Appears to be like like he’s waiting around on the earth to change.
Just one particular day following Andy Cohen’s viral job interview about his friendship with John Mayer, the musician has weighed in on the discourse himself.
The “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” hitmaker, 46, has extensive been pals with the Bravo honcho, who is brazenly homosexual, but their friendship prompted substantially speculation in latest yrs.
Now, the singer has chimed in to set the document straight on the character of their friendship and slammed The Hollywood Reporter for posing the “deeply flawed” query.
Addressing the publication’s co-editor-in-main Maer Roshan, who performed the interview with Cohen, Mayer criticized Roshan for bringing up the issue in the to start with area.
“I browse your interview with Andy Cohen, and was intrigued by your line of questioning pertaining to our friendship,” the guitarist started.
“You posited that ‘your friendship with Mayer has been a subject of extreme speculation. Folks look dubious that a straight rock star can have a close platonic romance with a homosexual Tv personality.’ I think this is to some degree of a specious premise.”
“First, there is a lengthy and storied background of “rock stars” (not mocking, just won’t refer to myself as 1) befriending gay icons and artists,” he ongoing.
“Second, I believe that to counsel that people today are doubtful of a friendship like mine and Andy’s is to undermine the public’s ability to settle for and understand range in all facets of society, be it in art or in authentic daily life.”
Mayer reported he hopes the community is “sophisticated enough” to acknowledge the fact that the pair’s friendship is strictly platonic.
“That turns the idea of currently being homosexual into an ignorantly two-dimensional one particular, which I know you know it’s not. I never query that at all,” he famous, incorporating that he enjoys “intelligent discourse.”
“But I bristle at your selectively flimsy logic meant to coax an response, when the premise itself is so deeply flawed — and really probably not even quantitatively genuine,” he went on.
“Quite simply, if an individual is doubtful of a platonic relationship between a straight gentleman and a gay male, I never imagine that shallow a look at justifies clarification by everyone with self regard, be it Andy or your publication.”
“Reinforcing the notion that any gay/straight romantic relationship requirements qualification that it’s not sexual devoids every person involved of their dignity,” the “New Light” hitmaker concluded.
In a vast-ranging deal with story with THR, Cohen, 55, was quizzed on the “intense speculation” surrounding his friendship with the 7-time Grammy winner.
“Let them speculate,” he joked.
Cohen has typically confronted rumors that he’s included with Mayer.
In 2018, Cohen denied the pair were being courting after Mayer serenaded him with an acoustic edition of Diana Ross‘ “It’s My House.”
Cohen thanked him with a hug and a kiss on the lips.
“But because we’re so affectionate toward each and every other, men and women really don’t know what box to place that in. They presume we’re sleeping with each other, which we are most absolutely not,” he advised the outlet.
