John Mayer on the red carpet at the Keep a Child Alive 5th Annual Black Ball at Hammerstein Ballroom, Nov. 13. Photo credit: WENN.
Since their breakup in August and makeup last month, it looks like Jennifer Aniston and singer John Mayer have taken their relationship to the next level – albeit very cautiously. Not only has Mayer reigned in his love for talking to the paparazzi per Jennifer’s demands, but now it seems that Jennifer is introducing him to her family. The couple was seen dining with John Aniston, Jennifer’s actor father, and his wife Sherry.
INTRODUCING your fella to your parents is a sure fire sign things are getting serious.
And JENNIFER ANISTON did just that on Wednesday evening, going for dinner with boyfriend JOHN MAYER, father JOHN and his wife SHERRY ROONEY at the exclusive Beverly Hills’ Polo Lounge restaurant.An onlooker said: “Throughout the whole of the dinner, Jennifer and John couldn’t keep their hands off each other.
“Jennifer was constantly rubbing his hair and John was rubbing her back, then every so often they would steal a kiss.
“They both looked very happy and very much in love.”
After sharing a salad and fish entree with Jennifer, the singer reportedly then tried to impress TV actor John and his wife with his musical knowledge.
The onlooker added: “John spent a lot of time talking about his music philosophies – why certain decades have better music. He discussed his experiences with ARETHA FRANKLIN and made a joke about TOM HANKS.”
How nice….and boring. Meanwhile, The Enquirer is reporting that not everything is so rosy in Aniston-Mayer Land. Apparently, John likes to tease her about her wrinkles and she is very sensitive about it.
There’s a new wrinkle in Jennifer Aniston’s romance with John Mayer – she’s fed up with his wisecracks about her age lines.
The 31-year-old rocker repeatedly pokes fun at the 39-year-old “Friends” star- and his digs about her appearance have reduced the beauty to tears on more than one occasion, say sources.
“When a much younger John jokes with her about the laugh lines around her eyes, or makes a crack about her big chin or sag here or there, it really bothers her,” an insider told The Enquirer. “She’ll pretend that the wisecracks don’t hurt, but then tear up when he’s not looking.”
[From The National Enquirer print version, Dec. 1, 2008]
Has John not heard the old saying “Flattery will get you everywhere?” I had a hard time believing this at first, since Jennifer Aniston is nowhere near old and wrinkled, but then I remembered that Jessica Simpson said Mayer used to put her down constantly for her appearance. Maybe that’s his passive-aggressive way of keeping women in line. Even so, I can’t really imagine Jennifer Aniston putting up with it for long.
More photos of John Mayer arriving at the Keep a Child Alive benefit. Also, photos Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer meeting for dinner in New York City on Nov. 13, causing a paparazzi frenzy. Photo credit: Bauer Griffin.
He is a D~bag. She is so cute. I just love her and I love her movies. I dont see this lasting.
*le sigh*
Another ‘insider’ and another ‘onlooker’ with their take… I guess it’s no secret in Hollywood that many of these ‘insiders’ are actors who work around the bigger celebs (the smaller fish who are swimming in the big pond analogy) and who are on the payroll for the glossies to divulge tidbits they overhear/see, which then get expanded into the sensational stories we read.
Jennifer Aniston is more than a decade older than me and on her worst day, she probably still looks better. I met Mayer once and my lasting impression of him was that of a stoned narcissist. I hope this story is not true but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was…
These “inside sources” are lame and a bunch of haters
If it’s true about these ‘jokes’, then her being with him is a bad idea. I was married to a passive-aggressive man for a long time and eventually it can end up destroying you. Those kind of ‘jokes’ are not funny to anyone but the joker.
These “inside sources” are lame and a bunch of haters
Yeah, especially when they say things you don’t like.
Keep it classy John. Nothing wins daddy over like telling him his baby girl is an old hag. To be fair, John’s having the Coyote reaction: where you want to gnaw your arm off and run away as fast as you can to escape.
“Yeah, especially when they say things you don’t like.
Keep it classy John. Nothing wins daddy over like telling Daddy his baby girl is an old hag. Toe be fair, John’s having the Coyote reaction: where you want to gnaw your arm off and run away as fast as you can to escape”
ROTFLMAO 😆
I have GOT to get back to work!
