John Mayer spoke to photographers waiting for him outside the gym in New York city on Saturday. He was visibly upset and said he was bothered by being followed “like an animal.” Mayer tried to set the record straight about the end of his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, saying that it was just an issue of not wanting to waste her time and that many people could probably relate to that situation. He had just worked out, so I would guess that he had low blood sugar and that was contributing to his agitation. I don’t want to make light of what is probably a very upsetting situation for him, but things can seem super annoying to me if I don’t have a glass of juice or something to eat after a hard workout.
On their breakup: “the most normal thing in the world”
“It’s the most normal thing in the world, there’s no lying, there’s no cheating, there’s no nothing. If you guys are going to run stuff and run every lie under the sun…”
[Transcribed from video on TMZ]
On Jennifer Aniston: “the smartest most sophisticted woman I’ve ever met”
“Have somebody stand up for somebody. Have me as a man who ended a relationship… stand up for somebody write that Jennifer Aniston is the smartest most sophisticated woman I’ve ever met. People are different, people have different chemistry, they have different lives. It’s not about years, it’s about going out with somebody,
being truthful on the way in, being truthful in the middle and being truthful on the way out. You’re either a cheater, or you break up, and I’m not the first, I’m the second one. And that’s it, there’s no lying, there’s no bullshit, I just don’t want to be followed around NY City like an animal.”Female Reporter/photographer: “Are you dating anyone else now?”
“Why did you ask me that question? I’m being as honest as I can possibly be and you’re asking questions that belie what I’m saying.”
“I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don’t want to waste somebody’s time if somethings not right…”
Says other people should be able to relate to what he’s going through
I guarantee there’s 20% of the people on this street who are in a relationship they want to get out of but they don’t know how. I’m going to be honest on the way into my relationships, I’m going to be honest on the way out of my relationships.
I just feel like spending a million dollars to put a mirror in every US Weekly so that when you’re reading about it, you go ‘Oh, that was me too like two years ago’… it’s the most normal thing I can possibly tell you. There’s no other element to it. I’m sorry that the story is not interesting, but it’s about time that somebody stand up for that girl.
On whether Aniston is dating someone else and if they’re still friends
Male Reporter/photographer: Are you guys still friends?
When you see us together, write all you want to write.
Female Reporter: Is she dating someone?
I don’t care, I just don’t want people to get trashed all the time. Say something nice about somebody. She’s one of the most lovely people I’ve met in my life, and I’m going through something that’s a very personal thing and you have to give that up. You have to give that up because you can’t have it all, and that sucks.
I talk a lot of smack about Mayer because sometimes he just doesn’t know when to shut up, but in this case I think he did the right thing. How many celebrities would talk to photographers like that and just be straight about it? He’s being open and honest and seems really genuine about defending Aniston and saying it didn’t work out. He also makes a very valid point that we’ve all been through that. You know, I try to relate to celebrities and be compassionate, but if there wasn’t an element of judgment and cattiness involved we wouldn’t have much to gossip about. Mayer is appealing to our better nature to give him and his recent ex a break, and he’s letting himself be vulnerable by admitting it hurts. I’m inclined to nod my head and move on to the next story in this instance.
Maybe Mayer will realize he can avoid this situation if he keeps his next relationship a little closer to his chest. He might not need to fend off photographers shouting stupid questions about why his relationship ended if his usual policy was to keep them at bay. There have to be out of the way restaurants and high end hotels where he’s not likely to be photographed, but it’s probably unavoidable that someone will take photos if two celebrities are dating. He seems to just be living his life and letting the paparazzi catch him where they will, but he may have to rethink that strategy if he wants any privacy.
John Mayer is shown performing in Irvine, CA on 7/27/08. Credit: Aaron D. Settipane/WENN
I’m a fan of neither of them, but, i really wish he would stop talking about the relationship… Boring material!
Maybe he is trying to save face or something….
well, he has been open and honest in order to let people know he has ended a relationship and he is a gentleman. Always so worried about what others think! He simply can’t stop seeking for publicity; every move, every decision, every relationship is a cry for attention. I think he can’t tell apart the real him from the character in the tabloids. He is addicted to gossip fame.
i see where you’re coming from with him being genuine etc, but this whole thing seems so unnecessary and ridiculous. From the constant ‘i ended it’ statements (did you need to publicise details like who ended it) to the fact that he even responded in any way to those lowlives. If you value your personal life and privacy, then the masses don’t need to know anything about your relationship or any details whatsoever regarding the breakup.
