Jonathan Van Ness

High Low with EmRata

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

3.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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JVN grabbed the hearts of audiences globally when we came to know him as the incredibly positive, sensitive hairdresser on Netflix’s Queer Eye, but it wasn’t until he wrote his first book, where he chronicles his battle with addiction and his HIV status, that we fully got to understand JVN and how he has become the person he is today. On this episode, we talk about Jonathan’s connection to the South, his philosophy around hair and what it can tell us about ourselves and life in general and how he manages to continue to evolve as both a public figure and as an individual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you still love me and would you still want that selfie?
0:10.8	Would you still be my super fan if you really knew everything that I've been through?
0:15.0	And everything that makes me that like sunny person.
0:18.2	Because there is more.
0:23.2	Welcome to High Low.
0:24.9	This is a show where we talk about high brow things and a low brow way and low brow things
0:30.5	in a high brow way.
0:32.5	I personally don't believe in high brow low brow.
0:35.6	I think you can talk about reality TV and whatever fancy kind of book in the same breath.
0:42.8	And it's been my experience that we write off a lot of marginalized people and then presenting
0:48.9	people as being low brow when they actually are quite sophisticated.
0:55.2	And that's something I aim to do with this show is show you that.
0:59.2	So today on the show I have Jonathan Van Ness.
1:04.4	You know Jonathan from Queer Eye, Gay of Thrones, his podcast, Gating Curious, his standup,
1:10.1	his gymnastics, he did a world tour, he's got crazy socials, Jonathan does everything.
1:16.5	We are talking about so much today.
1:17.9	I was really excited to get him on the podcast because I know him from Queer Eye and seeing
1:23.6	him as this shiny bright personality.
1:26.8	And when he publishes his first book a couple years ago, he came out as HIV positive.
1:31.6	He talked about serious traumas in his past.
1:34.6	And I thought it was really not only super, super brave and courageous, it was also a really
1:41.2	interesting moment where you realize this really sunny person has been through so much
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