I think the funniest part of the article is “After sharing a salad and fish entree…”. Just what Aniston needs — a man who’s more obsessed with his physique than she is with her own.
I had boyfriend that would play the passive aggressive put down game. Alot of my friends thought he was gay. That could be going on with Mayer… by the way my ex played the field alot too. I honestly couldn’t say for sure he was straight. Not sure where he is now although I think he’s married – poor wifey
Boy oh Boy, if this true, and they are probably still in the “honeymoon” phase, I can only imagine what is to come. Run, Jen, run…..If they have a child naturally, he will probably make her …?… a shrine of his child’s birthplace and look elsewhere. The Madonna Complex I think. Also, having very sweet comments about her weight, stretch marks, sagging breasts, on and on. Seriously, WHAT THE HECK IS SHE THINKING?
Ok can I say Libra….all about SElF SELF AND MORE SELF. Only thing they compliment is themSELVES. Hes gross just like brad. God Jen try to better yourSELF go out with someone like George Clooney before you really make yourSELF not deserving. 😯
If this is actually true, then who is Mayer to talk about appearance? He’s no Brad Pitt, in face, he looks rather dopey.
If this is true, run, Jen, run… His humor is sadistic, and pretty inappropriate coming from a guy who is not at all attractive in the face.
he has said in the past that he likes to date stupid women. obviously he also likes them insecure and with low self-esteem. 😳
Abusers often start with the verbal digs. They’re testing the woman and if she doesn’t stop them there, the behaviour tends to escalate.
p.s. and they work on areas that they know are esteem issues for her and really work on planting those seeds of self-doubt. With Jen it’s her age and with Jessica Simpson he probably called her stupid.
@ Rosebudd: What the heck is she thinking? Who knows? Desperate people do desperate things.
He sounds like a total douche, putting her down like that, and he knows how sensitive she is so evidently he enjoys causing her pain. Now is the time when she should kick him to the curb, but she won’t, and after a while he will dump her again when he gets tired of running his games on her. It’s just a matter of when.
@ Baholicious: It’s like they have a built-in radar system. They know exactly where to zero in to cause the most hurt. I don’t particularly like Aniston, and some people would say she deserves what she get this time, since she took him back knowing what he’s like, but I dislike him even more for treating women the way he does and getting away with it.
Anyone who’s dated for many years has run into one of these guys who is passive-aggressive as MSat states. They take pot shots at you then pretend to be joking. Usually, they are losing their hair and mostly the dynamic between their own parents is warped. They always end up dying alone. Please Jen, lose this loser.
He’s a douche. And if she’s putting up with that kind of treatment, she’s an idiot.
Ugh. You know what, I think I’m done with this celebrity bullshit.
I was married to one of those…for 6 and a half years.
It was misery.
No one could “see” what I was so tied up in knots about. He was never overtly mean. It was all in the quiet looks of disapproval and the “jokes” that I didn’t find funny.
He (and everyone around us) had me thoroughly convinced that I was just insecure and nuts for not thinking he was god’s gift. He was universally charming (which is how I got won over in the first place), but the passive-aggressive crap just destroyed my self-image and devastated my entire life in so many ways.
I finally got the balls to leave him, and after only a few weeks, it was all so clear. When you’re WITH someone like that, though, it’s harder to figure out whether you’re actually RIGHT to be angry/hurt…or if you’re just being too sensitive. It’s a malicious and sneaky way to keep people under control. So hurtful.
I hope it isn’t true.
My husband used to make fun of me or put me down. Needless to say he doesn’t anymore. Trust me you will never see that again from him.
lmao
Good for you Aspen – how blessed you are to be out of that situation… I also had someone like that in my life and the part where no one sees it and you begin to doubt yourself… that’s the worst.
Here’s to strong women everywhere!
I don’t believe that John makes fun of Jen..as far as I can see, she doesn’t sag anywhere..and he has a lot of room to talk if its true, has he ever looked in the mirror when he sings????he makes the most hideous faces I have ever seen…I’d rather have laugh lines…
I also had an ex like that. He’d tell me I needed a nose and boob job along with other pot shots, stole $5000 from me also. Used my cc while I was a my cousin’s funeral and then told me I was overreacting about the death – and all my friends were making fun of me.
