WARNING: This is really long, and really boring. The actual TV appearance, however, was highly entertaining. THe comments, well, it's like four AM, so we take noresponsibility for them. They're not at all funny. You've been warned.
Okay, so this is not a review, but I thought I'd put this up here in case anyone wanted to know what was talked about on the Larry King show. I didn't write it, I ripped it off someone who cared enough to do so. Take count of how many times Larry interrupts the guys.
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Aired January 9, 2001 - 9:00 p.m. ET
LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, they are huge! And they are here! Who is going to be talking to these guys? It's going to be me!
Only program in the world that will give you President Carter one night and 'N Sync the next. But they're here, all five of them: 'N Sync, the hottest group in the world. Let's meet them individually. We're going to have a lot of fun tonight -- include phone calls.
They are Justin Timberlake. He is the youngest member at age 20, and was member of the Mickey Mouse Club.
How did this -- how did this -- we will start, I guess with -- you are the oldest, Chris, so I'll start with you. How did this group come together?
Yeah, Chris. Enlighten us.
CHRIS KIRKPATRICK, 'N SYNC: Well, you know, it is a lot of hard work. We started about six years ago. We used to do a lot of acappella singing together. We were friends. I worked with him at Universal Studios in Florida. And those two worked together, like you said, on the Mickey Mouse Club. And...
KING: Lance?
Down, boy. He's getting to Lance.
KIRKPATRICK: We don't know Lance.
LANCE BASS, 'N SYNC: I don't know where I fit in.
(CROSSTALK)
KIRKPATRICK: He just keeps following us everywhere.
KING: You worked together, like doing what?
KIRKPATRICK: We actually -- I sang at a '50s doo-wop thing. And he was dressed up as a monster.
Was?
(LAUGHTER)
KING: So, how, J.C, did the five of you come together to be a group?
J.C. CHASEZ, 'N SYNC: Well, it is a weird story. No, it's not. People liking Joey is a weird story. A couple guys starting an a capella singing group is, well, okay it is weird.
But, basically, how it runs is, each person knew somebody else in the band, you know, whether they were working or just friends. Chris was the one who initially came up with the idea to start a group. And he approached Justin because they were friends and they had met in different places, you know, passing each other, whether it be in auditions for commercials or whatever in Florida.
Justin and I, of course, were doing the Mickey Mouse Club. And after that ended, him and I started working on songs together. And then when Chris came with the idea, he approached Justin. Justin called me up. The three of us were singing together. Are you still with us?
KING: I'm with you. Still haven't found out about Lance.
Somebody has a crush!
(CROSSTALK)
CHASEZ: Lance is coming in. Don't worry. I'm going to get there. Now, after the three of us were together, Joey, believe it or not,(How about not?) was one of my first friends when I moved to Florida to do the Mickey Mouse Club. So him and I were friends. And Chris knew him from work. And so we both knew he could sing. And the three of us got together, we were out one night and ran into him, and said: "You know, we've started a group. Why don't you join the group, man?"
KING: And he said yes?
No, he said no. They're holding him at gunpoint as we speak.
CHASEZ: He said of course.
JOEY FATONE, 'N SYNC: I said: "Sure. How much money you giving me?"
KING: Was it named 'N Sync then?
Ten seconds into the show, and I'm already convinced Larry King's an idiot.
CHASEZ: No, not yet.
FATONE: Nothing.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: Now, how does Lance get in?
This is getting weird. Get over Lance already.
CHASEZ: And then, when the four came together, we were singing. And we would try and gig and everything like that. And it just -- the sound wasn't quite right yet.
KING: You needed one more.
CHASEZ: And we needed a bass. Therefore...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, 'N SYNC: We did not have a true bass voice in all four of us. And we initially wanted to do this group because we wanted to be one of those groups who sings acappella But that's -- we wanted that to be our niche. And so my vocal coach, we got in contact with him. I took from him from when I was about 8 years old until about 11 years old. And we got in touch with him. And he gave us Lance's name. And he said: "But his mother will never let him do it." So...
