Jonathan Van Ness Biography
Jonathan Van Ness is a hairstylist, podcast host, and television personality from the United States. He is best known for his work on the Netflix series Queer Eye, as the grooming expert on the web series parody Gay of Thrones, and as the host of the Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast.
How old is Jonathan Van Ness? – Age
He is 35 years old as of 28 March 2022. He was born in 1987 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. His real name is Jonathan McDonald Van Ness.
Jonathan Van Ness Family – Education
Ness was born in Quincy, Illinois, to parents Mary Winters and Jonathan Lyle Van Ness. He described himself as coming “from a family of journalists,” as the sixth generation of his family’s newspaper. He was the school’s first male cheerleader and continued to cheer in college at the University of Arizona, where he majored in political science.
He spent his monthly allowance on cocaine during his first semester of college and, too embarrassed to ask his parents for money, turned to sex work. His sex and drug addictions grew to include methamphetamine. His grades dropped, and he lost his cheerleading scholarship; he left after one semester to pursue a career in hairstyling. He received his education at the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis. He worked in Arizona for five years after graduating before moving to Los Angeles in 2009.
Jonathan Van Ness Pronouns – Partner
Ness describes herself as non-binary. Despite his preference for the pronouns “he/him,” he has also used “she/her” and “they/them” interchangeably. In an interview with Out, he explained his gender. Van Ness revealed in December 2020 that he had married his partner, Mark Peacock, earlier that year.
How much money does Jonathan Van Ness make? – Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Getting Curious with Jonathan
Van Ness has hosted the weekly podcast Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness since 2015. The podcast began in 2015. Brandi Carlile, Molly Shannon, and Gabrielle Union have all appeared as guests. Netflix turned the podcast into a television series.
Jonathan Van Ness Books
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, Van Ness’ memoir, was released in October 2019. His memoir explores his past and how it shaped his future.
Van Ness published Peanut Goes for the Gold, a picture book about a nonbinary guinea pig named Peanut and their adventures as a rhythmic gymnastics prodigy, in 2020. Peanut is based on Van Ness’s childhood pet. Van Ness published a book of essays titled Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life in 2022.
Why did Jonathan on Queer Eye gain so much weight?
He updated his health status, revealing in a TikTok video that he lost 35 pounds with the help of a nutritionist. Van Ness is frequently vocal about his struggles with health and body image.
Back in 2019, the actor revealed that he struggled with disordered eating as a child, which was exacerbated by a lack of discussion about male body image. Van Ness admitted that his struggles had resulted in “eating disorders, [a] strange relationship with food, for sure.” According to the grooming expert, he realized that social constructs about beauty are limiting and harmful.
Jonathan Van Netflix
Van Ness has appeared as the grooming expert on the Netflix revival of Queer Eye since 2018.
Jonathan Van Podcast
Van Ness has hosted the weekly podcast Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness since 2015. His podcast took off after the first Queer Eye episode aired.
Jonathan Van Hair
Van Ness found work as a personal assistant at Sally Hershberger Salon in Los Angeles. He fainted in the salon while doing highlights for a client’s hair in 2012, at the age of 25. He was later diagnosed with HIV at a clinic. He used the revelation to “clean up” and publicly share his story, saying, “I want people to realize you’re never too broken to be fixed.” He is currently employed at MoJoHair and Stile Salon in Los Angeles, both of which he co-founded with Monique Northrop of Arte Salon in New York City.
In 2013, while styling the hair of a friend who worked for the comedy syndicate Funny or Die, Van Ness was asked to perform his recap of a Game of Thrones episode for Funny or Die, which became the Gay of Thrones web series. Van Ness received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2018.
Van Ness Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2022 – Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
♦ 2021 – M.O.D.O.K.
♦ 2021 – I Heart Arlo
♦ 2021 – Arlo the Alligator Boy
♦ 2020 – Miss Americana
♦ 2020 – Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine
♦ 2020 – Spinning Out
♦ 2019 – Big Mouth
♦ 2019 – Big City Greens
♦ 2018–present – Queer Eye
♦ 2018 – Nailed It!
♦ 2014 – I Love the 2000s
♦ 2013–2019 – Gay of Thrones