Queer Eye Star Opens Up About Hitting Rock Bottom: Jonathan Van Ness

In this new episode Steven sits down with hairdresser, television personality, and ‘Queer Eye’s’ grooming expert, Jonathan Van Ness.Jonathan began his career as a hairdresser, however in 2013 while giving a haircut he captured the attention of a creator for the comedy video website, ‘Funny Or Die’. This was the start of Jonathan’s hit ‘Gay of Thrones’ web series which was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series. In 2018, Jonathan was catapulted into fame as the grooming expert in the Netflix series ‘Queer Eye’. Since 2015, he has hosted a weekly podcast, ’Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness’, and in 2019 he released his New York Times best-selling memoir, ‘Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love’. In 2021, Jonathan launched ‘JVN Hair’, a gender inclusive, sustainable, cruelty-free haircare brand.In this conversation Jonathan and Steven discuss topics, such as:Jonathan’s intense childhoodHis drug and sex addictionHis journey into sex work and how he lost control of his lifeThe challenges he has faced with rapid fameThe increasing transphobia and attack on trans people in the USYou can purchase all of Jonathan’s ‘JVN’ hair products, here: https://bit.ly/3CyBBdKFollow Jonathan:Instagram: https://bit.ly/3CzC6UGYouTube: https://bit.ly/3pcXdZRTikTok: https://bit.ly/3JhaOX9Follow me:https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceoLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theexperienceplus.substack.com