Lance Bass, Julia Louis-Dreyfus mock Trump

Los Angeles, Nov 26 (IANS) Singer Lance Bass, actress-comedienne Julia Louis-Dreyfus and more stars mocked US President Donald Trump's Time Person of the Year "pass".

Trump took to Twitter on Friday to claim that he had turned down the honour of Time magazine's Person of the Year -- which Time quickly disputed.

Bass, former member of band *NSYNC, tweeted: "Tiger Beat called and said I was probably going to be boybander of the year, but it was going to take a long photo shoot and interview. Unfortunately, I have a long awaited appointment to frost my tips on the day of the interview so I turned it down! No thanks Tiger Beat!"

"Veep" star Louis-Dreyfus wrote: "@nytimes just called to say I was probably going to be named comedienne of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!"

Eonline.com quoted tennis star Andy Murray as saying: "BBC just called to say I was probably going to be named sports personality of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!"

"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill tweeted: "Time Magazine called to say that I was definitely going to be named 'Man (Person) of the Year' but I would have to agree to leak major #Ep8 spoilers. I said 'no problem', but then they told me you turned it down and now I don't want it anymore. Thanks anyway!"

On Friday, Trump wrote: "Time Magazine called to say that I was probably going to be named 'Man (Person) of the Year', like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!"

Time magazine clarified on Twitter: "The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6."