Fatone 'N Sync with Bride

Boy bander and longtime gal-pal Kelly Baldwin swap vows; all 'N Syncers attend ceremony

By Sarah Hall Sep 10, 2004 8:45 PMTags

It's bye bye bye to bachelorhood for just-married Joey Fatone.

The 'N Syncer swapped vows with longtime girlfriend Kelly Baldwin Thursday in a private ceremony at an undisclosed location on the East Coast.

The nuptials doubled as an 'N Sync reunion as all four of Fatone's bandmates, including Justin Timberlake, were in attendance.

Fatone, 27, is the first member of the band to wed.

The newlyweds, who live in Orlando, started dating in high school and have a three-year-old daughter together, but Fatone waited until last June to pop the question to Baldwin.

When he finally asked, the proposal was extravagant enough to make it worth the 10-year wait.

The popster installed a 20-foot-high, 56-foot-wide billboard outside of his home featuring a picture of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, a place the twosome had always wanted to visit.

Fatone recalled the details of popping the question during a Late Late Show appearance with Craig Kilborn last year.

"So, we drove up, she saw the Palace of Fine Arts [billboard], I went on my knees, got all teary-eyed, and I just froze for a second," Fatone said. "So, I was like, 'Hey, will you marry me?' "

Baldwin was sufficiently impressed and agreed to the proposal.

'N Sync reunited last month for a charity basketball game and to discuss returning to the studio to make a comeback album. However, according to their label, Jive Records, nothing is in the works at this time.

Published reports have indicated that Timberlake has expressed reluctance to regroup with the band after achieving Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling success as a solo act.

While the fate of 'N Sync remains unclear, Fatone has been branching out into acting in recent years. He had a comic turn in 2002's breakout hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding and went on to a role in 2003's The Cooler with William H. Macy.

Fatone also tried his hand at theater, starring in Rent on Broadway, and most recently played Seymour in the stage revival of Little Shop of Horrors.

In other words, even if the popster's boy-band days are over, he's probably not tearin' up his heart about it.