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" I grew up in a little town where my family owned a newspaper and the TV station, so a lot of people knew who we were, and I never fit in. "
Jonathan Van Ness
People
Never
Newspaper
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" The second you're bleaching hair more than three or four levels on a consistent basis and want it long, and then you're heat styling it and living in the world - it's just impossible. You can get it there for a moment, and then you might get a couple re-touches out of it. "
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Long
Impossible
" I'm really big on the gym and yoga. I'm at the gym at least six days. That is just getting there and creating those endorphins and sweating. And that routine also keeps me grounded in spite of whatever my life looks like. "
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" I want people to fall in love with themselves and to be really proud and full of joy for the space they take up. If someone else appreciates the space you take up, then that's icing on the cake. "
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Fall
" I am shocked almost on a daily basis that my being me everywhere I go affects people so deeply. "
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" I'm good at following my own grooming advice. "
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" I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person. "
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Love
Fight
Mirror
" I was the first male cheerleader of my high school; it's very hard to embarrass me - you have to do a lot. "
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High School
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" 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. "
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Boy
Tears
Song
" I love 'Downton Abbey.' "
Jonathan Van Ness
I Love
Abbey
Downton Abbey
" I think that because I struggled and did get very bullied, that definitely made me learn how to be funny and let things roll off and be able to laugh, and I think that has definitely helped me when it comes to being in the public eye with 'Gay of Thrones' and 'Queer Eye.' "
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Funny
Gay
Laugh
" Self-care is the non-negotiable. That's the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Cute
Point
Benefit
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Brand
Nice
God
" I wish I had more of a game plan of how I'm going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it'll happen. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Think
Wish
Game
" If you have body hair, I'm like, 'Have your body hair. Have it sticking up the top of your shirt.' I'm really about body positivity and self-love. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Your Body
Body
Hair
" Gorgeous exfoliants are expensive. "
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Gorgeous
Expensive
" I remember saying I wanted to be a cosmetologist when I was really young. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Saying
Young
Wanted
" There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don't need to listen so much. Don't worry so much and just go. Unless you're, like, in danger, and then don't. And then run, girl. "
Jonathan Van Ness
People
Run
Worry
" Probably the advice I could follow more is the self-love sort of advice. I think, four out of every five days, I'm good at that, but certain situations can trigger self-doubt or cloudiness around how I feel about myself. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Advice
Good
Think
" To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Danger
Forgiveness
Self
" Even though I'm a hairdresser and I love doing hair, I feel like I don't look like a groomer. When I think of how a groomer would look in relation to the first version of 'Queer Eye,' I feel like I don't fit in that box. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Eye
Doing
Hair
" 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. "
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Sleep
Body
Down
" I always wanted to play with people's hair. I was really into 'The Golden Girls' and how big their hair was. I always had Barbies and Ken dolls, whose hair I wanted to play with and was always styling. I was very lucky - I never had to wonder what I was passionate about. I've always known that I'm really, really passionate about grooming. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Hair
Play
Passionate
" You gotta floss! "
Jonathan Van Ness
Gotta
You
" I'm just waiting for the first #MeToo moment to happen from a salon because the culture of how assistants are treated, especially in salons in L.A. and New York, is, like, truly unbelievable. You're expected to clock out for lunch and never get paid. You're expected to be there an hour early, stay two hours late. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Waiting
New York
Moment
" 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. "
Jonathan Van Ness
Me
Three
Pretty
" If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram. "
Jonathan Van Ness
More
Side
News
" I'm obsessed with gymnastics. It's like my football. And I like to watch women's gymnastics a little bit more than men's because I live for balance beam. "
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Women
Men
Live
" I think, for a lot of people, men or women, it's easy to have things not affect you because, it doesn't affect you. So to be a better ally, you have to look at it as if it's someone you know instead of this abstract person you've never met. "
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Men
Better
Women
" From the extreme political polarization that is everywhere - there's so much suffering going on - so many people are really thirsty to feel good about something. "
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Political
Good
Suffering
" When you've been on Instagram and Twitter long enough, you know how mean people can be. "
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People
Mean
Long