KING: But she did.
TIMBERLAKE: So we had to convince mom.
BASS: Thanks, Mom.
KING: And then you became 'N Sync. Did someone name you 'N Sync? Or you named yourself?
TIMBERLAKE: My mother came up with the name. The first time...
(CROSSTALK)
TIMBERLAKE: The first time we sang together, she goes: "Man, you guys sound really in sync." And we were like ding, ding, ding.
It gets even more boring, so skip ahead a bit. . .
KING: What was you first hit record?
TIMBERLAKE: "I Want You Back" in Germany.
CHASEZ: Yes, first single. It was " I Want You Back." It was weird.
TIMBERLAKE: I want you back in Germany.
We got it, Justy.
FATONE: It was weird because it was like -- it was kind of rushing to it. It was like the minute we got there we didn't even have a song or anything. We went up. We did a couple photo shoots for some magazines we sang acappella at some open air festival that they had.
BASS: We release released that song, "I Want You Back," before we even had half the album -- our first album.
(CROSSTALK)
CHASEZ: It was like 28 days after we signed the record deal so it was like, a record.
KING: What a thing it must have been, huh?
(CROSSTALK)
CHASEZ: It was cool.
TIMBERLAKE: It was pretty wild.
KIRKPATRICK: You know what was really strange is the fact that when we release we started to get so big over in Europe so quick, that we would get on a plane in Orlando, and fly over to Europe and get off the plane there would be like thousands of girls just waiting or just, you know, kids just waiting for to us get off the plane. We'd get off it was all this, you know, we were celebrities. We'd get back on plane come home.
KING: Nobody.
KIRKPATRICK: Our parents wouldn't even be picking us up from the airport.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: Boy, that's got to be -- that's a weird feeling. We'll pick up on career of 'N Sync as we move ahead on this edition of LARRY KING LIVE. They won the American Music Award Internet Fans Artist of the Year Award last night. They're with us for the full hour. We'll include your phone calls. We're going to have a lot of fun, learn a lot, too. Don't go away.
I know we've learned a lot so far. . .
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KING: We're back with 'N Sync. Why are you called a band since you don't play instruments?
KIRKPATRICK: It's all about the special effects.
KING: You mean I imagine the instrument?
Larry King doesn't get Chris at all. And it only gets worse.
BASS: We're definitely a vocal group first.
Actually, you're only a vocal group.
KING: Yes, but you're called a band: band of the year, band of the hour.
No, no, no, they're called a boy band.
TIMBERLAKE: I don't know. We called ourselves -- we call ourselves a vocal group.
I call you idiots.
KING: A vocal group. And the dancing? Were all of you good dancers?
(LAUGHTER)
Lance, you had to learn?
Something makes me think he already knows the answer to this one. . .
BASS: I had to learn.
KING: Was it hard?
BASS: It was. I mean, but we -- we would dance every day...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hours.
Unidentified male? Like the camera guy?
BASS: Yes, hours a day we had this warehouse that was like a 110 degrees in Orlando, and the year before we had a record deal, we would just, you know, work every day, you know, just sweating and...
You know, we have this really cool thing called air conditioning. Maybe you've heard of it?
TIMBERLAKE: I think the whole dancing thing came into play when we decided to do a video demo to send out to record companies. We said, well, we just can't stand on the stage, and saying we should give them a show. So, that's where the choreography came in, and we got some choreographers that JC and I had worked with on the Mickey Mouse Club.
KING: So you are choreographed, right?
No they just happen to do all the same moves at the same time. Come on, how dumb is he?
KIRKPATRICK: Well, we play instruments, too, though. I mean, you know, when we do a lot of the writing for the album, we do it, you know, on the keyboards, on the guitar. I actually have worked on turntables and (UNINTELLIGIBLE) and a lot of different things that we all incorporate, we have incorporated into our shows. And it's just that in the show, we don't pick up...
Give it up, Chris. You don't play instruments.
KING: But when we think band, we think...
