21 Facts About Ross Mathews

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Ross Mathews was born on September 24,1979 and is an American television host and personality.

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Ross Mathews first rose to fame as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; he was known as "Ross the Intern" on air.

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Ross Mathews is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, hosts a weekly podcast with Westwood One Studios, and assists with hosting The Drew Barrymore Show.

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Ross Mathews majored in communications and competed in speech and debate competitions.

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Ross Mathews began as an intern on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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Ross Mathews appeared on the fifth season of VH1's reality television show, Celebrity Fit Club.

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Ross Mathews was a guest host on The View on July 17,2007.

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

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In 2009, he was a contributing correspondent on The Insider, and hosted a web show on The Insider called Inside Dish With Ross Mathews; he took viewers behind the scenes as an "outsider" in Hollywood.

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Ross Mathews joined the panel of judges for RuPaul's drag race with occasional appearances in the earlier seasons and more frequent appearances beginning in Season 7.

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In January 2011, Ross Mathews starred in a pilot that he produced and co-wrote with fellow Chelsea Lately round table regular Heather McDonald.

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Ross 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.

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Ross Mathews became a permanent host on January 4,2016.

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Ross Mathews had a lead role in the movie Pup Star.

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

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Ross Mathews commented alongside Shangela on the Logo TV broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 final.

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In 2018, Ross Mathews was announced as one of the eleven houseguests competing on the first American edition of Celebrity Big Brother.

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Ross Mathews finished in 2nd place, winning $50,000, and was voted as America's Favorite Houseguest earning an additional prize of $25,000.

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Ross Mathews appeared in the second season as part of a Head of Household competition.

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On November 28,2019, Ross Mathews was a field reporter for Verizon 360 at the 93rd Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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On February 23,2021, Ross Mathews announced his engagement to Dr Wellinthon Garcia, a Long Island educational administrator.