John Mayer Chokes Up at Show Over Playboy Scandal

By Marc Schneider Posted Feb 11th 2010 07:48AM

His Twitter mea culpa behind him, John Mayer asked a crowd of actual people on Wednesday to forgive him for those race-tinged, hyper-sexual and wholly inappropriate comments made in a newly published Playboy interview. The blues-rock singer teared up as he spoke to fans in Nashville about descending into a "wormhole of selfishness" with his "quest to be clever" in the media. He said he's "done" acting foolish and just wants to "play my guitar."

Mayer's interview went awry in so many ways, including a casual use of the N-word, graphic thoughts on his sex life with ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson and, perhaps most bizarrely, that his sexual member was a "white supremacist" and prevents him from having intimate relationships with black women.

At the concert Wednesday night, Mayer said he had lost sight of what's important to him: "the people that I love and the people that love me."

"I went as I've begun to do, into a wormhole of selfishness and greed and arrogance," he said, adding he'd begun "thinking that if I just continued to be witty and pull together the most fast phrases that I could, that I could be clever enough to buy myself another day without thinking that anybody had finally pinned me down and said, 'you're a creep.'"

Mayer said he "feels absolutely terrible" for hurting people with his comments. "It feels worse than any headline I thought I could get my way out of."

He then changed the focus of his speech to his band, which includes many African-American musicians and singers, in an apparent attempt to defuse the scandal boiled up by his N-word use. His voice wavering with emotion, he said:

"I think it's important to know that everybody on this stage is here not because they condone what I say in any given interview -- and certainly not the interview that's arisen today. They're on this stage because they support myself as a possible future grown-up.

Maybe they see something that I haven't looked at in a while. So maybe I need to take a break from trying to be clever and just spend a little time looking at what they see. Because they've done an unbelievable thing tonight just being on the stage."

Mayer then made clear his game plan going forward: "I quit the media game. I'm out. I'm done," he said. "I just want to play my guitar to whoever's around."

The "game" as he calls it is one he plays often, both on Twitter and in numerous interviews that tend to teeter on ridiculousness.

Just last week, the singer was quoted by the New York Post as saying, "When I get married that's gonna be my vows, 'Do you, John Mayer, take this woman to have and to hold, to wear her ass like headgear?' Yes, I do -- you're the one whose ass I wanna wear like a hat for the rest of my life."

In an interview with Rolling Stone in January, Mayer introduced his views on the kind of woman he'd settle down with. "You need to have them be able to go toe-to-toe with you intellectually. But don't they also have to have a vagina you could pitch a tent on and just camp out on for, like, a weekend? The Joshua Tree of vaginas?"

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Thursday 11 February

By monty

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Never liked him. Never will. Way overated, crappy music.

By Shane

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Never liked him never will his music SUCKS! As a white man I would never fu@k a nigg#r chick either its just WRONG! Even if I did they always smell like coconuts something I don't like!

By Paula F

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Sounds like you need to get over yourself too!!!

People are people, regardless of their color(s).

By tnice

Boo hoo. I'm sure all the black women in the world are crying their eyes out over that one. Get bent racist a**hole! You're no better than he is.

By imani

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Trust me Shane, the blk women arent saddened by the loss of your pale as* di*k!Im sure they got better things to do than to perform CHARITY by having sex of any kind with you!You're safe from the advances of women in general!They arent interested in in your micro-di*k anyway!

By Angel Bailey

I was actually at the concert. I love his music but have always thought he was sort of a douchebag. BUT the apology seemed very sincere and it was a very genuine moment between him, the fans, and his predominently African American Band. Whatever he is, or says, or does, I do have to say after seeing him live, he is one of the most talented musicians of our time and we can at least respect that. And if he does change like he said, maybe we can respect him too. Second chances are always deserved.

By Disturbing

" Waiting for the Mayer to shut-up and Change" He lacks intelligence and will have a whole lot of trouble now going toe to toe with his fans.....serves him right. Please John, don't try to be clever again, your head just may blow-up.

By minnie

I own all of John Mayer's CD's, and went to a Dallas concert of his a year or so ago. All I can say is he is a talented a-hole.He epitomizes no class.

By JOE CAPRIO

FIRST, LETS START WITH SIMPSON. SHE WAS WITH A GUY WHO LOVED FOOTBALL AND DIDEN'T PAY ATTENTION TO HER. WHAT DOES SHE DO ,SHE GOES WITH THE QB OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. NEXT SHE GOES TO A PARTY WITH ROMO AND FELT SHE WAS GETTING NO ATTENTION FROM HIM, WHAT DOES SHE DO,SHE STARTS FLIRTING WITH TIGER WOODS AND SUPPOSEDLY GIVES HIM HER NUMBER. I BELIEVE THE NEXT DAY THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ROMO ENDED.NOW, DO I KNOW THESE THINGS FOR A FACT? THE ANS IS NO.JUST WHAT I READ IN TMZ,ETC.SO ENTER THIS IDIOT BOYFRIEND OF HERS AND WHAT YOU HAVE IS A PERFECT MATCH.YOUR ONLY AS BIG AS PEOPLE MAKE YOU AND RIGHT ABOUT NOW THESE TWO ARE SHOWING US WHAT SOCIAL MISFITS THEY ARE. JOE CAPRIO

By John

I've got blista's on me finga's!

By Jeffrey

Sounds like a train wreck about to happen. Guys usually don't talk like this unless they are "high", or jerks, or both.

Man,I think anyone looking to boost their celebrity quotient by hanging with this guy had better think twice.

John, whatever, dude!

By Kitty

Whatever Mr.Rich White Man, I won't be buying any of your music.

By mydownthere

This guy is a player and a user, and whoever falls for him is an IDIOT!

He is a media whore so Jennifer (gramma) Anuston should have stayed with him. The two of them would do and say anything to be photographed.

By Dusty

What do you think of your dream man now Kelly Sweet? He looks miserable all the time....for sure and now we all know he is miserable in the inside as well. John....please put your mouth & brain in gear before you utter anything else. Thank you.

By Nancy

John Mayer may get the attention for his music, but really...his songs are often boring. He is hardly "good looking" and maybe all he is doing is trying to grab more attention. We all pretty much create our own worlds. He needs to get over himself and be thankful for what he has. Just my opinion.

By Rocket

No excuse for racism. And if you're a celebrity, you can never apologize enough. Everyone on this page now hates the guy, even though he apologized profusely and admitted he's immature. He talks like a stoner. But people won't forgive him because he's famous and they're jealous. Famous people have to be always perfect.

By Becky

Mayer is an ignorant, filthy, low-life. His so-called apology doesn't change this fact. And least of all, he's no gentleman. If he has a mother, she should very ashamed.

By Yvonnes

I've always liked John. But thank you, John, for showing me your true colors. Nevermind your apology. I believe what you initially said is how you feel;forgive me if I'm incorrect. Oh, by the way, this is one sexy, African-American, sophisticated chic that doesn't need or desire your "white supremacist d**k" to know that I'm beautiful, and doing great things in life.

By fox90069

JOHN, just go gay Baby! Please?

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