Lance and Reichen: The Rumors

In the weeks since singer Lance Bass publicly came out of the closet and went public about his relationship with reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl, Internet rumors has the two on the rocks. Reichen, winner of "Amazing Race" with his ex-partner, has a book coming out this fall about his experiences being gay in the military and some say he is milking the publicity from his relationship with Bass to fuel interest in the book.

Reichen has been bothered enough about some of these rumors that he posted on his MySpace blog over the weekend a long note taking aim at the nasty talk. Of the book, he says: I've wanted to write this book for 10 years. I started writing it 2 years ago and have had a book deal with Avalon Publishing since way before I even knew the people in my life who are very much in the public eye. My book was scheduled long ago to come out in Fall of 06. This book is all me, by me, and to fight for a cause that I've believed in forever...ending the ban on gay people from serving in the U.S. Armed Forces."

As for Bass, his coming out landed him a People magazine cover last month and he talked to the magazine again over the weekend at an LA party he attended with Reichen.

"We are very happy. It's nice to be able to go out and be yourself," Bass said."We're always out. It's just now people are paying attention, I guess. It's funny."

Said Reichen: "We love to keep it mellow. It's really nice right now to enjoy private time together. We're just normal like anybody else, (going to) the beach, movies, the pool."

Of his partner's decision to come out, Reichen said: "I'm just really proud of Lance and the decision he made. He did it all on his own and I just stood by and supported him. It's just been great."