{"id":1875940,"date":"2026-04-10T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875940"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:48:29","slug":"nick-lachey-says-label-gave-98-degrees-an-age-of-consent-guide-for-each-state-on-first-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875940","title":{"rendered":"Nick Lachey Says Label Gave 98 Degrees an \u2018Age of Consent\u2019 Guide For Each State On First Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBack when they were just starting out, 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey says that someone from the group\u2019s label handed the band a book that laid out the age of consent in every single state. The shocking revelation comes in the new Investigation Discovery docuseries, Boy Band Confidential<\/em>, which features stories from members of some of the era\u2019s biggest names dishing on life inside the boy band bubble.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThis is going to sound super shady but when we first went out \u2014 I remember in our first tour \u2014 someone at the label gave us a book,\u201d Love Is Blind<\/em> co-host Lachey says in the series that debuts on Investigation Discovery on Monday (April 13) and Tuesday (April 14) at 9 p.m. ET before later streaming on HBO Max. \u201cIt was the age of consent in every state in the country,\u201d he added, according to Us<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe kept that book on the tour bus. Unfortunately, there were people out there looking to tear you down,\u201d he adds in the show of the manual that was seemingly meant to make sure the singers, then in their early-to-mid-20s, did not break the law on the road when interacting with fans. Lachey fronted the band that also featured his younger brother, Drew Lachey, as well as Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre, and he says that the safeguards in place today were not there when he and his bandmates were touring.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou see [Justin] Bieber cancel a tour. You\u2019ll see Shawn Mendes cancel a tour because [their] mental health needs to come first,\u201d he said, noting that no matter what was going on off stage for the group known for such hits as their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 collaboration on Mariah Carey\u2019s 1999 smash \u201cThank God I Found You\u201d (also featuring Joe) and 2000s No. 2 hit \u201cGive Me Just One Night (Una Noche),\u201d they were encouraged to carry on. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat was not an option when we were out there. You went out there and you did the show. Then you came back after the show and you broke down and you cried and you kicked a hole in the wall. Or you did whatever you had to do. But you didn\u2019t bow out. You work so hard to get there, you can\u2019t let your foot off the gas,\u201d he said of expectations for the band, who were all between 25-27 years old during their peak 1998-2000 years (Drew was between 22-24).<\/p>\n

\n\t98 Degrees released their first non-Christmas album in more than a decade, Full Circle<\/em>, last May. The collection featured six updated versions of their biggest hits. Boy Band Confidential<\/em>, executive produced by *NSYNC\u2019s Joey Fatone, features Fatone, Lachey, O-Town\u2019s Ashley Parker Angel, *NSYNC\u2019s Lance Bass, Backstreet Boys\u2019 AJ McLean, Boyz II Men\u2019s Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman and LFO\u2019s Brad Fischetti.<\/p>\n

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