John Mayer

[DrFU]

Obviously skipped the "Never Kiss and Tell" section in the Guy's Handbook :

Singer John Mayer's Playboy interview creates storm

By Jill Serjeant
Reuters
Wednesday, February 10, 2010; 5:15 PM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer John Mayer ignited a media storm on Wednesday with a no-holds barred Playboy magazine interview in which he described former girlfriend Jessica Simpson as "sexual napalm" and confessed an aversion to sleeping with black women.

Mayer, 32, the bluesy writer of hits like "Gravity" and "Your Body is a Wonderland", also spoke of his passion for pornography and abiding love for ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston, describing her as "the most communicative, sweetest, kindest person".

But it was the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter's comments about black women, widely perceived as racist, that set the Internet alight and fast became one of the top three most popular topics on Twitter.

Despite being dubbed a womanizer in the media for relationships with Hollywood stars like Simpson, Aniston and Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mayer told Playboy that he was not open to having sex with black women


Mayer described his penis as "sort of like a white supremacist". He also used a slur against African Americans that is widely perceived as racist in the interview that is filled with expletives.

"wow if this stuff is true...John Mayer just lost a whole heap of cool points...and i really likes him too..." commented jnyfer on Twitter.

Mayer, who has worked with rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z and has a 3 million fan following on Twitter, was silent on Wednesday and there was no immediate comment from his representatives. He is currently on a U.S. and Canadian tour to promote his latest album "Battle Studies".

In the interview for Playboy's March edition, some of which reportedly took place as Mayer downed malt whisky, the singer sought to refute the media image of him as a womanizer and "douche bag".

"I've been trying to prove to people I'm not a douche bag by not dating, by keeping my name out of 'Us Weekly'," he said.

Yet he described his brief 2006 relationship with Simpson as an addiction. "That girl was like crack cocaine to me...Sexually, it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm," he said.

Mayer said his "biggest dream is to write pornography". The March issue of Playboy hits newsstands on February 12, and the interview can be read now on the magazine's website.

[Saint John]

This guy is a completely worthless douchebag who should be set on fire, but I think referring to his pecker as a "white supremecist" is fucking hilarious. And he has no desire to sleep with black women. Big deal, neither do I. Never have. That doesn't make you a racist. I don't like white rice, there's proof.

[bluejeangirl76]

So, let me see if I have this right... In the same interview where he says he wants to prove he isn't a douchebag, he come out and admits all kinds of douchebaggery...

Hmm. Fail.

[squirt1]

Just another implosion which is normal for famous people.

[rockinfayrose]

I never liked John Mayer way before this article so I really couldn't care less how badly he put his foot in his mouth - what an idiot Mayer is one of those artists I always change the radio station on

[DrFU]

So, let me see if I have this right... In the same interview where he says he wants to prove he isn't a douchebag, he come out and admits all kinds of douchebaggery...

Hmm. Fail.

News story is the tip of the, um, iceberg. The actual interview ... wow ... if there were an olympic event in douchebaggery ...


http://www.playboy.com/articles/john-ma ... index.html

[Luvsaugeri]

I never liked John Mayer way before this article so I really couldn't care less how badly he put his foot in his mouth - what an idiot Mayer is one of those artists I always change the radio station on

Ditto!! I never understood what the hype was concerning him!!

[Jana]

I clicked on the whole article in Playboy, and he's disgusting in it. That's the sanitized excerpt. What a loser. How insecure that he has to talk about exes publicly, sexually, whatever. He is so full of himself. He thinks he just spouts off the truth unfiltered, but it's very calculating, like Madonna back in the day with the shock value. What is wrong with Jennifer Aniston that she went back to him after the first time dissing her by saying he dumped her and she said he would never make that mistake again talking about her, after she went back with him. Surprise, surprise, surprise. How nice to read, while he's talking about you and why that relationship ended, that he's talking about his sexual addiction to Jessica Simpson. And the whole penis/black women thing TMI.

[bluejeangirl76]

So, let me see if I have this right... In the same interview where he says he wants to prove he isn't a douchebag, he come out and admits all kinds of douchebaggery...

Hmm. Fail.

News story is the tip of the, um, iceberg. The actual interview ... wow ... if there were an olympic event in douchebaggery ...


http://www.playboy.com/articles/john-ma ... index.html

Wow. You're not kidding. I can't even read the whole thing, but I read the majority. This guy is seriously full of himself.

[Triple S]

I never liked John Mayer way before this article so I really couldn't care less how badly he put his foot in his mouth - what an idiot Mayer is one of those artists I always change the radio station on

Ditto!! I never understood what the hype was concerning him!!

Double ditto.

[cyndy!]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

[Don]

I don't see what the big deal is. If he had talked about Simpson being a three holer or Jen being a head queen, I could see that as going too far but from what I read, he didn't say anything worse than what Howard Stern or Tom Leykis have spouted out over the years.

[bluejeangirl76]

I don't see what the big deal is. If he had talked about Simpson being a three holer or Jen being a head queen, I could see that as going too far but from what I read, he didn't say anything worse than what Howard Stern or Tom Leykis have spouted out over the years.

Tom Leykis - another GIANT douchebag.

[brandonx76]

He definitely does walk that fine line between arrogance and awareness of self worth...the surface level doucheeness may be tough to get past, but it's a bit of a shame especially when he's a pretty decent guitar player and song writer at times...but yeah, definitely some colorful comments from him every now and again that do not seem terribly forward thinking...He will obviously be fine in the long run.

I actually met him last September - he was speaking at an event for returning vets from Iraq, and military job fair...(my fiancee works with the ATF). This was in San Francisco near the Golden Gate park. John was very adamant about supporting the troops and 'doing everything in his power to help returning veterans re-acclimate to civilian life'. Not entirely sure what his motivations were but, he seemed genuine. Didn't play music, just talked and hung out.

