Jonathan Van Ness is talking out in regards to the accusations that they had been “abusive” on the set of “Queer Eye.”
In March, a Rolling Stone exposé claimed that Van Ness, 37, is “very troublesome” to work with on the hit Netflix sequence.
Sources near the present used the phrases “monster,” “nightmare” and “demeaning” to explain the grooming knowledgeable.
Van Ness (who makes use of they/them pronouns) lastly addressed the accusations on Thursday’s episode of the “Desk Manners” podcast.
“There was this text that was written about ‘Queer Eye’ and myself in March, however our complete ‘Queer Eye’ household had first discovered about this text in December,” they recalled.
Van Ness famous they had been coping with enterprise troubles with their hair care model, JVN Hair, on the time.
“I went from this chapter to love, ‘Oh, there’s somebody who’s gonna write an investigative takedown, expose piece about you that isn’t actually based mostly in actuality however can actually have a variety of issues taken out of context to make you look as unhealthy as potential. So that might drop any day now,” the truth star mentioned.
“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.”
The article, which was supported by three sources near the present, claimed that fame had gotten to Van Ness’ head.
“[There’s] an actual emotion of concern round them once they get indignant,” the insiders instructed Rolling Stone. “It’s virtually like a cartoon the place it oozes out of them. It’s intense and scary.”
They claimed there “was completely stress” between Van Ness and the opposite members of the Fab 5: Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown and Tan France.
Sources additionally alleged that Berk’s resolution to depart the present after Season 8 partly needed to do with Van Ness’ alleged conduct.
On the podcast, Van Ness mentioned they tried to keep away from the social media hate they obtained on the time.
“I feel lots of people had been searching for a cause to hate me or searching for a cause to be like, ‘See, I at all times knew that they had been a pretend c – – t,’ ” they mentioned. “My household was so supportive, and my husband and my crew. However I didn’t even get on social media to have a look at my cellphone for like three weeks and anytime I attempted to dip my toe in, I’d instantly see one thing that was so intensely hurtful.”
Van Ness claimed the exposé “was overwhelmingly unfaithful and completed in unhealthy religion.”
They added, “There have clearly been instances all through my profession the place you’re stressed or 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 instances the place I might have been higher.”
The Emmy winner mentioned the accusations “compelled me to actually discover ways to decelerate, disengage after which actually love myself.”
“However generally loving your self simply seems to be like feeling your emotions. And I simply needed to be unhappy for a minute. And I simply needed to form of withdraw and go into myself and really feel it,” they mentioned. “After which as soon as I bought completed feeling it, I used to be capable of get the language to have the ability to say what I simply mentioned. It simply form of paralyzed me.”
Van Ness by no means addressed the exposé when Rolling Stone printed it.
The opposite forged members on the present stayed silent, as properly.
Within the article, sources claimed the Fab 5’s on-screen friendship is pretend — except for France, 41, and Porowski, 40, as France was the one one invited to Porowski’s bachelor celebration.
One other manufacturing supply alleged that Berk, 42, butted heads with Van Ness and France.
“None of them are mates,” one of many insiders alleged. “They play good.”
Berk introduced his exit from the sequence in November 2023. He’s been changed by inside designer and HGTV star Jeremiah Brent for Season 9.
Van Ness confirmed that filming wrapped on the upcoming season on June 1.
“I’ve been so held & healed by this household and couldn’t be extra grateful and revitalized,” they wrote on Instagram. “The vitality of plenty of queer of us is the place my coronary heart is happiest. Bye bye for now Vegas, you may have an enormous piece of my homosexual coronary heart.”