In the latest issue of New York Mag, former 'N Syncer Lance Bass talks to Jada Yuan about the unquestionable pain in the ass that is New York real estate. He noted that a lot of furnished rentals he looked at didn't have "any style," and that "crap" apartments go for a lot of money (sing it, sister). And as for his former bandmate Justin Timberlake's new dining establishment, Southern Hospitality, Lance says he's been there "a few times," though he's not on the Upper East Side much.

And then, perhaps because his broker got indignant, or perhaps because JT made a phone call or two, Lance decided that he'd never said any of that stuff at all. On a defensive little tirade on his MySpace blog, Lance called Yuan a "dumb reporter" who got it all wrong. Oh no he didn't! But he did, and he did it again in an e-mail sent directly to the gang over at Vulture. Head over there to see Lance's official "you are so wrong" (even though we're not — we stand behind Yuan's reporting) statement.

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