I talked a little bit about music with him which was cool and he passed along some thanks to my two siblings who are in the military.

[yulog]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

And still he gets the sexiest woman to sleep with him

[Rip Rokken]

Check out the the video on the Yahoo news page of the looooong, tearful apology he made during a concert for those interview comments. Says he's done with the media and soundbyte game, and realizes how he's hurt people he loved in his "quest to be witty".

[Andrew]

Guy is a tool of the highest order and always has been. As boring as (wom)bat shit.

Love the story Lukather told me about him and Mayer backstage at Van Halen. He was apparently standing there first in line to meet Eddie, with Luke hanging back to see his old pal....but at the same time ignoring Luke.
Eddie comes out, ignores Mayer, walks right past him and straight up to Luke.

Luke says the look on his face was priceless.

[Luvsaugeri]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

I love this quote in there:

"After I finally figured out how to behave, and how to dress, I wanted to get the next thing--my apartment--right,"

I think he better go back and re-learn the "behave" part!!

[Ehwmatt]

Guy is a tool of the highest order and always has been. As boring as (wom)bat shit.

Love the story Lukather told me about him and Mayer backstage at Van Halen. He was apparently standing there first in line to meet Eddie, with Luke hanging back to see his old pal....but at the same time ignoring Luke.
Eddie comes out, ignores Mayer, walks right past him and straight up to Luke.

Luke says the look on his face was priceless.

That's awesome. I don't really get the heat on this story though. In my life, I have seen about three REAL black women (eg not Beyonce or Halle Berry) I would sleep with if given a chance. I'm just not attracted. What's the big deal?

[bluejeangirl76]

Guy is a tool of the highest order and always has been. As boring as (wom)bat shit.

Love the story Lukather told me about him and Mayer backstage at Van Halen. He was apparently standing there first in line to meet Eddie, with Luke hanging back to see his old pal....but at the same time ignoring Luke.
Eddie comes out, ignores Mayer, walks right past him and straight up to Luke.

Luke says the look on his face was priceless.

That's awesome. I don't really get the heat on this story though. In my life, I have seen about three REAL black women (eg not Beyonce or Halle Berry) I would sleep with if given a chance. I'm just not attracted. What's the big deal?

It isn't what he said, I think, so much as the way he put it. Not being attracted to a particular type of person or a particular race is no big deal. You're attracted to whatever you're attracted to (or not), in my book, and that's all there is to it.... but the way he said it was just completely tactless and really kind of rude.

[brywool]

Tom Leykis - another GIANT douchebag.

DEFINITELY. Troll with dough.
John Mayer, great guitarist. Could never stand his breathy singing. Blech.

[brywool]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

And still he gets the sexiest woman to sleep with him

many women seem to dig that kind of abuse. Weird. Nice guys finish last.

[Deb]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

LOL, no doubt, that furniture looks about as comfortable as bricks too.

[Michigan Girl]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

Cyndy, I am LMAO!!! I remember you posting this in another thread some time ago ... I'm just
imagining you still in shock!!

[hoagiepete]

Hell. I thought he was a black dude. I had to google him. Show's you how much I pay attention these days.

He's just another meaningless blip in music history.

[AlteredDNA]

veering off on a tangent here - he lives in the most bland & boring apartment EVER
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look ... ere-092602

Cyndy, I am LMAO!!! I remember you posting this in another thread some time ago ... I'm just
imagining you still in shock!!

Apparently he's been too busy self-gratifying to hire a decent decorator...

[Moon Beam]

I don't see what the big deal is. If he had talked about Simpson being a three holer or Jen being a head queen, I could see that as going too far but from what I read, he didn't say anything worse than what Howard Stern or Tom Leykis have spouted out over the years.

I agree Sir.
Just finished reading the interview and enjoyed it.
His comments on masturbation cracked me up.
Yes he comes off as full of himself but I imagine most famous folks do.
It's part of the package I guess.

[artist4perry]

I only like a couple of his songs, would never buy anything much else. I find most celebrities have a tendency to get the too full of yourself crap all over them. Embarassing really........give them a mike and they make fools of themselves trying to sound cool or avande garde. Usually they end up sounding more barn yard.

[brandonx76]

Guy is a tool of the highest order and always has been. As boring as (wom)bat shit.

Love the story Lukather told me about him and Mayer backstage at Van Halen. He was apparently standing there first in line to meet Eddie, with Luke hanging back to see his old pal....but at the same time ignoring Luke.
Eddie comes out, ignores Mayer, walks right past him and straight up to Luke.

Luke says the look on his face was priceless.

That is priceless...

[Michigan Girl]

I don't see what the big deal is. If he had talked about Simpson being a three holer or Jen being a head queen, I could see that as going too far but from what I read, he didn't say anything worse than what Howard Stern or Tom Leykis have spouted out over the years.

I agree Sir.
Just finished reading the interview and enjoyed it.
His comments on masturbation cracked me up.
Yes he comes off as full of himself but I imagine most famous folks do.
It's part of the package I guess.

He seems very interesting and I like him as a musician. Probably not the best idea to share
some of the details of his personal relationships, but everybody wants to hear it, right?!?
I found him to be just as open about his nerdy side growing up as he was full of himself.
Very honest, open interview...emphasis on honest, I got a kick out of it!!

He always looks so sad to me, in pics, on TV, singing!! I've never seen him live, Does he
ever smile?!?! is he funny?!?! FishinMagician?!?!

brandonpfn ...good to hear something nice about him, thanks!!

lol@DNA, takes guts to share that stuff!!