Parenting Twins Has ‘Bonded’ Me and Michael Turchin


Lance Bass, Michael Turchin and their Kids
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Energy in numbers! Lance Bass and Michael Turchin are grateful for his or her life as fathers of 15-month-old twins — particularly because it’s helped their marriage.

“It’s wonderful,” Bass, 43, completely informed Us Weekly of being a twin dad whereas attending the tenth Annual Gold Meets Golden Occasion on Saturday, February 4.

The previous ‘NSync singer famous that he and his 36-year-old husband, Turchin, “don’t know the distinction” in terms of elevating two youngsters as an alternative of 1 as their son Alexander and daughter Violet are their first children.

“Everybody that had a single [child] after which had twins, they’re like, ‘You’re so fortunate beginning with twins, ‘trigger you’ll not perceive how exhausting it’s,’” Bass confessed. “So, we’re fortunate to have began with two.”

Parenting has additionally strengthened the couple’s relationship, with the Free Lance Leisure founder telling Us that it’s “positively bonded” the pair “much more.”

After eight years of marriage, Bass quipped that he and the Save for Now actor are “formally caught with one another.”

Jokes apart, the Out of Sync writer informed Us that the important thing to his and Turchin’s profitable union is “communication.” The Florida native echoed his husband’s sentiments, saying “it truly is” about communication.

“It’s being on the identical web page [and] not ready too lengthy to let it fester inside you,” Bass chimed in. “You simply gotta get it out. And particularly with children, you don’t have time for that, so that you gotta like, simply actually be on the identical web page.”

The Dancing With the Stars alum additional revealed that after they welcomed their twins in October 2021 by way of surrogate, each of their priorities shifted.

“It’s not about us, , it’s about these guys, and I like that,” the previous boy band member defined. “It’s feeling to not care a lot about your self anymore.”

Whereas the duo are busy elevating their children, they’ve discovered time to broaden their careers into the child universe.

Bass teased that he and Turchin are “engaged on lots of issues,” together with a Nickelodeon cartoon referred to as Bobby Bear the place they play homosexual dads.

When the twosome aren’t at work, nevertheless, they’re gushing over their children’ milestones.

“They’re saying a number of phrases,” Turchin informed Us, to which Bass stated, “I really feel like every single day there’s a distinct milestone occurring.”

With reporting by Hannah Kahn