Lance Bass says he got hitched in Vegas

NEW YORK - Lance Bass, who is openly gay, says he once married a girlfriend in Las Vegas
People do stupid things in the heat of the moment," the 28-year-old singer told E! News in an article published Tuesday on its Web site. "I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for like five minutes, but no one talks about it, though."

Bass, who was part of the boy band 'N Sync, says he got hitched in "1999 or 2000," and the bride was "just a friend."

"In fact, the only reason we did it is because we wanted to get free drinks all night ... and we didn't get one," he says. "We're like, `we just got married,' and they're like, `ah, whatever.'"

Bass, who has been promoting his new memoir, "Out of Sync," can now be seen on Broadway in the long-running musical "Hairspray." He stepped into the role of TV dance show host Corny Collins in August.