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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

How Vulnerability Changed My Entire Life - with Chris Appleton

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Comedy, Education

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Chris Appleton takes a seat in JVN's chair!  JVN and Chris talk about how vulnerability not only changed Chris’ life, but allowed him to write his debut memoir Your Roots Don’t Define You. Plus! JVN and Chris talk: bleach and tones, celebrity clientele (like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, and Katy Perry to name a few), Met Gala tea, how red carpet moments come together to make absolute perfection. Full Getting Better Video Episodes now available on YouTube.  Follow Chris Appleton on Instagram @chrisappleton1  Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn Executive Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn  Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey Better Babes.

0:02.0

Welcome back to Getting Better.

0:03.7

We've got an icon.

0:05.5

Someone who is really like a titan of the industry.

0:07.6

Someone who I admire their work.

0:09.4

I look up to their work.

0:10.7

They are major.

0:11.8

You know them.

0:12.6

Their debut memoir is out.

0:14.4

Let's make some noise for none other.

0:16.2

Then Chris Appleton.

0:18.5

The crowd goes wild.

0:19.6

How are you, honey?

0:20.9

I'm so good.

0:21.6

I'm so glad to finally be in your chair. I'm in my chair. I'm kind of in your chair. It's like one of my chairs. Yeah, well, like in each of his chair. It's nice. You walked into that in a way that I could not have even produced any better. Yeah. But honey, congratulations. your first book, your debut memoir,

0:37.1

and can we just like give it up

0:38.6

for the beauty of this art?

0:40.6

Like you did so good on this cover. Thank you. Yeah. So pretty. They made me down my hair blonde because they said that was kind of signature of me, which I'm glad I did. And obviously, the roots don't define you. I've always kind of had the dark roots with the bond ends.

0:56.4

And it was just, yeah, it was a really fun day.

1:09.9

My friend Greg shot it, Greg Swiles. Oh, I follow him. He's great. Yeah. And it's so nice when you can work with friends as well that, you know, capture the light. He's done amazing work. He's done some really cool stuff for me, which I'm very grateful for. but yeah he uses great lighting I guess that's why it looks so good

1:11.0

well and also you're stunning

1:12.2

I mean obviously

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