Amore Magazine

Dear Justin,

Hey, man. Thanks so much for letting us take part in your Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award presentation last night, even if it were for 40 seconds. It was sort of nice to hear you tell the audience “you asked for it” before affording us the chance to be in your presence. Especially since we haven’t seen you in so many years. Didn’t you promise us it would only be a temporary hiatus? You missed all of our birthday parties. We were not invited to your wedding. You never got a chance to see Lance or Joey on the set of Dancing With the Stars.

It just seems like yesterday you were in cornrows and in a light denim ensemble singing at county fairs with us. Remember all those nights dancing in front of the hidden mirrors at Lou Perlman’s mansion? So many records. So many venues. So many awards. Kind of good memories. 50 albums we sold together. Then you left us so you could embark on our own much wanted career. We got it. It was obvious you felt like we were dragging you down. We figured you just needed a breather. We’d get the band back together, even if Fatone had a kid and Kirkpatrick’s hairline was starting to recede. At some point we’d have to acknowledge to the readers of Teen Beat that Lance would never marry a girl. So this was big of you to bestow us the opportunity to stand with you on stage. And it was sort of fun having to sit though your retrospective of solo work including “Take Back the Night,” “SexyBack” into a super medley of “Like I Love You,” “My Love,” “Cry Me a River,” “Señorita,” “Rock Your Body,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” and “Pusher Love.” Did we think we’d get a bigger piece of the action? Maybe something more than a very shortened version of “Girlfriend” and “Bye Bye Bye” with modified choreography? Would it have been nice to get more advance notice so we’d have time to start a food delivery service, get a trainer, or score some Adderall? Sure. Absolutely. Looking back should a wardrobe stylist have told us that buttoning your jacket mid-belly only directs attention to the pregnancy? Yes. Would it have been nice to have a functioning elevator platform so Kirkpatrick and Fatone could exit quickly? Sure as shit, yeah. But it was your night. So…. congratulations and thank you.

Let us know if in the coming days you rethink our idea for an NSYNC cruise to Jamaica.

We’ll keep our beepers on.

Love,

Joey, JC, Chris, and Lance

- Kate Casey

* Kate Casey is a Pop Culture Lover. PR Pro. Soon-to-be New mom again. Comedy nerd. Celebrity gossip fan. Follow her on Twitter