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  • Written by: Holly Newson
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness
  • Length: 26 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)
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Jonathan Van Ness

Written by: Holly Newson
Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness

Publisher's Summary

Joining us at Audible Studios is Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness, an American hairdresser, television personality and podcaster. 

Van Ness was born in Quincy, Illinois, and has been openly gay throughout his life.   

In 2013, Van Ness was dressing the hair of a friend, Erin Gibson, who asked him to recap his webcast, Gay of Thrones, on her show, Funny or Die. From this, his Gay of Thrones series garnered more attention, and in 2018, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. Since 2015 Van Ness has hosted a weekly podcast, Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, and he currently stars as the grooming expert on the Netflix revival of Queer Eye.  

Jonathan Van Ness has released his memoir, Over The Top, which we spoke to him about in this interview, as well as self-care, cats, nonbinary identity, back-flipping in public, The Great British Bake Off and more!

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This is what we need to teach kids to love themselves, what ever differences and help others.
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