(CROSSTALK)
OK, Joey, you're huge hits overseas, you come home and nobody knows you. How did they finally know you here?
FATONE: Wow. Well, when we -- after we were with RCA for a while -- we were in Germany -- and then we went over to RCA in the States, because in Germany we were with Munich BMG. So when we did that, put out a video, and we actually had a redo "I Want You Back" because it was so old and we were so, you know, doing stuff in Germany (UNINTELLIGIBLE) over there.
And it was like slowly people started to just be like, "Oh, OK, that's 'N Sync, it's great," and it slowly started building up...
KING: There was no boom?
FATONE: Well, the Disney Channel. We did a show on a Disney special.
TIMBERLAKE: We also got a big a boost from radio, too. We got some good radio...
KING: They played a lot...
TIMBERLAKE: ... airtime for the first single.
KING: What was the biggest hit initially at the start?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The first thing was...
KIRKPATRICK: "Tearin' Up My Heart" was -- it hit big. But like we said, it was definitely the Disney special.
KING: And what was it like for you, frankly -- let's go around. What was it like for you, Lance, to be suddenly phenomenal?
BASS: I don't know. I mean, we -- to us, it's been the same, you know, from day one. I mean, things have changed as it's gotten bigger, but I think, you know, since we've stayed the same and we surround ourselves with such great people, and you know, such great -- we come from such great families that...
KING: You're all close to mothers and everything...
BASS: Yes, you know, we're very...
KING: But how about, JC...
Okay, I guess we're done hearing from Lance. . .
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My mom's here.
Somebody should tell that guy to shut up.
KING: JC -- your mom is here. How about adoration, dealing with that? I mean, all these girls?
CHASEZ: Well, I mean, we appreciate it, I mean, because we know what it's like to not have it, and we're thankful for it, that's for sure.
KING: Look at this. Look at this
CHASEZ: Holy-moley.
Who says that?? Holy-moley? That's right up there with his "Oh, my goodness!" and "I'm so tidy" comments.
KING: Why do you think you bring this out?
CHASEZ: Well, I think the one thing that's great that we bring is we bring a good time with us. It's like when people want to go somewhere, forget about everything that they're doing in their every day lives or whatever, when they come to a concert, we give them a solid two hours of take your mind off of everything. Don't worry about whatever problems you had earlier that day, come to the show, scream your head off, get rid of every piece of energy that you have in your body, go home and sleep great.
KING: And why, Justin, girls?
TIMBERLAKE: Why?
KING: Why so many girls, do you think?
Because we have no actual talent and have to rely on the hoards of screaming pre-teens. . .
TIMBERLAKE: Why not?
(LAUGHTER)
KING: Good way to look at it, Justin. I mean, why does -- it is a kind of a phenomena, isn't it?
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, I don't think -- that's something I really wouldn't know how to analyze.
KING: Do you enjoy it?
TIMBERLAKE: Of course. You wouldn't enjoy like millions of girls screaming "Larry, Larry, Larry"?
(LAUGHTER)
You're onto something there.
KING: Yes, the nursing home!
(LAUGHTER)
What do you enjoy most about it, Joey?
FATONE: Traveling, I think, for me. I mean...
KING: You like traveling?
FATONE: I like traveling, love traveling. I think, for all of us, I think it's everything, from the creative of recording to the creative of bringing the videos, things doing on stage, touring, choreography, doing the promotion, you know, everything.
KING: Are you really all good friends?
KIRKPATRICK: We're like best friends.
KING: You hang out together?
KIRKPATRICK: We started out as best friends,(Uh, except for Lance, right?) and you know I think it shows -- it shows in everything we do. From when we're on stage, when we're clowning around, we do like so many shows that each show is so different because of the interaction amongst each other. And we'll goof around with each other. We do little things to each other on stage that a lot of people that come to a lot of the different shows go, oh, that's funny, or I know he's messing with him there. And it's just, I think, when we start as friends and we've grown as a group...
KING: Because some groups, you know, historically haven't liked each other.