I just don’t see why ‘no comment’, or ‘its none of your business, i don’t pimp out my love life’ couldn’t suffice…and in the future could he please not complain about the violations of privacy that comes with celebrity when hes giving lengthy insights into it outside the gym.
Celebitchy-It’s funny that I had the exact opposite reaction to Meyer’s little rant. I thought it was well staged, and incredibly selfish and arrogant. He didn’t like the ‘John cheated on Jen’ headlines, so he “just happens” to let himself get cornered by paps and give an “impromptu” press conference, where he basically says a) he didn’t cheat b) HE ended the relationship because HE didn’t think it was going to work out.
The sheer arrogance of all that “I didn’t want to waste her time” makes me want to deck him.
If he really had any respect for Jen, he would have kept his mouth shut.
But his great big giant ego couldn’t handle the idea that HE might be blamed for his latest drive-by affair/break up.
Then he gives his typical look-what-a-nice-guy-I-am-for-complimenting-my-ex-in-public speech that he’s done before.
This jerk is a real piece of work.
Jen is WAY better off.
It’s kind of obvious that he’s commenting to protect his own interests. If Jen had wanted the ins and outs posted to the press she would have made a statement herself, and I don’t think she would have (even if she *was* coasting on the relationship’s profile, as some sources would have it).
And seriously, when ‘the record’ is the National Enquirer and suddenly superdouche here has to start ‘putting it straight’ I have to wonder if it didn’t go down EXACTLY as they said it did.
The weird thing is, even if he’d let it lie women would have still been throwing themselves at him – so what is this all in aid of? His ego and more publicity methinks. Which was probably the aim in the first place.
Seriously, who’s stupid enough to date him next? It better not be Mandy Moore.
Dang, she got dumped AGAIN!
Yeah, I read it exactly the same way as czarina. Arrogant, egotistic, graceless, pretentious twat.
What a sleazebag. The only reason he spoke to the press was to get the word out that he dumped HER. He can heap praise on her and try and disguise his motives but the fact is the press and the rest of the world assumed he was the dumpee – his pride wasn’t having THAT!
sleaze…..a gentleman NEVER talks
my father wouldn’t speek much to me about men, but the only advise he gave me was: don’t judge a guy for his words, but for his acts. amen.
czarina & xiaoecho, absolutely spot on 😉
This is where i disagree. Why did Jen “friends” have to come out last week and say he cheated, and she dumped him? Not everyone is like Brad who will take backstabbing lying down. I think this time she met her match.
The latest salvo lobbied in this mess, is her “friends” again responding to his account by saying he was cheap, and Jen was paying for everything. So get ready for his response. This could get very nasty before its all over with.
Maybe you guys are right and he’s just behaving as self-centered as usual. He had me convinced, though.
i dont think she got dumped.
Nah, I think Mandy got back together with Ryan Adams. Besides, she doesn’t seem like the type to follow a guy around on tour, so she wouldn’t be John’s type.
And I agree with Czarina
I got the different read on it too, CB. Will I get stoned if I say I actually sort of like this guy?
This will go down in history as a classic “mixed message”!
Mayer praises Aniston to the high heavens, but he can’t resist telling the world that it was he who dumped her, not the other way around.
At the same time, Mayer really doesn’t want to be seen as the bad guy in this situation, so he denies cheating and praises her. He’s concerned about his public image and doesn’t want to come out of this looking bad. Which is smart–Jennifer is one of the most beloved women in America and a lot of people would be really upset if they feel he wronged her in any way.
I don’t think I will ever read an article about this guy without thinking of him saying “smell you later babe” to his latest GF as he rushes out the door with thoughts of his balls staring sadly at him from a glass jar of formaldehyde. Thank you vdantev and Kaiser. (for those I lost, check out the comments in the last post on Mayer. Very funny) I wish I could remember the punchline to that joke about why men name their peens because I’m pretty sure if we put this all together we’d have the start of a great screen play.
I remember the joke – they name them so they won’t have sex with a total stranger.
