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As for what prompted his coming out in 2006, Bass said he was vacationing in Provincetown, Rhode Island, and a random guy recognized him and asked if he was gay. He said yes, not knowing the guy was a reporter.

When his phone started ringing off the hook, Bass said he knew he had to say something, so he arranged to tell his story to People magazine. \"It all happened within 48 hours of coming back from that vacation,\" he recalled. \"Talk about a Band-Aid being ripped off very publicly.\"

Other stars who told their stories to THR include Clay Aiken, Jim Parsons, Rosie O'Donnell and Neil Patrick Harris.

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