TIMBERLAKE: Well, the chemistry we have is unreal. I can't tell you, you know even with this tour last summer, I could just look at Chris and it could say 10 things at the same time, and he would know exactly what I meant just by looking at him, because we've been together, you know, even before everything took off, we were together, some of us working 9:00 to 5:00. But every day, singing, and you know, trying to get our act together. So...
Sigh. Some people go their whole lives and never find that. . .
KING: This ties with the family. JC, did you always have your mother's approval?
What? Did you always have your mother's approval? That's a new one.
CHASEZ: Actually, my mom -- my family's been an amazing support for me. Really, my mom brought it to my attention the whole show business thing in the first place.
KING: She did -- she wanted you to do it.
So let's get this straight, JC. You had no desire to enter showbiz, and your mom forced you into it at a young age?
CHASEZ: I was doing -- yes, I was doing like talent shows and stuff like that for fun with friends back home, but she was the one who said, you know...
KING: Did you do like "Star Search" or something?
CHASEZ: ... if you really want to try it...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, he did "Star Search."
God? Is that you?
TIMBERLAKE: I did "Star Search," yes.
KING: Did you win?
TIMBERLAKE: No. Lost the first round.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We saw Ed McMahon last night, too. We were going to get him.
No, God wouldn't say that. . .
KING: First round?
Yeah, can you believe it? I told you he had no talent.
TIMBERLAKE: ... it never showed up.
KING: If you lose on "Star Search," you'll never make it.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, of course, there you go.
KING: Your mother very -- well, your mother's here with you, right?
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, she's always been very supportive. She always -- she always did. And I think with all of our parents, they always said, you know, if it's not fun, don't do it.
Isn't your mom the one who decided to cash in on you by forming Innosence and who is in league with the guy who screwed you out of tons of money?
KING: Lance?
BASS: My family's been there, you know, throughout the whole thing. It was hard for me, because I had to leave, you know, my high school, going from Mississippi, and I had to leave them for a few months just to, you know, go do this group. So it was very hard on them and...
I want to know how they convinced his parents to let him move to Florida with a bunch of strangers to be in a freaking a cappella group.
KING: They didn't say to you what are you doing here with some pop group? What are you doing with your hair?
I'd certainly want to know what he'd done to his hair.
BASS: Well, you know, they -- they were just nice support. You know, we would talk about it, and you know, it was a very hard thing.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, me and Lance came from some small towns. I think Chris did, too.
KING: I'll get to Chris in a minute. Joey, you're from Bensonhurst.
FATONE: Yes.
KING: In fact, Joey grew up -- I grew up at 2136 83rd Street. Joey grew up at 2140 84th Street, one block away.
No way!!
FATONE: That's right.
No way!!
KING: So we know the neighborhood.
No way!!
FATONE: Yes.
No way!!
KING: Do your parents...
FATONE: Oh, yes. My dad used to sing in a group, old '50s group kind of -- '50s and '60s -- called the Orions.(Are they like the Oneders?) So, that's how we got influenced by listening to '50s duop. And he was always supportive, always trying to do something creative.
KING: So they encouraged you?
<=To be thousands of miles away from home for months out of the year?
FATONE: Oh, yes.
KING: And Chris, your mom?
KIRKPATRICK: My mom's been real supportive. She's been -- you know, we grew up kind of very underprivileged, so...
KING: She was very young when you were born?
KIRKPATRICK: She was 16, yes. She had me when I was 16.
How could I not jump on that comment?
KING: Did you know your father?
KIRKPATRICK: Yes, I know him.
KING: But they're not together?
KIRKPATRICK: No, they're not together now. But yes, she's always been -- I mean, she's basically been the backbone in the family. You know, she had to raise me and my four sisters younger than me. So you know, growing up, she was always like just do -- do what makes you happy, like Justin said.
KING: Do all your parents go watch you work?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yes.
Will somebody get him out of here??
TIMBERLAKE: Yes.
KING: A lot?
TIMBERLAKE: They enjoy it.
KING: They enjoy it?
We're shocked, too, Larry.