Oh well, Jennifer you finally met your match and you two are a match made in famewhoring heaven. Most of you bought into the last week story that he cheated on her three times and that was why she had to dump him, well John is no Brad Pitt, he stepped down to her level to say, not so fast Miss, you are not going to throw me under the bus like you did Brad and Angelina, I will defend myself. I love this.
Now that her friends are responding that she was the one spending money on him(say it ain’t so Jen)John might feel the need to respond in kind. Jenny just said she believes in karma…………
MSNBC
updated 7:09 p.m. CT, Sun., Aug. 17, 2008
Courtney Hazlett
The Scoop
Jennifer Aniston’s pals were rolling their eyes over the weekend about John Mayer’s unofficial press conferences discussing the couple’s breakup.
“Jen will never kiss and tell, but it’s she who ended the relationship,” a source close to Jen says. “(Mayer’s) childish behavior only confirms she was right to dump him. Now he’s acting like a spoiled child. Expect Jen to behave like a lady.”
Mayer first explained his version of the breakup to an OK! magazine reporter, who quickly posted online that Mayer did the dumping. “I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don’t want to waste somebody’s time if something’s not right,” Mayer told the reporter.
Yet Aniston’s pal says the something that “wasn’t right” was Mayer’s behavior toward the press during the relationship. “He has a relationship with certain paparazzi (and) bloggers,” the source said. “He tips them off. He loves the attention. Jen didn’t want to believe it was happening, but it was, and she has no tolerance for that.”
Another issue: Money. “Jen was tired of paying for everything,” said another source close to Aniston. “Cobwebs come flying out of (Mayer’s) wallet when he opens it. John liked living like a movie star when he was with her. … Jen would never say anything, but you could tell it irritated her.”
The sources close to Aniston say she isn’t going to make a statement about her relationship, despite their hunch that Mayer will continue to talk about it. “We’re talking about a guy who had a car waiting to take him home in New York, but he chose to walk so he could talk to the press (along the way). He’ll drag this out until there’s someone new,” says the source.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26255744/
John, the ball is in your court.
@ tina: how is jen a famewhore? it’s not like she’s selling photos of her babies or anything. just saying…. oh and yeah, john mayer is a douche bag.
Syko, that one is too obvious. I think there’s a better one out there.
czarina – exactly. john is a complete ass who shouldn’t be talking at all. gentleman, my ass. UGH – he makes me sick.
why men name their peens…
They don’t want a stranger making 90% of their decisions for them.
His comments were made entirely for his own self interest and had me cringing the whole time I was reading them. I don’t see what he had to come to Jen’s defense about, and it was clearly an effort to provide the detail about him dumping her. If he really wanted to clear up the rumors about himself he could have just said he wasn’t cheating and he valued the time they had together, or something.
I love how he’s like, “Somebody needs to stand up for that girl” even while he’s spoon-feeding the tabloids their next “JEN GETS DUMPED- AGAIN!!” headline. Way to perpetuate her undeserved media humiliation, asshole.
Oh for goodness sakes! Haven’t we all been there, getting the sack when the male wants to move on. It’s usually the female who always wants to settle down with a family. John is just doing his thing — dating. That is what single men do, date. When he realized that CHINNIFER wanted to marry and have kids, he ended it. I believe him when he said he didn’t want to waste any more of her time. Her clock is ticking away and now she’ll have to scramble around looking for a new “daddy”. But John, CHINNIFER IS “the smartest most sophistacted woman I’ve ever met”? It’s time to broaden your horizons dear. CHINNIFER IS A DUH!!??
Looks like Sir Douche finally shaved off that ridiculous mop. Now if he could only start writing some decent music, or better yet, disappear all together.
Hahahahaha….
Is it totally weird that I am now sort-of a fan of Dark Dick? I agree with Pamela and Tina – Dark Dick’s pissed about Jen’s Victim Obsession/Pity Party. She had her friends leak that he’s a cheater and cheap (reminiscent of the infamous Vanity Fair Pity Party) and Mayer comes out and basically calls Pity Party’s camp a pack of liars.
This is too funny. God, I can’t believe a 40-year-old woman is messed up in this high school bull$hit. LMAO.
Anyone that dates this guy needs to have their head examined.
He is 50% vinegar, 50% water and all dick.
