After three months, Jonathan Van Ness, who’s nonbinary and makes use of he/they/she pronouns, spoke in regards to the allegations made towards them and the way it “isn’t actually primarily based in actuality.”
The 37-year-old hairstylist and Queer Eye star revealed on an episode of the podcast Desk Manners that their “complete Queer Eye household had like first discovered about this text in like December.”
“There’s somebody who’s gonna write an investigative takedown about you that isn’t actually primarily based in actuality, however can definitely have a variety of issues taken out of context to make you look as dangerous as potential,” they added. “So that might drop any day now. Simply so you understand.’”
With elevated exposé anticipation, Van Ness recounted feeling like they have been “strolling on eggshells” within the time between studying of the article and its March publish date. They even referenced some enterprise troubles JVN Hair, their very own hair care model named utilizing their initials, was having, corresponding to chapter.
“So from January to March, I used to be strolling on eggshells being like, ‘When is that this going to occur?’ After which it lastly did occur.”
It got here throughout a “weak” time, Van Ness mentioned, “I feel lots of people have been on the lookout for a purpose to hate me or on the lookout for a purpose to be like, ‘See, I at all times knew that they have been a pretend c—.’”
One nameless supply advised Rolling Stone, “They’re actually centered round having this heat, love, and look after different folks”, however allegedly what you noticed in your display screen was not per some “demeaning” habits crew members skilled.
Regardless of how Jonathan felt afterward, they did admit the article made them pause and have a look inward: “Although I do imagine that that article was overwhelmingly unfaithful and achieved in dangerous religion,” they started, “there have clearly been occasions all through my profession the place you’re like stressed. Or like I could have been elbow deep in highlights and was like, ‘No, I can’t discuss that proper now.’ I do know that there have been occasions the place I might have been higher.”