes in an article in People today.

“As for what exactly got him so worked up, here’s a breakdown:

The claim: It took him three weeks to find an apartment. “There’s a lot of pieces of crap here for a lot of money,” he was quoted as saying. “And I don’t think anyone here has any style.”

His response? “I told her the first few apts I looked at were pieces of crap and the owners had no style at all… that turned into ‘Lance thinks New Yorkers have no style!’”

The claim: He’s not hanging out at fellow ‘N Sync alum Justin Timberlake’s barbecue joint. “I’ve been a few times,” he says. “But it’s really up there. The Upper East Side? I’m not in college anymore.”

His response? “I eat at Justins [sic] new place all the time, but it is really far away in the upper east side and always full of a college crowd. She turned that into ‘Lance doesnt [sic] go to Justins [sic] restaurant cause its too far away and he doesnt [sic] like it because he is not in college anymore!’ Um.. I didnt [sic] go to college, why the hell would I say that!”

[From People]

New York Magazine is highly respected. You can never know what an individual journalist will do, but they’re part of the New York Times – it’s not some freebie you pick up from a bin. They do a great job at deeply researched, in-depth pieces – along with the occasional New York entertainment related puff piece, like the article about Bass. They issued a rebuttal that was pretty funny for such a serious magazine. And they reiterate that Bass was a terrible dancer.

“We were going to be nice about this, because we’re actually quite fond of Bass, but then we heard that he called Ms. Yuan a dumb reporter on MySpace. So we invite Bass to breath deeply, stop reading Perez Hilton (who posted the story on his own site under the typically over-the-top headline, ‘Lance Bass Hates New York City’), and take some lessons in reading comprehension. Bass’s beef boils down to two points — he says he didn’t say New Yorkers have no style, and he does go to Justin Timberlake’s restaurant. Oh, and he really loves New York!

“New York would like to make the following points: (1) We stand by the interview; Bass was not misquoted. (2) Bass is not quoted as saying New Yorkers have no style — it’s clear that he’s referring to the apartments he looked at. (3) The piece also does not suggest that Bass doesn’t hang out at Justin Timberlake’s restaurant. In fact, it specifically quotes him as saying he goes there. (4) Though Bass’s quote about his dancing ability (”I was the worst dancer in the band”) has not been called into question, we’d like to reiterate that Bass was, indeed, the worst dancer in ‘N Sync. (5) Bass now says he’s going bi-coastal; he never mentioned that to us, but we’re glad to hear it! Welcome to New York, Lance.”

[From New York Magazine]

I don’t think pissing off a bunch of New Yorkers is a good way to get started. I live in New York, and these are scary, scary people. They will kick you in the head as soon as look at you, and if you dare to smile at one, they will glare and snarl “What the fuck is wrong wit chu?” This happened to me yesterday. And last week. And sixteen other times. Now I don’t smile anymore. And I don’t even have some upside-down looking face like Lance Bass, so I can only imagine what could happen to him.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Lance at the I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Premiere on 07/12/2007. Header image of Lance at the Hairspray New York City Premiere on 7/16/2007. Images thanks to PR Photos.

So the astronaut thing didn’t work out so well for him, but that doesn’t hold Lance Bass back from his dreams! According to Broadway World the spiky-haired-one will be starring in Broadway’s “Hairspray” as Corny Collins, played by James Marsden in the upcoming movie. The former boy-bander will join the show beginning August 14th. Bass will be the second former Nsyncer to work on Broadway. Former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Joey Fatone stared in “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Rent.”

This isn’t Bass’s first creative endeavor apart from Nsync.

“Bass, who is currently at work on his memoir Out of Sync, about his time with the boy band, has appeared on screen and on TV in such projects as ‘Lovewrecked,’ ‘Seek and Hide,’ ‘On the Line,’ ‘7th Heaven,’ ‘Touched by an Angel,’ and ‘Longshot.’

[From Broadway World]

Things seem to really be shaping up well for him. Several sources are reporting that he’s officially dating model Pedro Andrade. The two were seen together in the Hamptons over the Fourth of July.

“According to a source, the couple was very ‘happy’ together and the ‘hot’, ’spunky’ Brazilian model made a perfect match with Bass.

‘You could tell they’re very happy with each other,’ a source says of Bass and Andrade, US Weekly quoted the source, as saying.

‘Pedro is beyond good-looking … so hot. Pedro is spunky, full of life. They’re a perfect match,’ the source added.”

[From Washington DC News]

This brings me to ask… does anyone really buy him in this role? There’s something about him that bugs me. I think it’s the hair. How long do you think it takes him to get it like that? It’s that piece-y look that was so popular about 3 years ago. You’ve gotta worry about the guy he’s dating. I’ve never heard of Pedro Andrade and couldn’t find much out about him besides the basic “Brazilian model” line. But Bass’s last boyfriend, Reichen Lehmkuhl, was generally thought to be using Bass to further his own celebrity. Let’s hope Lance has learned a lesson about relationships… and not trying to be an astronaut. Two important things we should all keep in mind.

Here’s a hot picture of Bass’ new man, thanks to The Big Bad Blog

Lace Bass’ partner, Amazing Race reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, has blogged on his myspace about Perez Hilton’s claims that he’s been cheating on Lance. He says he and Lance are still together, and that Perez makes shit up to increase his traffic:

Mario Lavendeira (PerezHilton.com) is a Big (blank) Ugly Liar, an Accused Thief and Criminal

All,

From the Horse’s Mouth: Just a friendly reminder that when you read websites like PerezHilton.com, you are reading lies and are being taken advantage of as you make more money for a person who does nothing but fabricate stories to make his site look interesting.

That anyone would trust someone like Mario Lavendeira (PerezHilton.com) who STEALS from photographers, bloggers, and the general population, is beyond me, really. This person is a common criminal.

Contrary to what this ugly wind-bag has reported, I have not broken up with my boyfriend. I did not go home with anyone from “Survivor” from any party. I have not “made out with” anyone at a party while I have been with my boyfriend. The opposite has been written on his site. It is all a complete and blantant lie. This person is a liar. Period.

My book was done before I ever met Lance. I do not date people so that I can “use” them. I’m self-sufficient and happy to be that way. I have served my country, I have made my own money, my own career, written my own books, bought my own homes and other possesions, and I’m proud to be this way, on my own. I am not broke. I am individually financially sound. I date people because I happen to love them. Period.

I will only post this once. This disgusting person and his site makes up blatant lies to create interesting stories. I am one of this criminal’s targets. Understand that. So know, from here on out, that if you read anything about ME on PerezHilton.com, you are 99.9% sure to be reading a lie or an exagerrated, incorrect version of something that is 0.01% true.

Merry Christmas Everybody!!

Love, Reichen

Meanwhile it is indeed true that Perez is being sued by paparazzi photo agency X17 for $7.6 million. The major news outlets have picked up the story, and Perez remains defiant, saying “All successful people get sued. It just happens. The more successful you become, the more high profile, the bigger target you are and I’m an easy target.” X17 says they tried to settle with him amicably many times, and he was openly rude about it. They say that they have lost business with celebrity glossies as a result of Perez pilfering their photos. The gossip rags claim that Perez’s first use of the photos keeps them from having an exclusive scoop.

It sounds to me like Perez wanted to get sued again so he can get lots more free publicity.

Header image is an original illustration from Gallery of the Absurd, and you can view it full on their site. Reichen image found on Oh No They Didn’t!.