Star dropped a bombshell on Britney Spears during infamous wedding night

Britney Spears’ 55-hour marriage to her high school boyfriend wasn’t the only big news out of Las Vegas on that fateful night in 2004.

Former ‘NSYNC member Lance Bass has revealed that he came out to Britney Spears the night she married Jason Allen Alexander in 2004.

Speaking on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the former boy band member explained why he came out to Spears two years before his memorable People magazine cover in 2006, when he revealed his sexual identity to the world.

“It was the night that she got married the first time, in Vegas … to Jason,” Bass began, referring to when Spears wed Alexander. The two were famously husband and wife for 55 hours before their marriage was annulled.

The impromptu marriage lasted 55 hours. Picture: Splash News

“So I went up to Vegas to kind of see the craziness that was happening. And she was a little upset once she realised what she had done because, you know, it was a funny thing. And then she started, like, really crying and she was so upset,” he continued.

After failing to console the Toxic singer, Bass had an idea: Perhaps he could stop her from crying by using a shock factor.

“I took her to her room, and we were sitting on her bed and she wouldn’t stop crying, so I was like, ‘I’m gay!’” he said.

The idea was a success, Bass said.

Lance Bass at the MTV Awards in 2016. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images/AFP

“It made her stop crying,” he continued, noting Spears then let out a “chuckle”. Bass said Spears was supportive.

Bass felt “liberated and happy” after coming out, he told People in 2006.

“The main reason I wanted to speak my mind was that (the rumours) really were starting to affect my daily life. Now it feels like it’s on my terms,” he said.

“I’m at peace with my family, my friends, myself and God so there’s really nothing else that I worry about,” he added at the time.

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