British-Irish group The Wanted has said while they do not follow the ironclad rule a boy band must have a gay one – they might ‘dabble’.

The ‘Chasing The Sun’ boy band was talking at an Australian show and was asked to respond to *NSYNC’s Lance Bass recent comments.

Host Jackie O said: ‘Lance Bass famous came out and said the chances of someone being gay in One Direction are pretty high, what did you make of his comments there?’

‘We heard it as a crazy theory that every boy band has to have one,’ Jay McGuiness said.

Fellow host Kyle Sandilands prodded further, saying: ‘Which one of you guys? Which one?’

McGuiness said: ‘I think most of us would probably have a dabble,’ as band member Tom Parker quickly said: ‘Speak for yourself’.

‘I think most of us would probably have a dabble,’ McGuiness said followed by Tom Parker quickly saying ‘speak for yourself’.

Earlier this month, Bass criticized record labels for ‘grooming’ boy band members to not reveal their real sexuality.

‘Everyone is kind of grooming you to make sure that you don’t even mention that you have a girlfriend,’ the *NSYNC star said.

‘So screw the fact that you’re going to come out as being gay – it ruins their whole business plan.’

The Wanted are currently promoting their latest single ‘Walks Like Rihanna’.

Check out the interview, and the video to ‘Walks Like Rihanna’, below: