John Mayer's 'Male privilege' statement receives backlash; netizens ask him 'to apologise'

John Mayer is currently receiving backlash for his comments on the reflections he earlier made on male privilege in the music industry following the release of Framing Britney Spears documentary. In his recent conversation with Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, the former opened up about his troubled past relationships. He stated that he ‘almost cried five times’ while watching the documentary and further examined the detrimental effects of misogyny on Britney Spears’ life and career. In response to that, netizens have resurfaced troubling anecdotes from his exes.

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Netizens resurface troubling anecdotes from John Mayer's exes

Several Twitter users called out John's alleged treatment of Taylor Swift. John Mayer and Taylor Swift dated in the year 2009 for a brief time. The former was 32 years old and she was 19. A user wrote that it's too bad that he was ‘part of the problem’, and that he spoke about Jessica Simpson and Taylor the same way Justin did about Britney. Another one suggested 'yelling' at John and make him apologise, just like Justin Timberlake. 

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John Mayer and Jessica Simpson dated in the year 2006 for about a year. The latter revealed in her 2020 memoir titled, Open Book, in which she opened up about her relationship with John Mayer in detail, that John would try to ‘control’ or ‘win’ conversations and that he frequently made her feel ‘inadequate’. She stated that she would constantly worry that she was not smart enough and was afraid of disappointing him.

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John Mayer, while speaking to Andy Cohen on SiriusXM, stated that he understands what the ‘business/ industry/ lifestyle’ does to a person and to go through everything and ‘come out the other side OK’ is to have ‘infinite grace’ for people who struggle with it. He revealed that he came out OK and has a ‘very strong feeling’ that it was because he is ‘a man’. He continued that many things that happen to female performers are ‘endemic to being female’. John Mayers also added that Britney ‘got much more maligned by the inhuman experiment of fame’ than he did.

The documentary titled Framing Britney Spears has prompted a reckoning with toxic celebrity culture worldwide. It has also shown the famous men, who silently benefit from the sexist system in Hollywood. Earlier, Justin Timberlake, who once dated Britney, had to apologise for being complicit in the way the media demonized her. 

Image Source: John Mayer IG/ Britney Spears' IG/ Taylor Swift IG

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