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Jonathan Van Ness Bio & Wiki: Facts abot Television Personality

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Facts of Jonathan Van Ness

Full Name:Jonathan Van Ness
Gender:Male
Profession:Actor
Country:United States
Height: 6 feet 0 inches (1.83m)
Net Worth$2 million
Eye ColorBrown
Hair ColorBrown
Birth PlaceQuincy, Illinois
StatusSingle
EducationQuincy Senior High School, University of Arizona
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Jonathan van Ness is a famous star famous as the owner of the most popular Salon named Arte Salon, New York City, and Salon Mojo Hair, Los Angeles. Besides, he is also a certified yoga instructor who has got huge famous for being the host of Funny or Die comedy webs series, Gay of Thrones, & Getting Curious.

Early Life

Jonathan Van Ness was born on March 28, 1987, in Quincy, Illinois. As of 2022, his age is 35 years old while his horoscope is Aries. In November 2018 tweet, he said “I come from a family of journalists, I’m the 6th generation of a family-owned newspaper. Ness’s mother is the vice president of Quincy Media, and he is a descendant of the Oakley family which has controlled the company since the 1890s.

Openly gay throughout his life, he experienced bullying and received death threats. For his support, he used humor as a coping mechanism and relied on a small group of close friends. Regarding his education, he was the first non-female cheerleader at Quincy Senior High School.

After that, he attended the University of Arizona where he majored in political science and became addicted to drugs, letting his grades fall and losing his cheerleading scholarship. Likewise, he dropped out after one semester, to pursue hairstyling. At the Aveda Institute in Minneapolis, he trained and worked in Arizona for 5 years, before moving to Los Angeles, California in 2009.

Jonathan stands at a height of 6 feet. He has brown long brown hair with brown color eyes. Further, Van Ness is active on various social sites such as Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Jonathan Van Ness Revealed he is HIV-Positive

Jonathan Van Ness is one of the players of Queer Eye who has announced that he is a survivor of sexual abuse. Also has a history of heavy drug use, and is HIV-positive in an interview with the New York Times. The interview explained his upcoming memoir, Over the Top, which describes his journey from growing up in Illinois to working as a hairdresser in Los Angeles. And getting cast on Netflix’s reboot of Queer Eye.

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Jonathan Van Ness with his friend Source: Instagram

In the interview, he shares that he was abused as a child by an older boy and was a victim of homophobic bullying at his school. At the age of their twenties, he became addicted to methamphetamine and went to rehab twice.

He knew that drinks and smokes marijuana but is sober from any hard drugs. After fainting from flu-like symptoms while working at a hair salon, he went to Planned Parenthood while he was 25 years old. The result was HIV-positive.
In his book, he wrote

“that day was just as devastating as you’d think it would be.”

In his interview, he announced that he is healthy and now a proud “member of the beautiful HIV-positive community.”  The Netflix reboot of the ‘00s shows Queer Eye for the Straight Guy made Van Ness a star.

Likewise, he became a fan favorite for his charisma and compassionate treatment of the show’s guests. In an interview with Out, he became gender-nonconforming and nonbinary. Van Ness wrote on his Instagram, “I’m relieved I can speak fully about the things that shape my experience in life.”

Is Jonathan Van Ness Gay?

Though Jonathan Van Ness has never revealed anything about his sexuality. Jonathan has recently posted a picture on his official Instagram account where he and Antoni Porowski are exchanging a lip kiss. But we do not know whether he is really Gay or not.

The reason for posting such a picture might be just for the sake of promoting Season 4 of Queer Eye.  On July 5 Jonathan Van Ness cleared up the rumors by posting a status saying,

“It was all Antoni’s idea but maybe someday we will fall in love”  along with a hashtag “notacouplebutitwasfunright.”

What is Jonathan Van Ness’s Net Worth?

Jonathan Van Ness owns a net worth of $2 million as of 2019. He collected his income through his career as an American hairdresser, television personality, and podcaster.

Career

  • After he moved to Los Angeles, Van Ness worked as a personal assistant at Sally Hershberger Salon.
  • As of now, he is working at MoJoHair and Stile Salon, both in Los Angeles.
  • There he co-founded with Monique Northrop at Arte Salon in New York City.
  • In 2013, he was asked by Gibson to perform his recap of a Game of Thrones episode for Funny or Die.
  • It’s become the Gay of Thrones web series. Likewise, he was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2018 for Gay of Thrones.
  • In 2014, he also appeared on VH1’s I Love The 2000s.
  • He has been featured in digital or print magazines such as Paper, People, and Vogue Italia.
  • Also, he has appeared on red carpets of New York Fashion Week, the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys.
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  • In late 2015, he hosted the weekly podcast Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.
  • His podcast brought off upon the airing of the first Queer Eye episode.
  • Likewise, he is currently working as the grooming expert on the Netflix revival of Queer Eye.
  • Besides, he also appeared in Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down” music video.

FAQs of Jonathan Van Ness

Who is Jonathan Van Ness?

Jonathan van Ness is a famous star famous as the owner of the most popular Salon named Arte Salon, New York City, and Salon Mojo Hair, Los Angeles. Besides, he is also a certified yoga instructor who has got hugely famous for being the host of Funny or Die comedy webs series, Gay of Thrones, & Getting Curious.

Where was Jonathan Van Ness born?

Jonathan Van Ness was born on March 28, 1987, in Quincy, Illinois. As of 2022, his age is 35 years old while his horoscope is Aries.

How tall is Jonathan Van Ness?

Jonathan stands at a height of 6 feet.