Lance Bass says he was ‘kept away from’ Britney Spears for years

Lance Bass was forced to say “bye, bye, bye” to Britney Spears because of her conservatorship, he claimed in a new interview.
Bass, 42, revealed on the “Heather Dubrow’s World” podcast Thursday that he hasn’t spoken to the “Toxic” singer, 39, “in years,” adding, “We’ve been kept away from each other for quite a while.”
“I don’t know exactly what she needs, but I do know that she, to me — [from] what I see — is sane enough to pick her own people,” he said.
The former *NSYNC member has known Spears since the late ’90s, when Bass’ group and the Grammy winner dominated the pop music charts. The “Lucky” singer also famously dated his former bandmate Justin Timberlake.
In 2008, Spears was forced into a conservatorship that has now lasted 13 years. She recently has been fighting in court to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as conservator and terminate the guardianship altogether.
Bass told Heather Dubrow that he believes Britney needs to be “away from the dad.”
“She needs to pick

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