NSYNC's Joey Fatone has admitted he was "blindsided" by Justin Timberlake going solo.
Fatone, 46, spoke about his time in the iconic boyband and how they split after shortly after releasing their hit 2001 album Celebrity, when Justin Timberlake went on to record some solo music and never came back.
"I was not blindsided by the breakup; I was more blindsided as far as him coming out with music and not knowing that he was going to go and do an actual album/tour thing," Fatone said in a new interview with Yahoo Entertainment.
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"It was more of, 'Hey, I'm going to do some music, and then we'll get back together.' That's what that was. And it wasn't him – it was the record company," he explained.
Timberlake released his debut solo studio album Justified in 2002 which produced hits including Like I Love You and Rock Your Body.
Fatone said the band was under the impression that Timberlake, now 42, would return to the group.
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"We thought he was just going to go out and just come back after the [Justified] tour," he explained.
Fatone went on to say that he's grateful about the way his life and career panned out, which included Broadway, TV gigs and even acting in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, saying he's "happy with it'"
Just three weeks ago, the boy band thrilled fans as they reunited on stage for the first time in 10 years at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
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The group, consisting of Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, and Joey Fatone, presented Taylor Swift with the award for Best Pop at the ceremony.
"Oh my god," Swift said as she got up on stage and hugged the boys.
"I had your dolls. Like, are you doing something? What is going to happen now?" she asked the group while holding her Moon Man trophy.
"They're going to do something, and I need to know what it is."
Last month, they officially released their new single called Better Place, which is part of the soundtrack for the animated film, Trolls Band Together.
Speaking about working on the new single together, Lance Bass told ET: "It was pretty emotional, the first time we all got in the studio together."
"Back in March, we decided to, you know, get back together and have some fun and it was like no [time] had passed."
"But there was there was a lot of tears. It was just tears of joy. And it was just a beautiful moment."
NSYNC, all of whom who hail from Florida, are known for hits including Bye Bye Bye and This I Promise You.
The hitmakers formed in 1995 but they confirmed their split for good in 2007. Timberlake left the band in 2002.
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Title: NSYNC's Joey Fatone admits he was 'blindsided' by Justin Timberlake going solo: 'We thought he was going to come back'
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Published Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:10:00 GMT