BASS: Chris wanted to bring them out on the road. They get tired a lot. I know -- like when we bring our friends and family on the road, they're like "How do you do this?" You know, they spend like three days and they have to go take a week off.
KING: Over the weekend, they won the People's Choice Award for favorite group or band. They are 'N Sync. They're our guests for the full hour. We'll be including your phone calls. More after this.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "LIVE WITH REGIS") ANNOUNCER: Now here are Regis Philbin and the hottest group around, 'N Sync.
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KING: Nice shot there of six millionaires. Our...
(LAUGHTER)
'N Sync is the band. OK, let's get into some -- I was on your Web site today. I had my own Web site today(Subtle, Larry.) and I was on your Web site. OK, most of the people wanted me -- the first thing to ask you -- so I've got to ask it. Normally, we don't care about things like this.
TIMBERLAKE: Go for it. I know what you're going to ask.
KING: Yes, OK. What about her?
(LAUGHTER)
Britney Spears -- Britney Spears and you. Give us the -- this is LARRY KING LIVE. We don't fool around.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, she's a wonderful, wonderful person, and I'm very lucky, you know, to have somebody on the other side of the spectrum who understands all these things that I go through.
KING: There she is. Is she your girlfriend?
Okay, here thay show a pic of Justin and Britney, and written in rhinestones across the chest of Brit's shirt it says "PAYS OFF". I'm not kidding.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's pretty hot, too.
Justy's gonna have to beat up this guy after the show. . . .
TIMBERLAKE: We are dating.
KING: Are you serious?
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, yes.
KING: Might some day you two...-
TIMBERLAKE: That I don't know.
KING: I mean, you're young.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, that is not -- I don't.
KING: She's young. I mean, have you talk about some day we'll be engaged?
(CROSSTALK)
TIMBERLAKE: No.
KING: But you do love each other at this point? TIMBERLAKE: Yes, I do love her. I have -- she's the -- she's the kind of person that I have a deep, deep love(as oppossed to just a deep love?)for and, you know, even if things were -- weren't to work out, you know, in the long run I would always...
KING: Do you think of recording with her, you guys?
TIMBERLAKE: That's a good idea.
KIRKPATRICK: No.
TIMBERLAKE: What was the question?
KING: Now, Chris. OK, what about you Chris? Dating anyone? You don't want to reveal it?
KIRKPATRICK: I don't mind revealing it, but...
KING: Who is it, Chris?
KIRKPATRICK: Nobody.
KING: How do you think she feels...
KIRKPATRICK: Not anymore. I know she's upset now because I'm not...
KING: You just said nobody.
KIRKPATRICK: Well, it is nobody.
KING: You're not dating any more?
KIRKPATRICK: Right.
Believe it or not, this whole exchange was really funny at the time.
KING: I want to get dating when you're big stars -- Joey?
FATONE: Yes, I'm dating someone.
KING: Regular, show business girl or...
FATONE: No, she's a normal, normal woman. Plain Jane.
That Joey's sucha romantic.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: Does she live in Orlando?
FATONE: Well, she's back and forth, Orlando and L.A., so...
KING: JC.
CHASEZ: Yes.
KING: Anyone we know?
CHASEZ: No, wouldn't be anybody you know, but she's great. I love her very much.
KING: So, none of you -- you're the only one -- Lance, you seeing anyone?
BASS: Not right now.
KIRKPATRICK: Lance is dating me.
I knew it!!!
(CROSSTALK)
TIMBERLAKE: "The Enquirer" is watching right now.
KING: I noticed when you mentioned chemistry, he jumped. He said that's interesting. None of you are married. All of you -- so you each of you see steady girls. You don't see anyone else, and you are now playing the field and you are playing the field.
BASS: I date everyone.
Including Chris. Don't be so proud, Lance.
KIRKPATRICK: I did have somebody very special.
Chris seems to like to go back to topics that they've LONG since passed. . .
KING: I know, you said that.
KIRKPATRICK: And she's still very special.
KING: But what happened?
KIRKPATRICK: She's in the army now or something.
