Fatone said he thought Timberlake would rejoin and NSYNC would get back together after.

Joey Fatonealways thought the band would get back together.

“I was not blindsided by [NSYNC’s breakup],” Fatone told the outlet.

Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone and JC Chasez during The 30th Annual American Music Awards - Arrivals at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone.SGranitz/WireImage

That’s what that was."

Still, Fatone said he doesn’t resent or blame Timberlake.

“It wasn’t him it was the record company.

If it was him, then I’d understand it.

When you’re younger, you think it’s that person.

That’s the business.

‘OK, I get it.'”

“I was like, ‘OK.’

That’s when I did Broadway.

I started doingDancing With the Stars.

I started hosting TV shows and doing my own thing, and that was what led me.”