Anybody who retains up with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness will know that they’re a dad or mum to a menagerie of attractive pets.
And now the grooming skilled, who’s non-binary and makes use of he/she/they pronouns, has shared a healthful ode to their pets for “educating me how you can love myself”. The star is dad or mum to 3 rescue canines and 5 cats.
Van Ness, who’s one fifth of the Netflix collection’ Fab 5, took to Instagram on 25 April to share their pet journey, which began in 2004 when the hair stylist graduated highschool. “I adopted my first kitty and felt 🥹❤️ I had by no means felt earlier than…
“Then my littlest pet store (however adopted) grew a bit, after which two extra kittens, and I used to be granted official kitten girl standing,” the self-proclaimed “dog-lover”-come-“cat mother” mentioned.
She continued: “When all of it felt like an excessive amount of and that the world was falling in entrance of me…These little kitties carried me by means of. They helped me discover stability and consistency…
“After which got here Elton,” the JVN hair care founder mentioned with an lovely image of their first pup. “And Rosie… And Georgie.
“I by no means preferred spending time alone, however as I adopted my bb’s I realized I really cherished being alone w my pets. By loving my pets I realized to like myself.
“I can’t consider something higher than these bb animals. Thanks for educating me how you can love myself,” he concluded within the candy tribute.
Elsewhere on their Instagram, Van Ness has shared a current put up with cryptic lyrics within the caption, simply weeks after allegations about their on-set behaviour.
Final month, seven people who’ve labored on Netflix’s Queer Eye accused the 37-year-old hairstylist and podcast host of being a “nightmare” to work with, and accused Van Ness as having “rage points“.
One supply alleged to Rolling Stone how Van Ness would “explode” ceaselessly whereas filming, and create an “intense and scary” environment.
“When he comes on set, all the pieces modifications if he’s in a foul temper,” one supply defined, including that “working with him may be very tough in any capability”.
Van Ness has not but instantly responded to the allegations.