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Ross William Mathews is an American television personality widely known as an intern and a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he was known as "Ross the Intern".
He has served as a regular judge on RuPaul's Drag Race since Season 7 and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars since Season 3, as he was hired with Carson Kressley to feature on rotation every other episode. Mathews has also acted as a guest judge on Season 4 and All Stars Seasons 1 and 2.
Ross Mathews has established himself as one of the most in-demand television personalities, hosts and pop culture experts in the entertainment arena today. Mathews has won the hearts of millions of Americans since his television debut, as a correspondent for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Following, he was a regular panelist and occasional guest host on E!'s "Chelsea Lately." Mathews was most recently seen hosting E!'s "Live From E!" and as the host of "Hello Ross," which garnered him a 2014 People's Choice Award for "Favorite New Talk Show Host." He is currently covering the biggest award shows as part of E Network's top rated "Live from the Red Carpet" team. Mathews also holds the title of National Bestselling Author, for his 2014 book entitled Man Up: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence (Grand Central Publishing).[2]
Biography[]
Early life[]
Mathews was born and raised in Mount Vernon and is a graduate of the University of La Verne in La Verne, where he majored in communications[3] and was a successful speech and debate competitor.[4]
Career[]
Mathews began as an intern behind the scenes on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. From December 2001, he covered movie premieres, the Academy Awards, two different Winter Olympics Games and other events.[5]
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.[6]
He appeared on the fifth season of VH1's reality television show, Celebrity Fit Club. During the show, which premiered in April 2007, Mathews lost more than 40 lbs. and helped his team win the grand prize.
Mathews was a guest host on The View (July 17, 2007), one of the very few men to sit on the panel. Former co-host Rosie O'Donnell is Mathews' mentor, according to the Celebrity Fit Club finale.
Mathews appeared as a celebrity mob member on seven episodes of NBC's prime time game show 1 vs. 100 in early 2008 with his winnings going to an animal adoption charity. Since 2011, Mathews has appeared a recurring guest role on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives as Chris.
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. Also in 2009, Mathews co-hosted GSN's Big Saturday Night, a weekly three-hour live game show. His other 2009 appearances included The Howard Stern Show and the 2009 Game Show Awards with Diane Mizota.
In January 2011, Mathews starred in a pilot that he produced and co-wrote with fellow Chelsea Lately roundtable 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.[7]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.
Personal Life[]
Mathews is openly gay. In 2008, he began a relationship with stylist Salvador Camarena.[8][9][10] In 2013, the couple appeared in an episode of House Hunters while shopping for a home in Palm Springs.[11]
He was also on an episode of "Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry" which aired on 2/14/16. Unfortunatley, the couple broke up in 2018.
Ross officially got married to Dr. Wellinthon García on May 7 2022, in Mexico.[12]
↑Terry Birdsall, "Ross, the Intern" La Verne Magazine Spring (2002). Accessed July 17, 2007. "Ross was president of the debate team his senior year. He performed individual events for the team, was state champion for two events and was sent to the nationals."
