• Jonathan Van Ness

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  • By: Holly Newson
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness
  • Length: 26 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)
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Jonathan Van Ness

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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just an interview, his audiobook is way better

This was free so I'm not angry at this but if I'm being perfectly honest, his audiobook is way worth the credit or price

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I Love JVN

I love how real and open JVN is!! Definitely awesome to see how human this beautiful being is! 🌈🧡💙

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good interview with good person

I enjoyed the interview with Jonathan Van Ness. Jonathan kept it real and funny. I'd love to hear more about his life.

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Take the Moment

Jonathan is refreshing, affable and an agile spirit. Now I am on to listening to his book.😉

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Love him!

Honestly, I could listen to Jonathan talk all day and night. He's interesting, funny and quite insightful. I applaud him for his courage, his advocacy and his style!!

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