KING: She joined army.
KIRKPATRICK: No, I'm just kidding.
Smooth, Larry. Can you even imagine what they could get him to believe?
KING: Is dating difficult when you're this big?
No, no, not at all.
(CROSSTALK)
KIRKPATRICK: Very, that is -- I'm living proof.
TIMBERLAKE: It's already hard enough when you don't have a lot of time to see someone, you know, because, you know, when you're in relationship with someone, you want grow with them and develop something, and not only are we away from people, but every time we start dating somebody there's always rumors and all different kinds of things that circulate about it, and things that are not true...
KING: And no privacy.
(CROSSTALK)
KIRKPATRICK: I say from my experience that, you know, I have to do my career, and, you know with us, our careers come first, and, you know, anybody we're with has to take a back seat to that and understand that these are our lives.
KING: How do deal with groupies? There must be groupies out there.
Groupies? Oh, no. None at all.
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, follow cars -- you know they'll drive hours, hours, hours following you.
Are you one of them?
CHASEZ: That's why we traveling with a great security team, though. They keep everybody safe. They keep everybody separated.
Yeah, I know how fierce twelve year olds can be.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: So, the stories in the past that rock stars and groupies, that doesn't apply to you guys.
CHASEZ: Well, that's kind of old school anyway. I mean, it happens and -- does -- it's just a different crowd, you know what I mean? It's like, you know, we're not living the crazy, you know, sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle. We're living pretty -- we're living lives that our parents can be proud of.
No parent should be proud of DGD. Not one.
KING: You met Britney on "Mickey Mouse," right? The Mickey Mouseketeers.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, I was 12 and she was 11.
(CLIP OF JUSTIN AND BRITNEY DANCING ON THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB)
Hee, hee, hee. . .
TIMBERLAKE: Thanks, Larry. Appreciate that.
KING: Is that them?
Um, who did you think it was? Do you normally show clips of random people on your show?
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, that's me in the dress and that's her in the bandana.
That Justin. He's just a comedian.
FATONE: Look at that stud. You're pretty cute, too.
Watch out, Justy! Joey's got some funny in him, too.
TIMBERLAKE: Thanks.
KING: I might sing with this group later. We will take your calls as well. We'll be right back with 'N Sync. They're up for multiple Grammys, including record of the year for "Bye, Bye, Bye." Don't go away.
Why would I want to go away? Just because Larry says mind-bogglingly stupid things every five seconds. . .
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KING: Did you ever think frankly about think about -- Joey, you think about it, going away?
I thought about Joey going away. A lot.
FATONE: A little -- once in a while, just to think about, you know, other things as well; just think about what would happen if it didn't happen. You know, what would I be doing now? But, I mean, as time goes on, I think that we're still going to be 'N Sync, hopefully, obviously together as group...
KING: Do you think you're going to have to evolve?
I mean, teenyboppers' attention spans last only so long. . .
FATONE: Oh, of course. Definitely. I mean with...
KING: You can't be 15-year-old girls forever.
Joey's the biggest, hairiest 15 year old girl I've ever seen.
(CROSSTALK)
BASS: From the first album to the second album it was such an involvement, and now, you know, this third album coming up, you know...
That's only because your first album stinks, and your second one doesn't. As much.
KING: When's that coming?
BASS: Hopefully, in June we'd like to release it, but we have to record it first. So, we're in...
KING: Record here?
BASS: In Orlando. Use the next two months.
KING: So, do you think ever about what if it goes away? I mean, let's take like New Kids on Block.
(CROSSTALK)
TIMBERLAKE: Well, they had a different kind of story than us.
KING: They were all kids in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn.
TIMBERLAKE: Yes, well, I mean, I've heard...
You've HEARD? This from the boy who whines about all the untrue things printed about them?
KING: In Boston, I'm sorry.
TIMBERLAKE: ... about why things the didn't work with them. I think we're really lucky, you know. I think they were a little bit older than their audience. I think we're really lucky a large portion of our audience is the same age as us,(twleve?) and so, hopefully, as we grow; they'll grow with us. You know, all the great groups like the Beatles and the Stones, you know, and Aerosmith. I mean, groups like that, they started with the audience that they had and they grew with them and they stuck with them.
