“There was a lot of animosity at first,” Kirkpatrick said.
“There was a lot of anger.”
That just never happened.

NSYNC in 2001.Tim Roney/Getty
So it just fazed out without any fanfare, at all, with no goodbye.
We just never got back together.
Kirkpatrick called the hiatus a “hard” time.

Chris Kirkpatrick.Taylor Hill/WireImage
There was a lot of animosity at first.
There was a lot of anger.
There was a lot of resentment, he said.
I remember thinking, Are we ever getting back together again?
Wright defended Timberlakes decision to invest in his solo career at the time.
I gotta fulfill this.
Its not that Im saying goodbye, its just I cant stop this.
And Bass noted that he wouldve understood that, had Timberlake been open about his intentions with the group.
Business-wise, I get that, he said.
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