‘King of the Hill’ Actor’s Husband Details Deadly Texas Shooting, Claims Homophobia

https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/02/jonathan-joss-husband-tristan-kern-de-gonzales-shooting-statement/

30 comments

  1. Holy shit. If that’s true then that’s fucking nuts. Yeah he was an oddball and he did have few bad outburts when it came to the KotH revival stuff, but burning down their home after trying to push them away for years with threats, killing their dog and then shooting one of them is insane.

  3. Pretty infuriating to read that. I have no idea why people can’t just mind their own fucking business. So much disgusting hate in this country.

  4. This is so heartbreaking and maddening. This didn’t need to happen, nor did their dog need to be killed or their home need to be burned down. But some bigot(s) decided to act and took so much away because they didn’t want their perceived “other” living anywhere near them.

  7. Fucking homophobia is a poison.
    We’re just reversing back in time.

  8. San Antonio has a problem with gun based violence, the hate crime aspect of it is maddening but unsurprising for this region of the country.

    RIP Jonathan Joss.

  9. His murder happened on the first day of Pride, which happens to be my wedding anniversary, so I was reflecting especially on the significance of the day yesterday, both personally and to others. I can’t even begin to express how tragic I find this. I loved him on Parks & Rec and was just recently thinking about him.

    May his memory be eternal

  13. I don’t know man, this just seems way too far fetched. Something is off about this. I’ll wait to hear more details.

  17. That’s so goddamn sad.

    Someone killed him because no one loves them and it infuriates them that two men can find love when they can’t.

    This is so goddamned tragic.

  18. This makes the whole ordeal so much worse. This guy BETTER be charged with a hate crime and never live as a free man again.

  19. I didn’t know he was married to a trans man. Killed on the first day of Pride… despicable.

  20. Kidding me, fucking ridiculous. Homophobia is a poison, dude. We live in the 21st century, if you can’t accept the norm, then fuck off.

  21. The headlines are so unsettling. “Claims.”

    The man was targeting them for being gay, and yet we’re still at the point where they need to make it seem like it’s just a “claim.”

  22. Hopefully The Person Who Murdered Him Gets The Death Penalty

  25. **This was a hate crime.**

    Jonathan Joss’s husband’s statement, copied from Facebook:

    >Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales

    >Husband of Jonathan Joss

    >My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

    >Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

    >When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

    >While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

    >Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

    >Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

    >He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

    >I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

    >To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

    >My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

    >If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

    >Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

    >• ⁠Tristan Kern de Gonzales

  26. Someone replied to my comment about this is why we need pride and before I could reply they deleted it. I hope you see this and you are loved and heard. ❤️

  28. “Claims” it fucking was wtf you don’t shout homophobic slurs at someone then shoot them right after

  30. “Claims”… no it was straight up textbook fucking hate crime.

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