John Mayer—What the Hell Is Wrong With This Guy?

The talented musician could seriously use some skills when talking to reporters

By Ted Casablanca Oct 15, 2009 2:12 PMTags
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Just like all the Jennifer Garner supporters out there, we're seriously wondering how John Mayer has any fans left—any fans who know anything about the dude's personal life, that is!

We can see how somebody would be into him just 'cause of his music or maybe his looks. But the gross guy's personality seriously stands in our way of liking him at all.

Mayer was interviewed by New York Magazine's Vulture column, and he proved his douche-throb status and then some: In just a few responses, Johnny called the reporter a moron and told him to "shut your f--king mouth," referenced his penis, showed off his ego by admitting he's "really f--king good" at playing guitar and topped it off by saying he was going to "forcefully sodomize [the reporter's] editor."

What the hell is wrong with this guy?

We know John sometimes does stand-up and comedians are more or less allowed to cross that line (as long as it doesn't get into Michael Richards territory), but this wasn't a gig at the Laugh Factory. This was a friggin' interview with a journalist. She was asking serious questions about Obama and politics, which clearly annoyed J.M., so she switched to sillier queries—which he also wasn't happy about. Why bother even being interviewed, then, you bastard?

This arrogant behavior totally confirms how badly he treated Jessica Simpson and Jen Aniston, too (to a lesser degree—tho everyone loves calling Jen a victim, she's got more respect for herself than Jess). If this is how vulgar he is toward a stranger in an interview he knows will go public, imagine how bad his girlfriends get it when nobody's looking?

John, if you don't clean up your act and start treating somebody, anybody, with a modicum of respect, we just might out you as one of the dirtiest birds in the annals of our notorious Blind Vices. You might not have a problem letting the world know you, in fact, did smooch Perez Hilton, but we think ya might not be too happy if we let the cat out of the bag on this one. Or actually, you probably would.

—Additional reporting by Becky Bain