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“Queer Eye” hairstylist Jonathan Van Ness has responded to Rolling Stone’s studies of his alleged abusive habits on the set of the Netflix actuality collection.
Within the March exposé, seven “Queer Eye” manufacturing sources claimed Van Ness was “emotionally abusive” on set, going so far as to name them a “monster” and a “nightmare.” One supply referred to as their outbursts “intense and scary” describing their habits as “virtually like a cartoon the place it oozes out of them.” One other crew member added Van Ness would lash out “no less than as soon as a day,” choosing one member of the manufacturing to “level out and blame and make the villain of the day.”
After months of silence after the allegations, Van Ness has responded through an interview on the “Desk Manners” podcast during which the “Queer Eye” solid member mentioned the story “isn’t actually primarily based in actuality.”
“Although I do consider that that article was overwhelmingly unfaithful and accomplished in dangerous religion,” Van Ness mentioned. “There have clearly been instances all through my profession the place you’re stressed, or I could have been elbow-deep in highlights and was like, ‘No, I can’t speak about that proper now.’”
They continued, “I do know that there have been instances the place I may have been higher. However I feel additionally being a survivor of abuse and speaking about every part that I’ve talked about, I internalized it so badly. I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, is it true? Like, am I actually this dangerous particular person?’”
Van Ness added that they used the article as a possibility to “decelerate, disengage after which actually love myself,” permitting time for them to “really feel [their] emotions.”
“I simply needed to form of withdraw and go into myself and really feel it,” Van Ness mentioned. “After which as soon as I received accomplished feeling it, I used to be in a position to get the language to have the ability to say what I simply mentioned. It simply form of paralyzed me.”