I’m sorry, but did anyone other than CB actually watch the interview he gave? It’s hard to convey in writing his tone, but he’s being genuine. Watch the video.
http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titleid=1733276036
Geronimo! Right! I knew it was funnier than the one I wrote up there!
Both of these egos need to grow up. Her “friends and pals” are always there for her so she looks like Snow White and above the fray. Oh please. This is just two juveniles who want the last word.
Please explain to me why this is imporant anyway, its not like they were married for ages and ages. Other people break-up every day and they just go about their lives, but these two are acting like the world will change if we think one or the other was “dumped”. Anniston needs to shut her “friends” up– first he cheated and now he is cheap–or get the guts to speak for herself. Wasn’t the first time and sure won’t be the last for either of them. Both of them need to get some class and shut up.
Yes, John Mayer is being juvenile with his backhanded comments. But, Aniston is not so innocent either. She never is. I really can’t bring myself to like or feel sorry for her because she is the worse example/role model for a woman. She is weak, insecure, but has a massive ego and is always concerned about her public image. Why must she always use her “friends” to spread gossip? This is the type of PR game she always plays. John may be a jerk, but at least he has the guts to speak for himself. After being called a liar and cheater, he feels entitled to defend himself.
Kaiser: Yes, it’s totally weird. Does this mean no more Dark Dickler dialogue? You know, in situations like this, there’s such a thing as both parties being in the wrong. It’s not cool to be falsely accused of cheating or promiscuous behavior, but by the same token, it’s disingenuous to so vehemently deny in light of your own prior admissions. The burning desire to have public perception swayed by distinguishing between the dumper and dumpee signals out of control egos which are not appealing to anyone’s fans. But of course it’s alright if we laugh while watching the immature B.S. Can you even believe she’s publically calling him cheap and a moocher? LOL
And I really like geronimo’s punch line, but I could swear there’s another one out there.
Whenever the rag mags make up a story, its always a “close fried”..I seriously doubt any of Jens friends said anything..it was a story someone made up..John is a an assbag, and hes only out to make himself look better..Jen is too much of a lady to respond to this idiot…How any one could call her desperate or pity/party…there are no pics of Jen crying over this breakup..like there were when Jessica and John broke up…I think she knew from the get go that John wasn’t in it for the long haul, and now its over..end of story…but he will drag it out until no one listens any more, or until he gets another girl in the sack…
He’s a douchebag, she’s boring and a shitty actress.
I wish both of them would wander off into the wilderness permanently.
He came off as a jerk in the video to me…why does he need to stand there and pontificate, anyway?
Hey, Beaverhausen…give us some of Anastasia’s favorite lines of yours.
One of mine is when Grace & Karen go up to Leo’s cabin. At the end, Karen says…”Ya know, since Stan’s been dead, I hardly see him anymore.”
OK, hard to say which is worse: John’s egomaniacal assurance that he left Jen to avoid them both wasting their time, or Jen’s campaign of leaking info through “close friends” and “sources”.
Nan: I laugh because it’s true.
i think it is hard to keep a relationship close to his chest if he is being followed around like a damn criminal.
@AE – Oh, I totally buy that both Dark Dick & Pity Party are relatively horrible, immature, petty, sad people. But I just have to applaud Mayer for actually having the cajones to stand up to Aniston’s all-consuming, trench-warfare, media-hyped hissy fit.
Well done, Mayer. I will refrain from calling you a douchebag for one week. Use this week wisely, Dark Dick.
Ok-I am officially done trying to defend this guy. I cut him some slack because he has a dry sense of humor and I got it, but I am beginning to think that my fears have been realized and he is indeed a famewhore and a douchebag. He played the media before, but it was sort of a self depreciating thing so I could deal but he has transformed into a whole other fame monster. It’s a shame too because he is an intelligent guy. He spouts this shit that he worries what his future wife will think- Obviously that was a line to make the all the little groupies wet because actions speak louder than words. Shame too because there was a time when the thought of those lips and that hair would have been enough to….I’ve said too much.
Damn you John Mayer.
Wow, they really were perfect for each other after all.
When will Jen use these “friends” to talk about what a wonderful actress she is, what range she has, how dedicated she is to her craft? Oh — right — she couldn’t do that. That would be lying.
