Jonathan Van Ness responded to the Queer Eye set allegations. (Getty)
Jonathan Van Ness has responded to the Queer Eye behaviour allegations after studies alleged that they’d “rage points” on set.
In March, seven people who labored on the Netflix sequence — from which fellow solid member Bobby Berk has since departed — accused the 37-year-old hairstylist and podcast host of being a “nightmare” to work with.
One supply described to Rolling Stone how Van Ness, who’s non-binary and makes use of he/she/they pronouns, would allegedly “explode” incessantly whereas filming, and create an “intense and scary” ambiance.
Though Van Ness has by no means publicly commented on the allegations — except for sharing cryptic lyrics on-line — the JVN Hair founder has now spoken out on the claims, saying that “lots of people had been in search of a purpose to hate me”.
In an look on Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Desk Manners podcast, the truth star spoke about navigating the claims after the story broke.
“There was this text that was written about Queer Eye and myself in March, however our entire Queer Eye household had first discovered about this text in December,” she stated to the “Say You Love Me” singer.
“I went from this chapter,” Van Ness defined, referring to JVN Hair being offered by earlier guardian firm Amyris throughout its chapter proceedings, “then, ‘oh, there’s somebody who’s going to jot down an investigative takedown, like exposé piece about you that isn’t actually based mostly in actuality, however can actually have a whole lot of issues taken out of context to make you look as unhealthy as doable.’”
He continued: “So from January to March, I used to be simply strolling on eggshells being like, ‘when is that this going to occur?’ After which it did lastly occur.”
Talking in regards to the response on-line to the claims, Van Ness added: “I feel lots of people had been in search of a purpose to hate me or in search of a purpose to be like, ‘See, I at all times knew that they had been a faux c***.’
“My household was so supportive, and my husband, and my workforce, however I didn’t even get on social media to take a look at my telephone for like three weeks,” they stated. “Anytime I attempted to dip my toe in, I might instantly see one thing that was so intensely hurtful.”
PinkNews reached out to representatives of Jonathan Van Ness for remark on the time.