For the last freaking time: YOU ARE NOT THE BEATLES.
KING: Is money being handled well, JC?
CHASEZ: Oh, yes. We went through a bit of a tiff,(A tiff? A TIFF? He sounds like my grandma.) but now we've all got it pretty much under control very well. We've brought in some people that we can -- that we know we can trust.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: This is -- you make.
CHASEZ: It took a while.
KING: Everything is shared equally? There's no leader of the group; right?
KIRKPATRICK: No, we -- I mean, I think, you know, Justin hit the nail on the head. We've just -- we're very, you know (articulate?)-- we're all very business-minded. We all know, you know, what we're doing with our money now, as JC said, we've been made aware of that very early in our careers. So, you know, as the future holds, we're going to evolve ourselves. We're going to move on to, you know, either behind scenes a little more writing, producing. Since we all love music, you know, we know that's where we're going to be. And not to compare to us any of the groups we were talking about, but, you know, that's kind of what all those groups...
KING: You don't ever see yourselves not being together?
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TIMBERLAKE: Even if we weren't sitting here on this show together, we -- I'd probably be calling Chris asking him if he wanted to come over and write.
KING: We'll take a break, come back. We'll be including your phone calls. They're going to do the Super Bowl halftime show in a couple weeks, along with enduring rock-'n'-roll group Aerosmith. In fact, they did spots for Super Bowl today. We'll be right back.
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KING: Welcome back. With us tonight in L.A., the chart-busting, Grammy-nominated 'N Sync: Justin Timberlake, the youngest member of the group; J.C Chasez -- he used to be a Mickey Mouse Club-er, along with Justin; Joey Fatone, my man from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; Chris Kirkpatrick, the oldest member of the group; and Lance Bass, Mississippi-born, the last guy to join 'N Sync.
I have my own Web site today. (This guy is shameless.)And I went on it today. And they called in some questions for you. I'm going to ask a couple of them.
"Do you find it hard sometimes to keep your identity and privacy when you're constantly in the media and being watched?"
Oh, no. Of course not. WHat would ever make you think that? WHO ASKS THESE? Seriously, they need a good beatdown. And then another. This is NOT a good question.
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FATONE: Yes, that's probably the toughest part about our gig.
KING: Do you get a chance to, like, go to a movie?
FATONE: Yes, but -- some people...
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FATONE: I went to go see "Traffic."
KING: You went. You stood on line.
FATONE: Stood in line. I got tickets.
TIMBERLAKE: The last movie I saw was "The Family Man." You go. You creep in early. And you sit in the back.
BASS: You've learned to adapt, you know, how to go out with your friends, and, you know, put the hat on. And it's pretty much all right.
KING: "Where do you see yourself" -- to another question -- "Where do you see yourself 20 years from now?
Oh, look, another stupid question. Doesn't anyone send in good questions?
This isn't the whole transcript. It used to be, but we took out the boring parts. And of course, we tossed our two cents in. If you actually want the whole boring long transcript, we'll email it to you.
He did not just say that.
And who is going to be phoning in questions? It is going to be you! 'N Sync for the hour -- next on LARRY KING LIVE!
J.C. Chasez, 24 years old, from Bowie, Maryland was also a member of the Mickey Mouse Club.
My man, Joey Fatone, born in Brooklyn one block from where I was born: He will be 24 on January 28. And he wants to be Superman.
Chris Kirkpatrick is the oldest member of the group. At 29, Chris was born in Clarion, Pennsylvania.
And the last member of the group is Lance Bass, who is only 21. Lance was born in Clinton, Mississippi, once wanted to be a space engineer, wanted to work for NASA. And look where he wound up.
That's just sad.
The hair? I can imagine.
I mean, I could imagine if, you know, if my kids, you know, would do that, I don't know what I sound like. Are you crazy? But they were very supportive.