Ross Mathews

Ross Mathews
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Mathews in 2022
Born (1979-09-24) September 24, 1979 (age 42)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesRoss the Intern, Bossy Rossy
OccupationTelevision personality
Years active2001–present
TelevisionTonight Show With Jay Leno, RuPaul's Drag Race
Spouse(s)Wellinthon García (m. 2022)
Partner(s)Salvador Camarena (2008-2018)
Websitehelloross.com

Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979) is an American television host and personality. He first rose to fame as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, on which he was known as "Ross the Intern".

Mathews has subsequently appeared on Celebrity Fit Club, The Insider, Celebrity Big Brother, and as a weekly panelist on Chelsea Lately. He is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race and hosts a weekly podcast with Westwood One Studios along with co-hosting The Drew Barrymore Show. He previously was a co-host on Live from E! and correspondent on The Jay Leno Show.

Early life

Raised in Mount Vernon, Washington, Mathews graduated from Mount Vernon High School, then in 2002 graduated from the University of La Verne, in La Verne, California, where he majored in communications and was a speech and debate competitor.

Career

Mathews began as an intern on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. From December 2001, he covered movie premieres, the Academy Awards, two Winter Olympic Games and other events.

Mathews has contributed commentary to the E! networks various 101... specials, and appeared as a weekly panelist on E's late night talk show Chelsea Lately.

He appeared on the fifth season of VH1's reality television show, Celebrity Fit Club. During the course of the show, which premiered in April 2007, Mathews lost more than 40 lbs. (18 kg) and helped his team win the grand prize.[citation needed] He was also a guest host on The View on July 17, 2007.[citation needed]

Mathews appeared as a celebrity mob member on seven episodes of NBC's prime time game show 1 vs. 100 in early 2008.

In 2009, Mathews was a contributing correspondent on The Insider, and hosted a web show with The Insider called Inside Dish With Ross Mathews, where he took his viewers behind the scenes, as an "outsider" in Hollywood. Inside Dish became the official online web-shows for CBS's Big Brother and The Amazing Race.[citation needed] Also in 2009, Mathews co-hosted GSN's Big Saturday Night, a weekly game show. His other 2009 appearances included The Howard Stern Show and the 2009 Game Show Awards with Diane.

Mathews joined the panel of judges for RuPaul’s drag race with the odd appearance in the earlier seasons and more frequent appearances from season seven onwards. In 2010, Mathews joined the E! Network's red carpet team, filling in for Ryan Seacrest as co-host with Giuliana Rancic for E! Live From the Red Carpet coverage of the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, the 2010 Emmy Awards, the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, and the 2011 Academy Awards.

In January 2011, Mathews starred in a pilot that he produced and co-wrote with fellow Chelsea Lately round table regular Heather McDonald. Titled Love or Hate, the pilot was made for the E! Network and was executive produced by Chelsea Handler and her company Borderline Amazing Productions. Mathews also appeared in the E! Network's After Lately, a show about the behind the scenes of Chelsea Lately. By September 2011, Mathews had formally moved on from The Tonight Show, returning for guest appearances, including for the "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda" skit on December 14, 2011.

Mathews appeared in the fourth episode of the Bravo series Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis in 2012, in which Lewis redesigned his and his boyfriend's garage.

Ross Mathews at Palm Springs Pride Parade in 2013

On May 7, 2013, Mathews released his book Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence. Mathews was the host of Hello Ross, an interactive talk show on E! from September 6, 2013, until May 16, 2014.

In 2015, Mathews and Carson Kressley were named as new regular judges for the 7th season of RuPaul's Drag Race. At the end of 2015, Mathews began filling in as a guest host on Hollywood Today Live, which is syndicated on Fox. He became a permanent host on January 4, 2016. He also starred in the movie Pup Star. The sequel, Pup Star: Better 2Gether, premiered the following year.

Mathews guest-starred as himself in an episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries titled "Unsolved Situations" in 2016.

In 2017, he was the commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 together with Michelle Visage live for Logo TV. He also commented alongside Shangela on the Logo TV broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 final.

In 2018, he was announced as one of the eleven houseguests competing on the first American edition of Celebrity Big Brother. He finished in 2nd place, winning $50,000, and was voted as America's Favorite Houseguest earning an additional prize of $25,000. Mathews also appeared in the second season as part of a Head of Household competition.

On November 28, 2019, he was a field reporter for Verizon 360 at the 93rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[citation needed] Since fall 2020, Mathews has appeared on the "Drews News" segment of the Drew Barrymore show and has been hosting his own podcast, Straight Talk with Ross Mathews.

In 2021, Mathews appeared as a panelist on the comedy series, Adorableness on MTV.

Personal life

Mathews is openly gay. From 2008 to 2018, he had a relationship with stylist Salvador Camarena. In 2013, the couple appeared in an episode of House Hunters while shopping for a home in Palm Springs. On February 23, 2021, Mathews announced his engagement to Dr. Wellinthon García, a Long Island educational administrator. On May 7, 2022, Mathews and García married at a ceremony in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Filmography

Film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006–2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Himself Correspondent (62 episodes)
2007 Celebrity Fit Club Contestant Season 5 (8 episodes)
2012 Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis Himself Guest (1 episode)
2012 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself Guest Judge (1 episode)
2015–present Main Judge Season 7–present
2012–2016 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Himself Guest Judge (4 episodes)
2018–present Main Judge Season 3–present
2018 Celebrity Big Brother Contestant Season 1, Runner-up (13 episodes)
2019 Guest Season 2 (1 episode)
2020–present The Drew Barrymore Show Co-Host
2021–present Adorableness Co-host Season 1–present

Bibliography

  • Mathews, Ross (2013). Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1455512560.
  • Mathews, Ross (2020). Name Drop. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 97-81797101484.

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