Why these vicious remarks about Jennifer Anniston? Does anybody know her? Did she do something to you that has caused you to call her names and berate her? If you will recall, Brad Pitt cheated on HER and left HER. Does this make her the bitch you paint her to be? My God, people are you so callous and insecure that you have to spew your venom on people you don’t even know. Hypocrits all. Thank god you’re not my friends
He ALWAYS says good things about the women he dumps. It makes him look like the good guy.
He has one talent over and beyond his music, getting as much celebrity “tail” on his list as possible.
Just like I predicted, he was talking to the press in days defending himself and praising his latest victim.
He should go somewhere and shuddap for about 6 months cause his pattern of socialpathic dating is frightenly predictable and annoying.
He gets women all “into him” and his greatest addiction is the moment he signs them off.
Yah John keep up the garbage. Let’s see who your next target is. And I will do as I always do, switch radio stations when his songs come on. Because he’s all b-llsh-t
The day Jen takes responsibility for her actions is the day hell freezes over. This woman is 4-0 years old, and is still having her “friends” do her dirty work. John reads blogs, and he is quite aware of what the “hens” and the “Goddess Circle” tried to do to Brad. He is not playing it like that. If it wasn’t so pathetic, it would be hilarious.
And for the love of God, could we please STOP with the “Brad cheated on Jen” crap. Anyone with a lick of sense does not believe that anymore.
Ann,
Thank God i dont have friends who identify with Aniston.
How come we are not bombarded with these shenanighans when Kate Hudson,Cameron Diaz or even Drew Barrymore go through failed relationships? And all these women are younger than Aniston. She is putting the women movement back at least three decades.
Let’s see. Whenever nice things are not written about Anniston, they pull out the “Brad cheated on her and left her” crap. Where is the “proof” of that besides tabloids, since Anniston and her friends say he didn’t. Pitt did not maker her hook up with Mayer, make out with him in public places, act like a teen aged groupie, break up, then have her friends berate him. That is all her own doing. She picked him. But like stated above, this woman will never take responsibility for her life and there will always be those who continue to make excuses for her. Folks then ask “do you know her”. Well, do you folks who shout her praises know her?
Admit it, two people who like being in the spotlight, hooked up, broke up and then started acting like fools. They deserved each other.
He had to comment because all the aniston peons were already out the next day saying she dumped him. As if?
😆 Right on Yeah!
I kind of understand his frustration and desire to set the record straight after the inevitable leaps to Jen’s defence by The Friends but….as a woman I still find something distasteful and patronising in the “I didnt want to waste any more of her time” bit of the speech. It’s a classic male flake/slut kiss-off line when he arrogantly assumes she’s automatically more into him than he is her.
Carrie, I completely agree with the truth being I’m just not that into you…Come on who would leave someone they truly respect, love and care for that much? Any guy that knows it is not right in the long run and is not that into someone bolts…but when he finds it he sticks with it through thick and thin, no matter what!
The problem many have w/Aniston is that she is not truly attractive facially. Just a fluke she married Brad Pitt. If she didn’t, she’d be right besides Lisa Kudrow & the others on ‘Friends’. It’s especially perplexing when her good friend Courtney Cox, who is a true beauty, married that tool, Arquette. None of it seems to make sense. You would think that Brad would be all over Courtney & Jen would end up w/Arquette. See, Brad doesn’t go for anyone prettier than himself,you or me. Remember, he’s a user. He dated Juliette Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow. He was never linked w/a a beauty, like Courtney Cox. He goes w/whomever is going to help his career image. He dated & married Aniston. We’ve all made mistakes. Then again, this is not the brightest man out there. People cannot get over the fact that a really attractive guy like Pitt just doesn’t have his own identity & he is so lost as an individual.
Nan, completely agree re Courtney Cox, always my fav Friend, very beautiful and way more attractive than JA. Also intelligent and savvy which is one of the few things that made me think there must be more to JA than meets the eye since she and CC are such good friends. Or maybe CC’s just a very loyal friend? But really, before all this Mayer stuff, didn’t have much of an opinion about her either way, but now? Really coming across as a bit sad and pitiful.
