"Queer Eye" Star Jonathan Van Ness Shares What It Was Like Writing His Memoir, "Over the Top"

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, midnight

Before he stole our hearts as the grooming and self-care expert on Netflix’s hit show "Queer Eye," Jonathan Van Ness was growing up in a small Midwestern town that didn’t understand why he was so…over the top. From choreographed carpet figure skating routines to the unavoidable fact that he was Just. So. Gay., Jonathan was an easy target and endured years of judgement, ridicule and trauma—yet none of it crushed his uniquely effervescent spirit. "Over the Top" uncovers the pain and passion it took to end up becoming the model of self-love and acceptance that Jonathan is today. In this revelatory, raw and rambunctious memoir, Van Ness shares never-before-told secrets and reveals sides of himself that the public has never seen.