NKOTB singer Jonathan Knight talks to Lance Bass about his 5-year fertility journey with his husband

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Jonathan Knight talks about his journey to starting a family.

He appeared on his boy band colleague Lance Bass’ new podcast. Lance Bass presents: Frosted TipsThe New Kids on the Block singer spoke to the host about what it’s like to start a family as a gay man.

Knight, 54, revealed that he and husband Harley Rodriguez had previously tried to start a family.

“We tried. We’ve been on this journey for about five years, but it just hasn’t worked out,” he told Bass and his co-guest host Joey Fatone.

He added: “When you go through the process, you think, ‘Today is the day the eggs are being transferred.’ You’re so excited and so happy. And then, you know, a week later, it’s, ‘No, you’re back to square one.'”

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Bass admitted that his journey also took about five years and that the couple needed ten donors.

“Nobody understands that emotional journey,” the former *NSYNC star said. “Because, you know, it took almost five years to have our children, and I don’t know how many times you’ve been able to get pregnant, but we were, you know, pregnant with twins a couple of years ago and we lost one at three weeks and one at six weeks.”

“We had 10 different donors and we didn’t get pregnant 10 times, but you know, when you choose a donor, those are the emotional moments you experience,” Bass admitted, adding, “Every time one doesn’t work out, it’s just so depressing.”

He continued, “You think, ‘God, we have to start over again,’ and if that hadn’t happened the last time, I don’t think we would have tried again. I thought that was the universe saying, you know what, you’re not supposed to have kids,” later adding, “but you know, you’re supposed to have what you’re supposed to have.”

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Bass and her husband Michael Turchin, who married in 2014, welcomed twins Alexander and Violet via surrogate in October 2021.

Knight and his long-time love have secretly tied the knot, as they first revealed to Entertainment tonightin August.

“But everyone just assumed we were married, so I never say yes or no because I don’t want to lie,” he added in the interview.

Although the couple is officially married, they had not yet celebrated at this time due to the pandemic. ET reported.

The former teen heartthrob, who rose to fame in the late ’80s with his bandmates, younger brother Jordan, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood, was first introduced to Rodriguez in 2008.

After getting engaged in 2016, the couple began planning their wedding. They planned to tie the knot in 2021, but postponed the ceremony due to concerns about the COVID pandemic.