Courtney, Geronimo, is probably just a really good friend. She seems like a nice person. I can’t see her being miserable or catty. She is aware that she won the genetic lottery & has nothing to be angry about. She should be angry in her choice of men. That’s what nice beauties do, date & marry losers, though. Aniston is no beauty & she KNOWS it. Working out on her body helps her. She’s doing a great job. You’d have to also if you were the epitome of a BUTTERFACE!
Nan, I agree with you that Jen’s been pretty darn lucky to get where she is, because she’s certainly no great actor. But don’t you think there’s more to a person than their looks? I mean, I’m not exactly ugly, but if all my husband wanted when he met me was a “beauty,” we wouldn’t be married today. Lost or identity-less as he may be, surely Brad saw something more in Jen than we’re aware of.
Has anyone else noticed that he makes it a point to keep repeating that he broke it off? He is going into this whole mumbling philosophical rant but yet keeps going back to the fact that he broke it off…I don’t like him already and this just shows more of his self loving side. As for Jennifer, if he wasn’t ready than move on and keep looking till you find someone worth it. It’s not a competition.
@Granger – I always thought Brad was at that point in his life where “his light was on” (SATC reference) – he was just ready to get married. And I think he bought into this idea that Aniston was a nice girl-next-door who would want to settle down and have babies.
Instead, she used the marriage as a stepping stone, as an attempt to launch herself as a Movie Star. And kept putting off babies. And Brad began realizing that his wife was not who she seemed to be. That she was and is a cold, ambitious, talentless user and fraud.
You know, no one can get their friends to say anything they don’t want to say. I don’t think Jen coached her friends to say anything. They just happend to say what they thought would be right at the right time.
As for JM, he is a loser!! No man would ever talk about a women, bad or good!
BTW, he is an ugly dude with bad taste of body art!
why men name their peens…
They don’t want a stranger making 90% of their decisions for them.
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Genius!
Have you ever noticed that all the things Aniston is accused of, pity party, unlucky in love, weak, clingy, etc she has never been them before the Brangelina debacle. She must rue the day she married Pitt. Hope she finds a good man soon because she is not a bad person.
I was listening to Mayer’s CD the whole of this week. Nice music after work. Now I don’t have the taste for it. He is a douche. That rant was for him, just like every thing else he does. While does Jen attract self centred losers? Mayer will probably announce he is gay soon.
Again, what does Pitt have to do with Anniston’s bad choices. I repeat-her choices. As for being clingy and self absorbed, I guess folks forgot about her former fiance, whom she dumped to be with Pitt said about her–clingy, high maintenance and self absorbed. Pitt did not start her problems.
Remember, according to her good friend Sheryl Crow, who recommened her good friend Mayer, they were a match made in heaven and Anniston contacted him first (according to that venerable publication-People magazine). Again, her choice, no one twisted her arm. She is not an innocent bystander in her own life for pity party sakes.
when I saw the video I just thought it was un-nessasary to say he broke up with her. If he left that out and just said how great she was, I wouldn’t think he was such an a-hole
John Mayer’s behavior is beyond disappointing. The lyrics in his music depict such sensitivity & the guitar work is superb. His behavior after this breakup is a 180 degrees from his music. The next woman he dates should have him sign a confidentiality agreement. The sensitive, eclectic musician has surely lost my respect.
those people who love brad and angel please stop talking jen ,if you dont like her ,please just keep silence ,leave her alone~~just go to your internationl big big family,ok?
i think all of you should be good to shut up your dirty mouth just like john~~~~
John Mayer is an absolute tool. He seems so way too self absorbed. He’s goofy and always trying to be really funny in an off center way. Makes an idiot of himself on a daily basis. Jen is way too good for him. He needs to get back w/ fug dim witted Jessica Simpson.
So let me get this straight. Brad should have been all over Courtney because you find her more attractive? It is all about the looks? Wow. Love is and should be a little more complicated than that. Chemistry is about more than looks fool.
I continue to be stunned by this generation. Amanda Beard must be your role model this week. When she said” I have much better taste” and it was all about the looks and nothing about character. Freaks
I still think he’s in the closet.
jen say she only have one relationship . dont break up!morley.kitty cat with us (an animal)say n the night stand i gotta think about what i am going to do next.increadible bill this cat can make decisions about what it wants to do.she even sais love hurt and crys with words.jen when this cat sais no to being rubbed on the belly you dont rub her .she will not hurt you but its like all women she has feeling even a cat!