A biography for Jonathan Van Nesshasn’t been written yet.
“I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it.”
“I went from being pretty fit to 230 lbs., which isn't, like, the biggest for being 6-feet-tall, but I had been 165 lbs. just three months prior. That taught me a lot about how people treat you differently when you're fit and when you're bigger.”
“I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.”
“I'm good at following my own grooming advice.”
“I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I'm forced to. I've been through a lot of things in my life that, if I didn't make light of it, I would literally keel over.”
“In service industries, we can be so people-pleaser-y that you don't know how to set your own boundaries.”
“Getting married is a good time to revaluate all of your relationships. Have you had the same haircut since seventh grade? Have you found products that work for your skin? You need time to experiment.”
“As a kid growing up, I really hated being alone. I was always that kid that was like, 'Do you want to hang out? Let's go to the mall. Let's go to the movies. Let's go to the park.' I would call people and call people and call people. If I was alone when I wasn't at school, then there was something wrong.”
“I remember saying I wanted to be a cosmetologist when I was really young.”
“I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense.”
“My biggest secret is that I don't over-wash my hair. I wash it twice a week at the most, unless I'm on set every day.”
“I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply.”
“A song like 'Tears Dry on Their Own' is really sad, but it's hopeful, too - that was my theme song for the first boy who broke my heart.”
“In states where there's one really big city, a lot of outlying counties and smaller towns really don't have very many resources.”
“When I'm having a song-in-the-shower moment, I go to 'The Blessed Unrest' by Sara Bareilles.”
“I wanted long hair my whole life. When I was a little kid, my mom would be like, 'We get our hair cut once a month.' So I just always got my hair cut.”
“Men and women can be friends, and it can just be friendly.”
“Leaving your hair down to sleep causes friction on your ends between your body heat and the pillow case. Securing the ends away from your body helps preserve your ends.”
“Since I have psoriasis, I buy anything that feels good against my skin. I tend to wear really, really soft hoodies by the brand Velvet. Even if I don't have a flare-up, I'm still like: Oh. My. God. This nice thing feels so good.”
“If you're feeling a little down, you're never fully dressed without a strong heel. But only if you're depressed - if you need a pick-me-up.”