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It's no secret John Mayer likes to talk about his feelings and share his deep thoughts. But the
face-contorting crooner may have revealed a bit too much on his blog last week,
when he posted a message that led many to wonder if he was caddishly referring
to one of his famous flings, despite his note of caution not to "read too far
into this on a personal level."
"Dear Ex Lover," he wrote. "Perhaps you didn't understand the last time I
told you to stop contacting me, so I'll do my best to spell it out for you. I do
not wish to have you in my life anymore. I don't know how much more clear I can
be about it. It would serve you best to move on with your life and find someone
who can put up with you, because I'm done trying. I hope this is enough closure
for you. Goodbye."
The passive-aggressive kicker: "P.S. If you need me, you know how to find
me."
It took about five seconds for the list of possible suspects to narrow down
to Jessica Simpson, whom he publicly defended in the wake of the Tony Romo playoffs
kerfuffle, and his sometime dirty-dancing partner, Cameron Diaz.
To his credit, Mayer moved quickly to quell the rumors, insisting he wasn't
actually talking about anyone specific.
"I wouldn't traditionally take to a blog to explain a blog," he posted in a
follow-up note. "... But when it involves the possibility of hurting someone
else, I'll tuck my tail between my legs and explain my intentions. Even though
it makes my teeth itch."
Professor Mayer goes on to explain that his mixed-signal message was from his
"lyric/idea journal" and an example of "deceptive resolution": "At the end, the
P.S. leaves that all too common contradiction in terms that makes love so messed
up. I call it, 'I wish you were here so I could tell you to leave.'"
He then kvetches, "This actually has some pretty far-reaching ramifications.
How will I write an entire record of lyrics when one small blog passage incites
so much curiosity?"
(Oh, we don't know, maybe by not posting lyrics on your blog? Just a
thought.)
Continues the oh-so-sensitive singer, "Can I write a song because of somebody
but not about them? By way of my experiences but not as a sordid retelling of
them? Because if I can't, I need to rewrite the last line to my new song,
'Boning you on my helicopter.'"
(Yeah, we know he's kidding, but the really funny part is that would be a
Mayer ditty we'd actually listen to.)
Meanwhile, the motor-mouthed troubadour appears to be accumulating plenty of
new material for his idea journal.
FoxNews.com says that after he played an impromptu, late-night set at a Los
Angeles club last week, he got his flirt on with a "bunch of very cute blondes."
But one starstruck gal was supposedly "so excited" to be in his presence she
"stalked him" all night.
"She was almost crying and kept going up to John and telling me how much she
loved him and his music," says a spywitness. "It was insane. He looked really
frightened and kept looking over at security."
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