Lance Bass reveals shockingly low amount he claims he earned while in *NSYNC
Former *NSYNC member Lance Bass revealed that he earned very little money during his time with the band, despite their massive commercial success. He claims the majority of the profits were captured by their manager, Lou Pearlman, and the record label.
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Make Page Six a Preferred Source Lance Bass claimed he was given a per diem of just $35 a day while rising to fame with *NSYNC.
The former boy-bander said during Thursday’s episode of “ The Zach Sang Show ” that “Our first check was $10,000,” noting that the shockingly low amount came after “years of number one albums” and “sellout tours.”
“I don’t know how many millions I made off of merchandise because merchandise was insane,” he recalled.
Bass claimed that when he and his bandmates — Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone — were “finally” given a check for $10,000, they were told, “You should be grateful for that. You’ve been working for free for two, three years now.”
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