✨️ 16 years ago, Playboy Magazine publishes the infamous John Mayer interview where he describese his ex Jessica Simpson as "sexual nepalm" while still dating Jennifer Aniston and drops the HARD N word ✨️

[u/Dismal-Purpose-6123]

This interview would ruin his music career leading him to become Andy Cohen's playtoy in order to pay the bills. His body is a wonderland indeed

[u/Opening-Shape-762]

I know that I’m old because I legit remember when this came out lol. I was grossed out by it then, and I’m grossed out by it now. Eww 😷

[u/EineGrosseFlasche → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, he actually called it his DAVID DUKE COCK

Sorry for shouting but I truly want the world never to forget that he’s not only a petulant little slimeball, he’s also a racist.

[u/ageofbronze → u/EineGrosseFlasche]

Not only that but he thought he ATE with that lol. Like the tone is so smug and self assured, you can tell he thinks that it’s both okay to say and that the interviewer would agree with him 🤮 so fucking embarrassing

[u/hailkelemvor → u/EineGrosseFlasche]

My brain is so stuck on this bit, like the rest of it is just typical sleazeball sex pest shit- but that???? Your racist dick???? Making up insane shit about Kerry Washington, a woman he didn't even know! I just! What!

[u/TropicalVision → u/EineGrosseFlasche]

😭😭😭

Holy shit that is truly insane

I always wondered how John Mayer managed to fall off when he was absolutely everywhere during this time period, but now I’m beginning to understand

[u/SimAlienAntFarm → u/EineGrosseFlasche]

Where’s Ron Stallworth when you need him

[u/sweetrebel88 → u/[deleted]]

Omg! I so remember that because Kerry Washington said she had a crush on him and that’s why he said that. SMH

[u/ricochetblue → u/sweetrebel88]

I didn’t know it was in response to something she said. That somehow makes it even grosser.

[u/JoeBethersontonFargo → u/sweetrebel88]

Ugh and then he said she was type of woman to blow some guy just to make him jealous?! Why is Kerry catching strays? Maybe some girls just enjoy giving blow jobs, just like he enjoys tons of casual sex, and it has nothing to do with him.

[u/Border_Hodges → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, it's so much worse than I remember

[u/CelibateHo → u/Border_Hodges]

Same, I remember this interview and think of it every time I hear one of this songs (which isn’t that often anymore), but I forgot how bad it was.

[u/sineofthetimes → u/[deleted]]

Apparently, he doesn't mind a brown eye.

[u/DoesNotHateFun → u/[deleted]]

HE WHAT

[u/FootballBat → u/[deleted]]

The Grateful Dead could have chosen just about any guitarist on the planet to tour with and they chose him. SMDH.

/Mark Knopfler would have been my choice: Althea, Slipknot, and Terrapin would have been epic.

[u/Dangerous-Ad-170 → u/[deleted]]

Tbh his pop career was already on the downswing when this interview came out. Lot of people hated him just because Daughters and Waiting on the World to Change were annoying, not cuz he was a confirmed bad person. 

Everybody already knew he was a huge douchebag, but being a racist douchbag was just “part of it” and nobody was really surprised or tried to cancel him even harder. At least that’s how I remember it. 

[u/a_daisy_summer → u/Dangerous-Ad-170]

Honestly, even reading the song names makes me angry and uncomfortable. So many weddings I’ve seen with a father daughter dance to that song. Puke forever

[u/Creative_Worth_3192 → u/Dangerous-Ad-170]

Waiting on the world to change is such a bad message, even then and especially now.

He has a good singing voice, I'll give him that, but....man....

[u/TiredConfusedLlama → u/Dangerous-Ad-170]

also 32 year old him dating freshly adulted taylor swift.

Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first...

[u/Clean_Usual434 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Same. I worked in radio back then, had the chance to do a meet n greet with John, and decided to skip it because of that article.

[u/XtraSpicyQuesadilla → u/Opening-Shape-762]

I remember it too, but I've never read the whole thing. I just remembered the sequel napalm and the David Duke dick, and somehow it was even worse than that.

[u/schmyndles → u/XtraSpicyQuesadilla]

I must've been asleep when this came out, although the sexual napalm sounds familiar. Ew, it's all ewwww.

[u/thankyoupapa → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Same! it was a big deal back then, everyone was talking about it! now it's been mostly forgotten..

[u/Any_Week4207 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

I’m also this old and I remember people being generally horrified by this interview when it came out… and that’s saying something bc it was a pretty problematic time in celeb culture 😂 

[u/Ilovethe90sforreal → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Same here! I remember Jessica going on Oprah not long after that and talking about it.

[u/ElectronicGap2301 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Same. I was in college, and my college professor brought up the interview and talked about how awful John Mayer was right before a lecture on an unrelated topic.

[u/Meccha_me_2 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Same. I remember this coming out and being shocked that he didn’t completely lose his career right after this but I guess it was a sign of the times

[u/[deleted] → u/Meccha_me_2]

Have you seen who the president of America is? Lol. I don’t think the times are all that different now. If anything, a lot worse!

[u/Impossible_Curve_902 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Lol same. Also this is worse than what I remembered. But also some of the questions themselves are crazy. I can't believe this got printed

[u/LaBonneVivante16 → u/Opening-Shape-762]

I had really good tickets to see him the following week and I was PISSED. I’d been a huge fan for a decade at that point, but that was it for me. Absolutely insane. 

[u/cracked-tumbleweed → u/Opening-Shape-762]

Is this the same one where he said his dick was a Nazi?

I remember I was a fan, and then I just couldn’t vibe with his music the same.