>>> WELCOME BACK. AS ONE OF THE FAB 5 ON NETFLIX’S
"QUEER EYE," JONATHAN VAN NESS
IS KNOWN FOR HIS STYLE AND
PERSONALITY.
PERSONALITY. >> WELL, TAKING HIS HUMOR AND
PIZZAZ ON THE ROAD IN A STAND-UP
TOUR CALLED JONATHAN VAN NESS
THE ROAD TO BEIJING.
HE IS HERE THIS MORNING TO TELL
US ALL ABOUT IT.
JONATHAN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU GUYS.
>> SO YOU START OFF HAIRDRESSER,
AND NOW YOUR NAME IS ON THE
MARQUEE OF RADIO CITY.
A SOLD-OUT SHOW.
6,000 PEOPLE.
6,000 PEOPLE. WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE?
>> LOOK AT THAT.
THERE IT IS.
>> IT’S REALLY SURREAL.
I AM SO EXCITED.
YEAH, THERE ARE REALLY NO WORDS.
I THINK GROWING UP COMEDY
CENTRAL WAS WHERE I GOT MY CUES,
MARGARET CHO, WATCHING AMAZING
STAND-UP COMEDIANS.
STAND-UP COMEDIANS. I NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING WHAT
I’M DOING NOW.
IT’S SO EXCITING.
>> THE ROAD TO BEIJING, GIVE US
A BACK STORY WHERE THAT COMES
FROM?
FROM? >> I KNOW THAT AT 32 MY CHANCES
OF QUALIFYING FOR OLYMPIC FIGURE
SKATING OR GYMNASTICS ARE SLIM
TO NONE.
TO NONE. >> YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD BE ON
RADIO CITY.
RADIO CITY. WILL I QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS?
PROBABLY NOT.
PROBABLY NOT. BUT COULD I DO SOME SORT OF LIKE
INSTA STORY IN THE FLESH WHILE
I’M THERE?
I’M THERE? MAYBE.
MAYBE. >> LOOK AT THIS.
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS.
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS. >> I LOVE IT.
OBSESSED WITH RHYTHMIC
GYMNASTICS.
GYMNASTICS. A STANDING TUCK.
OH, MY GOSH.
>> YOU STICK THE LANDING.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> YOU ARE A REAL FAN.
MICHELLE KWAN, FOR EXAMPLE, SHE
FOLLOWED YOU ON INSTAGRAM.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHEN YOU FOUND THAT OUT, THAT
SHE WAS A FAN OF YOU?
>> WELL, I FOLLOWED MICHELLE.
SHE IS THE FIRST PERSON I
FOLLOWED ON INSTAGRAM WHEN I
JOINED YEARS AGO.
WE WERE IN AUSTRALIA DOING THAT
CUTE LITTLE SPECIAL.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT JET LAGGED.
WHEN I SAW SHE FOLLOWED ME ON
INSTAGRAM WE HAD TO STOP
PRODUCTION FOR 30 MINUTES.
I WAS BESIDE MYSELF.
LIKE I WAS, I MEAN, I THINK
LIKE, YEAH, WOW.
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
I WAS LIKE, AM I HALLUCINATING?
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL
MESSAGE FOR YOU THIS MORNING.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> WE’RE GOING TO PLAY IT FOR
YOU.
YOU. SOMEONE WANTED TO SAY HELLO.
>> CHRISTINE YAMAGUCHI HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE
SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND I WANT
TO SUPPORT YOU NOW ON THE ROAD
TO BEIJING.
TO BEIJING. SO YOU ARE DOING SO AWESOME.
THE IMPROVEMENT.
THE IMPROVEMENT. I HAVE SEEN YOUR VIDEOS, SO
DRAMATIC.
DRAMATIC. YOUR EXPRESSION AND YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IS ON POINT.
SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
>> KRISTI YAMAGUCHI!
>> BREATHE, BREATHE.
>> AN OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER,
HONEY, YES, YES, YES!
>> SHE SAYS YOU HAVE A SHOT.
>> I SAW A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF HER,
SHE WAS WORKING TRIPLE AXELS, SO
CLOSE TO HANDING THEM IN 1992.
SO FIERCE.
SO FIERCE. TRIPLE TRIPLES OUT THE WAZOO.
VERY BEFORE HER TIME.
WOW, KRISTI YAMAGUCHI.
>> YOU NEED TO BE A COMMENTATOR.
>> SO FLAWLESS!
>> THAT’S YOUR ROAD TO BEIJING,
YOU ARE GOING TO DO COMMENTARY.
>> THERE IS A COMMENTARY MOMENT
IN THE SHOW.
I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL ANY
SURPRISES, BUT ACTUALLY I AM
COMMENTATING A SPORT I DIDN’T
KNOW EXISTED UNTIL LIKE TWO
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. IT’S KIND OF A METAPHOR FOR
WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY BUT
IN A FUN WAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> BUT, YEAH.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, THIRD SEASON
OF "QUEER EYE."
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU ARE SO EXCITABLE.
I LOVE THIS.
>> I AM A MORNING PERSON.
>> JONATHAN VAN NESS ROAD TO
BEIJING.
BEIJING. MAYBE YOU CAN TRY CURLING.
>> OH, MY GOSH, BRING IT TO THE