LANCE BASS - LANCE BASS TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GAY COUPLES ON DWTS

Dick Clark's American Bandstand , which debuted in 1956, may have been the first dance show on national television but it wasn't until 30 years later that interracial couples were shown dancing together on USA Network's Dance Party USA. Now, in an interview with E! Online, openly gay Lance Bass, the former 'N Sync member and an upcoming contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars , has suggested it may be a long while before two men are seen dancing together on such a show. Bass said that in today's world it would look "silly" to see a same-sex couple on DWTS and that "it would just overshadow everything else going on." Admitting that he has had to work strenuously to learn the routines for the televised competition, which begins on Sept. 22, Bass said that he realizes gay men may be "scrutinized and picked apart" more readily than straight men in such circumstances. "I definitely feel a responsibility of making sure I represent well," he said.

16/09/2008