Lance Bass says Gen Zers who don't know NSYNC is a result of bad parenting

[Invitation 6,808]

Netflix's popular show 'The Circle' Season 2 has just begun. On the show, contestants have to communicate through a social platform in order to be the most liked person and win $100,000.

Lance Bass's long-time assistant Lisa went on the show and catfishes as Lance Bass. However, not every contestant knows who he is. 22-year-old contestant Chloe from another Netflix show, 'Too Hot to Handle', does not recognize the band name nor Bass.

Bass tells EW he doesn't worry that Chloe is a representation that the younger generation has forgotten his early greatness. In fact, "it's the opposite," he explains, because he's thriving with over 3 million likes on his TikTok videos, which range from dance collabs to his head-bopping reaction to a "Montero" and "Bye Bye Bye" remix.

"The Gen Z kids are really loving it," he says, brushing off Chloe's flub. "If no one knows the group NSYNC at that age, that's just bad parenting right there."

 

Do you think it's because of bad parenting or because Lance Bass is not as popular among the younger generation?

[britney_rocks 9,907]

[Midnight 17,594]

gen z already has enough suckage to keep up with so why would they need to know about one more short lived trendy boy band? 

 

[Hooked-On-Knee 6,374]

As the youngest person on Exhale, even my mother doesn't remember him. Maybe he's just local?  

I didn't know about him till Britney, so.

[Look But Don't Touch 4,644]

Im gonna need him to shut the f ck up 

[Blackout2006 21,602]

Literally every gen z knows Backstreet Boys dddddd

[Dexwhitespears 541]

[Strongest 153]

One of the funniest headlines I've read in a while😂

[SloppyToppyGoddess 4,069]

Most of Gen Z stan basic arm movement stale TikTokers. They dont know about teens/early 20s that actually used to have talent with singing, acting or dancing. They just know that if ur an F-boy or a pretty white girl that shows off your body on social media, you'll be famous. 

[Stefani 6,349]

[SUCCESSICA IS A QUEEN 13,907]

32 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

Literally every gen z knows Backstreet Boys dddddd

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[GhostFace 214]

did lance have any stand out parts on any of the nsync tracks?  i honestly cant remember.

[PokemonSpears 74,364]

tbh, for the longest time I didn't know who he was, I mean, I could've recognized his face as the "other blonde that isn't Justin" but during the active years of the band I only knew Justin and J.C.'s names, for some reason (and I still don't know what J.C. stands for). It wasn't until many, many years later that I knew the names of the others. They just weren't as popular as the Backstreet Boys (though probably younger people don't know them either lol) 

 

[Groundbreaking 1,939]

Lance Bass is a result of a bad parenting. I invite him to take several seats. 

[Blackout2006 21,602]

I just realized that Lance Bass wasn't talking about BSB

[1stopBopshop 587]

NSYNC have been broken up since 2001.  The kids MIGHT have heard 'bye bye bye' (and they might think it's the Backstreet Boys no shade) but thinking anything beyond that... 

[BabyBabyBay 2,393]

I'm pretty sure this would have been a joke, but yet here we are, taking everything literally 

[Arthurfleck 906]

I’m pretty sure it was a bad joke, what did you expect him to say? “Yeah we weren’t very memorable.” 

[Alestaos 2,744]

[MX3 5,204]

It was obviously a joke and I love it 

I am pregnant and have every intention of having my kid be aware of past musical legends. Unfortunately for him, nsync is not at the top of that list? But I’ll try?