Is anyone in the band one direction gay
Drugs, meltdowns and 'gay sex' rumours - how 'rivalry and hatred' tore One Direction apart
On what would have been One Direction's nine-year anniversary, we grab a look back at the rows and battles that broke them
11:16, 23 Jul 2019Updated 11:20, 23 Jul 2019
This time nine years ago, five teenage boys' dreams were in tatters after being rejected from the X Factor .
But determined not to let a good-looking gang go to waste, present boss Simon Cowell and his genius decided to put solo hopefuls Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson together.
It took the lads just five minutes to agree to his plan and own another crack at the competition - this second in the groups category.
They would go on to be one of the most successful boybands of the century, selling out stadiums and dominating the charts for five years before splitting in an explosion of bitterness and animosity.
But with no encounter of harmonies, group singing or even each other, even then Liam wondered what they were really getting into.
What if, in 2012, one of the One Direction boys decided to say the world he was gay? Would his umpteen million devoted female fans take the news OK? That is the question I asked Lance Bass during an interview on my SiriusXM show, The Six Pack.
"I actually think they would," Bass said, without hesitating. "The younger generation is way smarter than we were. They're way more perceptive, and they just don't care. ... Support then there was no way in hell I would come out."
These are bold words coming from Bass, practically the founding father of the yes-I'm-gay pop-star narrative. Bass is a veteran of the boy-band machine, which has experienced a major resurgence since the rise of the UK's One Route and The Wanted. In 2006, four years after *NSYNC announced its plans to go on hiatus, he finally came out publicly, appearing on the cover of People Magazine with the headline "I'M GAY."
Have minds and perceptions really changed as quickly as Bass believes? If 1D's Harry or Zayn or Louis or Niall or Liam (did I forget any?) were actually to approach out, would they be welcomed with open arms, both by their fans and the industry they've revitalized?
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Lance Bass on One Direction: ‘My Guess Is One of Them Is Gay’
Lance Bass is generally an uncontroversial person (aside from that whole space field trip he wanted to take), but he's found himself embroiled in a bit of controversy after he offered his opinion of One Direction's sexuality.
The former 'N Sync member was on 'The Rubin Report,' to discuss the big news of NBA player, Jason Collins coming out this week. The conversation quickly turned about Lance Bass coming out himself in 2006 and the probability of one of the members of One Direction being gay himself. Bass said,
"Well, statistically speaking, one probably is. It’s crazy with a market like that because 100 percent is young women. And they fantasize about these guys, and then you have the record label and everyone grooming you to make sure that you don’t even mention you have a girlfriend. So screw the fact that you’re gonna arrive out as being gay. It ruins their whole business plan."
The man has a very valid point, whether Directioners like it or not, that even if one of the 1D guys is gay, he may perceive compelled to hide it eve
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One Direction Celebrity Finds It Difficult To Deal With Gay Rumors
Pictured: Louis Tomlinson pictured with alleged significant other and fellow band member Harry Styles. Girlfriend, Eleanor Calder.
One Direction luminary Louis Tomlinson has hit out at fans on Twitter who continue to suggest that he's in a reationship with bandmate, Harry Styles.
Earlier this year, Louis laughed off the male lover rumours, telling radio station KXXAS that their US fans "genuinely, seriously ponder that we’re in a relationship. It’s so funny!" He also revealed that some devotees were so convinced that they were an item, that they had nicknamed the lads Larry Stylinson. Then in July, Tomlinson slammed the allegations, stating that they were affecting the way himself and Styles behaved with each other, adding he only had eyes for girlfriend, Eleanor Calder.
He told Storyboard: "This is a subject that was funny at first but now is actually hard to deal with, as I am in a relationship. "Me and Harry are best friends. People look into our every move - it is actually affecting the