Clueless ‘Elisa Donovan dated Joey Fatone after mocking’ Nyns

Clue star Elisa Donovan Thinking she would say “Bye, Bye, Bye” after working with ‘Nsync – but she started secretly dating one of the boys band members instead.

“They made an episode of Clue”Donovan, 54, recalled during a chapter on Monday, August 11, of“Pod meets the worldPodcast, with reference to the Clue A television series that ran between 1996 and 1999. “The studio said, ‘This is a very big deal. These men are coming out.’ And I was just like, Right.

Despite his initial hesitation, Donovan’s perception of the group – which includes Joey Fatone. Justin Timberlake. Jc chasez. Lance bass and Chris Kirkpatrick – He moved quickly when the pumsome arrived on the set.

“They’re extremely professional. They’re very kind. Extremely talented,” she remembered thinking. “And I was like, ‘Oh, I’m the Jerk.’”

After their time working together, Donovan claimed she started to “hang out” with the band and eventually, she and Fatone, 48, “dated.” (Donovan starred as Amber in 1995’s Clue Before revenge on the role on ABC/UPN sitting comedy.)

“That was under the radar,” he added.

Donovan and Fatone’s romance led to her spending time in backstage concerts with the band, where the actress remembered running in Boy meets the world star and “pod meets world” cohost Danielle FishelWas dating bass, 46, at the time.

“I remember going to the show at the Staples Center or something in LA, like, one of the big locations,” said Donovan during the episode on Monday. “I get out of the car, and I’m flocked as if I was one of the Beatles, you know? And they were just like, ‘She’s going to see her!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God … this is crazy.’ “

Donovan called the ‘Nynsc Pandemonium “wild” to prove, sharing that they would look to socialize in places that the men would not be moved.

Eventually, Donovan was cast into a nyns video for their popular 1999 single “Thinking of You (I Drive My MySy Crazy),” where Donovan plays a Fatone’s love interest that slapped him after kissing another girl in front of her. Fishel, for her part, said that he didn’t get a comment in the video because “Lance has just broken up with me,” but She was on a set for filming.

“I thought you weren’t in it because you didn’t want to be. I thought it was too on the nose because then people would know you guys were dating,” said Donovan, and Fishel answered him, “At this point he had already told people on Jay leno We were dating, so I, like, was the first love to talk about. ‘”

Fishel noted that the video “Drive Myself Crazy” was fine after her prom, where the pair had called it quit, but bass still “invited me to the shooting, which was very painful.”

“I was so sad,” he admitted. “I think I even brought our prom photos to that shoot. Like, ‘Here are our prom photos, are you sure you want to do this?'”

Bass came out like a gay In 2006, seven years after his breakdown from Fishel. Donovan, for her part, recalled questioning shallow sexuality back in the day, asking Fishel if the rest of Nynnc knew of Lance’s sexuality and kept him a secret. Fishel claimed that while “Chris said things regularly” behind the scenes, Lance was “much of the belief that he could ‘shake the gay away’ if he could just meet the right girl.”

“We loved each other, it was just a platonic,” explained Fishel. “And we’re still worrying about each other.”