- Oh my God, are we best friends?
I'm adopting the (beep) out of this cat right now.
(playful synthesizer music)
Hi, I'm Jonathan Van Ness, and I'm here at Buzzfeed.
I'm going to be doing a gorgeous fan Q&A,
whilst playing with kittens.
This is my baby Liza Meownelli,
this is Bug the 2nd, and this is Harry Larry.
I love kittens so much, bring on the kittens!
Or as I would say at home, bring on the bittens.
They're so cute, just wanna bite 'em,
but not really, you know.
Just like a, not a real bite.
Oh my God, do they need homes?
- [Producers] They do.
- [Producer] You want five more?
(Jonathan squealing)
I'm planning a trip somewhere remote soon.
How can I make my hair look good
without access to a hair dryer?
Queen, just get you a hair tie.
Like, that's what you're going remote for,
am I right, like, put it up, who cares?
Just make sure you got some dry shampoo
and maybe some hairpins so you can do
a cute, little messy knot instead of, like, a basic knot.
Oh my gosh, me and Wilco were talking about
adopting an orange one,
oh my god, do you need to come home to Missouri?
Oh my god, I think I'm gonna take this cat home.
Do you believe in aliens?
That meme is very funny.
I do think this,
are we literally the only people, like, around?
Like seriously, it seems like such a big world.
That was so rude, do not touch your sisters like that.
That is not how we get adopted.
How do you keep such a smile on your face
with everything happening in the world?
It's very simple, I get this question a lot.
I go on Twitter, and I just spit out every piece
of vitriolic rage I have,
I take out all my anger on the news,
on everyone and everything, I go to Twitter.
So, that's one thing, go on Twitter,
tell 'em how you really feel,
no one really looks at it anyway, so it's fine.
Then the other thing I do is,
I really go on my Instagram Explore page.
I think having a strong connection with your Explore page,
to have it populated with things that make you happy,
whether that's figure skating, gymnastics,
figure skating from the 80s, or collegiate.
So for me, my Explore page is figure skating,
gymnastics, DIY hair stuff, and shirtless gays.
That really is my recipe for success.
Oh my god, are you a calico perfect kitten?
Did you just discover me?
Do you wanna come home with me, too?
What's one piece of advice you have
on how to stay looking fly while on an airplane?
Hydration, hydration, hydration, honey.
You need a travel-sized serum and moisturizer,
and sunscreen, so that you stay hydrated,
'cause we get really dehydrated on planes.
And also I think it's drink a lot of water,
and also I read that you should never have the ice on planes
'cause it's nasty and germy,
but I don't know if that's true,
but maybe just bring your bottled water, or something.
Oh my gosh, I'm obsessed with you.
What is the most important thing I've learned?
It's a few-fold.
One, sometimes people can totes surprise you,
and you can teach someone
who has had long-standing questionable habits cuter habits,
and actually have those habits stick, which is great,
so I've learned that people are capable of changing,
and I've also learned
that I will never understand Trump people,
but that we can agree on helping you learn to floss.
'Cause who loses, when you learn how to floss, nobody.
Oh my gosh bittens, are we so obsessed with playing?
Who is the most surprising person that watches Queer Eye?
I'm constantly surprised.
I think someone told me that Michelle Obama watched it.
But I feel like I might be hallucinating that,
so I don't know.
Oh my gosh, are you a little calico?
You know, something really interesting about calico cats,
they're very rarely boys, or something,
'cause my grandpa tried to explain it to me once,
but I asked too many questions,
and he kept telling me to shut up, so I can't remember.
Okay, so self-care and even simple hygiene can be
so difficult when you're depressed and have no energy.
Do you have any tips for taking care of yourself
when you're completely drained?
Great question.
I would have two tips for this.
One is, is that I think that the morning time
is so important to kind of get the trajectory of your day
on a more gorgeous upswing,
so if you can get to some of your self-care
and hygienic moments in the morning,
to kind of give yourself the best chance
of getting yourself feeling more gorgeous in the day,
but like an internal gorgeousness, not an external one.
Then the other thing I would say is that,
like break it down, and make it smaller.
Just start with brushing your teeth and a floss.
Just get up and floss and brush, just do that.
Don't even worry about anything,
just basic gorgeous, getting your teeth clean,
and then go take a walk, queen,
and give yourself a hug, 'cause it's okay.
It's fine, we all get depressed.
Are you an adoptable little kitten?
Do you want three brothers?
Five plus three is eight.
Eight is not too much.
Oh my gosh, I'll be like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,
but with cats, before the world fell apart,
you know what I mean?
How do you make yourself a priority
without being too selfish and feeling guilty?
When you find out, let me know.
I don't know, get a cat?
I think you have to give yourself permission
to take what you need,
and if you really have a very connected piece of yourself,
that feels like you're out of balance in a selfish way,
be open to hearing that,
but I think there's a difference between
taking care of yourself and being selfish.
You're also your own best teacher,
so even opening yourself up to that question,
I think you'll find the answer that you need.
I found the new cat that I need,
so I think you'll find the answer to what you need.
Are we best friends now?
Are we the best of friends?
Are we the best friendies?
What's your name gonna be?
What L-name do you want?
Are you Louis, are you Louie?
What celebrity encounter made you the most starstruck?
Here, let me tell you a story, honey.
When I met Laurie Hernandez, member of the Final Five,
gold medal winning US gymnastics team, from Rio,
when I met her backstage at this thing that we were both at,
it's like a ghost smacked me across the face
as hard as they could,
and I did three chaine turns into a wall
and just started sobbing uncontrollably,
and her mom had to coax me out from behind a corner,
'cause I was freaking out so hard,
and she was like, what is the matter with you?
And I was like, I don't even know.
I just love you so much.
And also, the unclenching of my heart when I saw her
do her front aerial on beam last week on Instagram,
just knowing that she's training for that comeback,
I'm feeling so much relief and silver lining,
'cause even though so much is going to hell in a handbasket,
at least Laurie Hernandez is training again.
You gotta get it, show 'em who's boss.
Get it.
Tell 'em.
Have you always wanted to have a career as a comic?
Great question.
I thought that to do stand up,
I thought that you needed to pay your dues,
and do 100,000 mic nights,
and I really looked up to stand up comedians,
like Margaret Cho was one of my idols,
and I loved getting to work with her
and see her perform so much stand up,
and it just is something I didn't think
I'd have the opportunity to do.
You know, stand up comedy's really hard to break into,
there's not that ample of space
to get your foot in the door,
so to have someone come to the table
and wanna help me in this way has been really amazing.
Did I always know that I wanted to be a stand up comic?
Not necessarily, but I'm really happy
that I was given this opportunity, and I took it,
and made the leap,
and it has been one of the most rewarding
and passionate things that I've gotten to do as an adult,
so it was really fun.
Hotels.comedy presents 10 Nights with Jonathan Van Ness
comes out on November 12th,
on Hotels.com YouTube page,
so hit it up,
we can't wait to share
this gorgeous little moment with you, honey,
you laugh, you cry, you cry some more,
you cry hardest, and then you laugh a little bit.
Just kidding, it's more funny than it is sad.
Thanks for having me, Buzzfeed!
And all these gorgeous kittens
are adoptable at the North Shore Animal League America.
Except for you already got a home, didn't you?