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Mathews at the Macy's Passport Glamorama
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Born |
Mount Vernon, Washington, United States |
September 24, 1979
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Ross the Intern |
Occupation | Television personality |
Years active | 2001–present |
Website | helloross |
Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979) 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".
Mathews has subsequently appeared on Celebrity Fit Club, The Insider and as a weekly panelist on Chelsea Lately. He is currently working on the shows Hollywood Today Live, RuPaul's Drag Race and Live from E!
Mathews was born and raised in Mount Vernon, Washington, and is a graduate of the University of La Verne in La Verne, California, where he majored in communications and was a speech and debate competitor.
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 Winter Olympics 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. and helped his team win the grand prize. He was also a guest host on The View on July 17, 2007.
Mathews appeared as a celebrity mob member on seven episodes of NBC's prime time game show 1 vs. 100 in early 2008.