How Jonathan Van Ness Maximizes Downtime to Keep His Energy Up
His government name is Jonathan Van Ness. But to the nearly 5 million fans who tune into Van Ness’s Instagram feed and Netflix’s Queer Eye for serotonin-boosting hits of joie de vivre, he’s more than a hairstylist and rainbow of a personality—he’s an actual friend, intimately known as JVN, even if it’s just in our heads. We’re in on the JVN-as-best-friend fantasy. (Who isn’t?) So imagine our delight when we learned our multi-hyphenate hero— who also packs comedy, writing and HIV-positive advocacy into his schedule—is just as much as a feel-good force IRL as he is on screen.
When greeting a crowd in LA recently as part of his role as a Biossance brand ambassador, JVN charmed the pants off of everyone...
