Jai Rodriguez - Queer Eye / Actor

An American actor and musician best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts. Rodriguez starred as Geoffrey in the ABC sitcom Malibu Country from 2012 to 2013.

 

What's your favorite activity off the strip?

Anthony Cools has an axe throwing place, that was super fun. It's called Axe Monkey, that was really, really fun and also Lake Mead is awesome.

 

What's your favorite activity on the strip?

Probably seeing all the shows. They're all so different and incredible. I ended up seeing a lot of topless shows, like Fantasy and X Burlesque I saw six times. That's kind of random for a gay boy, but I had a good time.

 

What's your favorite Vegas restaurant?

I cook a lot for myself at home, I didn't really go out to eat all the time, but because I was working in headlining at the Paris I became obsessed with Mon Ami Gabi, I was there, at least probably five times a week. I packed on five pounds but was totally worth it.

 

What's your favorite Vegas business?

That's tricky because I'm wondering how many businesses I ran into there that were local. Can I say SPI Entertainment, they were my employer, but they make some really good programming, and they treat their talent really well.

 

Do you have a funny Vegas story you can share?

Probably headlining with Kendra Wilkinson and everywhere we went people were just screaming at her, Kendra, Kendra. It's just funny because 9 times out of 10, I ended up being like her bodyguard/friend/cast mate and it was just wearing a lot of hats. That was really interesting I hadn't experienced that since my days on Queer Eye.