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JONATHAN KNIGHT SAYS HE WAS TOLD NKOTB WOULD BE 'OVER' IF HE CAME OUT AS GAY

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Knight, who is gay, appeared this week on the “Frosted Tips wh Lance Bass” podst, where he shared the paful memory of beg told by a manager that his time as a pop sger would be “over” if he addrsed his sexualy publicly.

“My manager knew I was gay, ” Knight relled to Bass. "[He] beme gay later.

NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY'I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY,' '80S BOY-BAND MEMBER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011/9:11 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY GIL KFMANJANUARY 31, 2011 / 9:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NKOTB'S JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE'S GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-01-31T14:11:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"GIL KFMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N'T OUT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK'S JONATHAN KNIGHT BEE HE ALREADY ME OUT, LIKE, A LONG TIME AGO. THE 1980S-BOY-BAND MEMBER WAS SEEMGLY PHED OUT OF THE CLOSET BY FELLOW '80S TEEN POP STAR TIFFANY RECENTLY WHEN SHE TOLD BRAVO'S "WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE" THAT SHE WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MEMBER OF NKOTB AROUND 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE QUIET ONE, THE SHY ONE," TIFFANY SAID REFERENCE TO KNIGHT. "[HE] BEME GAY LATER. I DIDN'T DO . I HAD ISSU WH THAT. I WAS THKG MAYBE I DID. NOW LOOKG BACK WHEN WE WERE DATG, HE WAS SO MUCH FUN. WE ED TO DO FACIALS TOGETHER. HE WAS SO EASY TO TALK TO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER TIFFANY WAS SLAMMED ON SOME ONLE FOMS FOR THE MENTS, KNIGHT RELEASED A STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND NFIRMG THE NEWS, WHICH HE SAID WAS NOT REALLY NEWS. ACRDG TO THE WEBSE , THE STATEMENT POSTED ON THE FAN FOM ON THE NKOTB WEBSE, KNIGHT WROTE, "I HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTED BY ANYONE BUT MYSELF! I DID SO ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO. I NEVER KNEW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO ALL OVER AGA PUBLICLY JT BEE I RNED WH NKOTB! I HAVE LIVED MY LIFE VERY OPENLY AND HAVE NEVER HIDN THE FACT THAT I AM GAY! APPARENTLY THE PREREQUISE TO BEG A GAY PUBLIC FIGURE IS TO APPEAR ON THE VER OF A MAGAZE WH THE PTN 'I AM GAY.' I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOG SO IF THIS IS WHAT WAS EXPECTED! MY BELIEF IS THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE BY EXAMPLE, AND NOT BY A PTN ON A MAGAZE! IF THERE EVER HAS BEEN ANY NFN ABOUT MY SEXUALY, THEN YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNIGHT WILL TAKE PART THE UPG TOUR BY THE SUPERSTAR BOY-BAND PAIRG OF [ARTICLE ID="1652841"]NKOTB AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS[/ARTICLE]. HE ADD HIS MENTS THAT LIKE HIS BANDMAT, HE DON'T FEEL THAT HE HAS TO DISCS HIS PRIVATE LIFE PUBLIC. "I LOVE LIVG MY LIFE BEG OPEN AND HONT, BUT AT THIS TIME I CHOOSE NOT TO DISCS MY PRIVATE LIFE ANY FURTHER!" HE WROTE. "MY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS DON'T DISCS THEIR PRIVATE LIV WH THEIR LOVED ON AND I DON'T FEEL THAT JT BEE I AM GAY, I SHOULD HAVE TO DISCS ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWG THAT THERE ARE CLEARLY NO HARD FEELGS, KNIGHT ALSO ME TO TIFFANY'S FENSE WHEN THE SGER WAS ATTACKED BY ANGRY FANS, TWEETG, "I'D ALSO APPRECIATE IF THE PEOPLE TALKG TRASH ABOUT TIFFANY AND DEBORAH [GIBSON] KNOCK OFF AND STOP BEG NASTY!" HE ALSO TWEETED A PERSONAL MSAGE TO HIS EX, WRG, "@TIFFANYTUN TIFF, PLEASE DON'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER ! I KNOW YOU WEREN'T BEG MEAN AND I FOUND TO BE FUNNY!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

I met a NKOTB limo driver years ago who said that they all were gay except Donnie. Jon om NKOTB and Lance om NSYNC have e out but what about the rt? Has anyone hooked up wh one of them? * gay nkotb member *

I have lived my life very openly and have never hidn the fact that I am gay!

Apparently the prerequise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn 'I am gay.

JONATHAN KNIGHT CONFIRMS HE’S GAY AFTER BEG OUTED ON BRAVO SHOW

Boy bands have always brimmed wh gay members. Jt ask the sgers and their lovers! * gay nkotb member *

"My fellow band members don't discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don't feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me!

New Kids on the Block sger Jonathan Knight revealed he is gay on his group’s official webse over the weekend. Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn ‘I am gay’.

My fellow band members don’t discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don’t feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me! [He] beme gay later.

JONATHAN KNIGHT IS GAY: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STAR COM OUT

The episo as rights groups have warned of growg tolerance agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the untry, where homosexualy is a crime. * gay nkotb member *

The sger, 54, opened up about his experienc beg a young gay star on the Frosted Tips wh Lance Bass podst, and said he was told by his manager that revealg his sexualy would have a negative impact on his reer. "My manager knew I was gay and he would always nveniently have another kid that was gay around, so a few I hooked up wh, " he explaed.

NKOTB JONATHAN KNIGHT: I’M GAY

Still, Knight said he appreciat the ways which the dtry has bee more acceptg of gay stars, and that now, people acceptg awards will often thank their signifint others "and nobody flch. Jonathan Knight is gay and proud. In the ey of fans, Tiffany outed him when she mentned that she had dated one of the New Kids on the Block sgers back when she had been tourg wh them, notg that he later revealed he was gay.

While fans immediately jumped to Knight's fense, he ma clear that she was not to blame and took the opportuny to nfirm that he is, fact, gay.

News om the block: sger Jonathan Knight has revealed that he is, ed, gay...

WHICH OF THE BOY BANRS NKOTB AND NSYNC ARE GAY?

Apparently the pre requise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn 'I am gay'.

My fellow band members don't discs their private liv wh their loved on and I don't feel that jt bee I am gay, I should have to discs me! "I thk 's so funny, there was an article a magaze and I was readg the ments and there's still so many people who were like, 'Wow I didn’t know he was gay, '" Jonathan tells ET. "What he mt have went through back the day beg a boy band, if there was a peep of him beg gay, who knows [what would have happened]?

"I was a young kid the New Kids and I had CBS, my manager, all the people tellg me 'You n't let anyone know you're gay. If you let the world know you’re gay, you're gonna your reer, you're gonna your manager’s reer, CBS is gog to lose money on rerd sal.

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He had lns of crazed, weepg female fans screamg his name the late 80s, but New Kid on the Block Jonathan Knight has an announcement: He's gay. Apparently the prerequise to beg a gay public figure is to appear on the ver of a magaze wh the ptn 'I am gay'.

"[He] beme gay later, " Tiffany joshed. I met a NKOTB limo driver years ago who said that they all were gay except Donnie. So, if gay they're not exclive about Anonymoreply 5Augt 24, 2017 3:20 PM.

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