Jonathan Van Ness transforms people’s lives on his show Queer Eye.
And the 31-year-old hair dresser revealed he went through his own transformation as he posted a before-and-after snap from his weight loss journey on Tuesday.
‘After my step dad passed away I gained 70 pounds in 3 months. I didn’t like how I felt or looked, it’s so important for me to look back and tell that man from 5 years ago he was lovely and gorge,’ he captioned the photograph.
Dramatic: Jonathan Van Ness revealed he went through his own transformation as he posted a before-and-after snap from his weight loss journey on Tuesday
‘I can celebrate where I am now as long as I send love to the ‘me’s’ along the way,’ he added.
Jonathan’s step father passed away in 2012 from bladder cancer.
The hilarious host of the Queer Eye For The Straight guy reboot went into more detail about his weight loss recently with InStyle.
‘I just could not stop eating, and that took me, like, two years to lose that weight,’ he explained.
Reasons: ‘After my step dad passed away I gained 70 pounds in 3 months. I didn’t like how I felt or looked, it’s so important for me to look back and tell that man from 5 years ago he was lovely and gorge,’ he captioned the photograph
Revealing: The hilarious host of the Queer Eye For The Straight guy reboot went into more detail about his weight loss as he said: ‘I just could not stop eating, and that took me, like, two years to lose that weight,’
‘My fitness journey now has really been from that really rapid weight gain. I was a chubby kid who got made fun of a lot, and I got fit in high school and I stayed fit in my 20s, until my dad died.’
He reveals the weight loss was initially started because he wanted to date, but ended up being a more personal journey.
‘There was a time when I was like, “Oh my god, I have to lose this weight because if I don’t, then who’s gonna date me?” [Now], my working out is about me. It wasn’t always like that, but that’s where it’s landed.’
Jonathan first gained notoriety for his comedic summaries of HBO’s Game Of Throne episodes called Gay Of Thrones.
In 2017, he landed the spot as groomer on Queer Eye and is now ramping up to film the second season on Netflix.
Moving up: In 2017, he landed the spot as groomer on Queer Eye and is now ramping up to film the second season on Netflix