Ross Mathews
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| Ross Mathews | |
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 Ross Mathews singing karaoke on R Family Vacations cruise with Rosie O'Donnell, in July 2007. |
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| Born | September 24, 1979 Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Ross "The Intern" |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | Correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; Producer of video blogs he named "Talky Blogs" |
| Website www.helloross.com |
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Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979), well known as Ross the Intern, is an American television personality known mostly for his role as a correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and later on The Jay Leno Show. At the time, he was an intern on the former and was referred to by Jay Leno as "Ross the Intern".
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[edit] Early life
Mathews was born and raised in Mount Vernon, Washington. He participated in school plays and debates in high school, and at University of La Verne in La Verne, California, he was a broadcasting major and member of the debate team.[1] He was a communications major in his senior year, when a fellow senior helped him get an internship on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[2]
[edit] Career
Mathews was a regular The Tonight Show with Jay Leno beginning in December 2001. He completed his internship by February 2002. After his internship ended, he was kept on as a regular correspondent.[3] During his tenure on the show, he covered movie premieres, the Academy Awards, two different Winter Olympics Games and many other events.[4] In addition to his role on The Tonight Show, Mathews also writes a daily blog at www.helloross.com.[5] He produced and hosted a web show on nbc.com with Tonight Show announcer John Melendez titled The John & Ross Show. He is now the host of his own web talk show called Inside Dish w/Ross Mathews at www.theinsider.com/dish.
Mathews has contributed commentary to the E! networks various 101... specials and has appeared as a panelist on E's late night talk show Chelsea Lately.
He has appeared on a number of reality shows, including the 2003 incarnation of the reality television show Battle of the Network Reality Stars, in which he was a member of the Red Team. He also 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. and helped his team win the grand prize. After the final episode of Fit Club aired, Mathews revealed his weight to the public for what he said was the last time, which was 164, down 50 pounds from his original 214.
Mathews was a guest host on The View on July 17, 2007. 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.
On May 14, 2008, September 9, 2008, and April 14, 2009, Mathews appeared in a guest role on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives.
Mathews' 2009 appearances include The Howard Stern Show,[6] the 2009 Game Show Awards,[7] Chelsea Lately,[8] co-hosting Big Saturday Night on the Game Show Network[9] and hosting The Inside Dish with Ross Matthews.[10]
[edit] Personal life
Mathews is openly gay[11] and has a dog named Louise.[12]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jazmine Ponce. "Mathews dons black tie for Oscars" University of La Verne Campus Times March 24, 2000
- ^ Angeliqe B. D'Silva. University of La Verne Campus Times 2002
- ^ Ryan MacDonald. "ULV senior sent on trip of lifetime" University of La Verne Campus TimesFebruary 15, 2002
- ^ Tracy E. Gilchrist, "This Gay Week in Television: Bea Arthur, Courteney Cox" Gay Wired June 10, 2008. "Lest we forget that Jay helped launch the adorable gay intern Ross Matthews’ career."
- ^ Ross Mathews' blog
- ^ The Howard Stern Show; April 23, 2009
- ^ 2009 Game Show Awards; June 6, 2009
- ^ Chelsea Lately; June 10, 2009
- ^ Big Saturday Night; June 13, 2009
- ^ House Calls: The Big Brother Talk Show July 10, 2009
- ^ Riggs, Jonathan; "Ross Mathews - #1 Crush"; instinctmagazine.com; September 1, 2007.
- ^ Ross Mathews' page at rothtalent.com
