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Dax Shepard Sparks Fury for Jonathan Van Ness Trans Comments: 'Problematic'
Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness was brought to tears discussing anti-transgender vitriol while appearing on Dax Shepard's podcast, Armchair Expert.Van Ness, who is non-binary and uses any pronouns, teared up and declared they were "emotionally exhausted" from the anti-transgender rhetoric happening across the country.In the most recent episode of the actor's podcast, the two began discussing whether The New York Times was a left- or right-leaning newspaper. Van Ness pointed out it had published a number of articles questioning transgender identity and health care.Newsweek contacted Shephard's and Van Ness' representatives by email for comment."Some people are very uncomfortable about teenagers transitioning.