Like was said above, he’ll start out charming then slowly escalate. It’s very hard to leave because you have no self-esteemm. When I finally left, he stalked me for about six months. My boss – an MD found out. The dude was a med student in pyschology! He threatened him with a restraining order, and it stopped. It’s been over five years, though and he’ll still occasionally send photos of his petite busty blonde wife with her “perfect” face sunning in a bikini to my college email address. Last time, I sent him a photo back – my hubby, our daughter and me with our arms around each other laughing and told him I was glad he was happy with her because I sure was now. Oh and yeah – he is a pyschologist now.
I hope Jen can get away before he shreds her up.
Insiders and sources. 🙄 Really hope that NE story isn’t true.
Maybe if she wasn’t such a techno-phobe, she wouldn’t be quite so clueless when it comes to Mayer. One google, Jen, that’s all it would take to see exactly what it is you’re wasting your time on.
Well done Aspen and others – personally really charming men make me uneasy, I always wonder what they’re trying to draw attention away from.
I should hope that it’s all nonsense – but you never know, despite the “that man” crack, she was pretty indulgent of his nonsense in that Vogue article ( he acted the gobshite because it was me… he was being mean because he loves MEEEEEE. Jesus wept).
As for John Meyer having a go at someone else’s appearance – f***er looks like he could do with a good scrub with a wire brush and carbolic soap!
Agree, Mairead. She had an out when he publicly dumped her – but it was about LOVE (of publicity).
Salad and fish, salad and fish. Jesus, would it kill her to eat a steak?
This guy is so ugly! I don’t know what she sees in him. Men that constantly criticize a woman’s looks only does it to make them feel insecure and inferior. He knows she is beautiful and there are plenty of men who would love to be with her. She can do so much better, he’s is no good for her!
Ana: “My husband used to make fun of me or put me down. Needless to say he doesn’t anymore. Trust me you will never see that again from him.”
Needless to say? I think it’s needFULL to say just WTH you’re talking about. It sounds ominous…did you “silence” him or what? 😈
Someone needs to tell John that the “neg” is good for attracting a woman, but you have to knock it off once you’re an actual couple. Even Mystery knows that.
Kaiser- You aren’t talking about JA, right? Because you can’t possibly know what she eats, as much as you hate her. 🙄
Uh… the article gives the meal details. Almost every piece that talks about Jen’s meals says that she eats zillions of boring salads. Its a pretty funny joke, actually.
If he really is putting her down like that, she needs to run as far away as fast as possible
@ miss_kitteh: I think Ana was parodying Aniston’s statement when she announced that She and Mayer were back together that he would never publicly diss her again.
Like hell he won’t. Just give him time. This woman is riding for a major fall. Does she think she can change him overnight? He was a douche with all his other women and he’ll be a douche with her. And the next time he dumps her will make the first time look like a day at the beach.
What an ass. Hes lucky to get a beautiful actress for a girlfriend and hes gonna ridicule her.
If this is true then he’s an even bigger creep and douche bag than I thought he probably was anyway. It’s too bad Jen is willing to settle for a jerk like him, when she deserves so much more.
You get what you settle for, and if she settles for a creep like that, she deserves him.
What I find interesting is that the tabloids love to come up with stories that make John look rotten. They also love to do this to many others. For some reason once they get it a certain way they never change.
Do I believe this – no. What I find interesting is that either these souces are not friends at all or else Jennifer has a lot of jealous friends.
miss_kitteh, Yes, I was just trying to make a funny. Even if it wasn’t funny at all.
My husband did sometimes say things that would hurt my feelings. But once he realized that they hurt my feelings he quit saying them. Now he won’t even admit there is another woman prettier than me in the entire world. Even though I know better, I think it’s sweet.
With all the “relationships” John has had you would think that he would know better.
I’m not a Jennifer Aniston fan, but for some reason I’m rooting for her. She needs someone calm, settled and most likely older than her. I hope she at least has fun while dating him.
This sounds like a mean, destructive guy, famous or not. They only get worse — they have low self-esteem and project like crazy!
Run Jen Run
I’m thinking he is very bad for her self-confidence, which must have already taken a knock post Mr and Mrs Smith.
Well, if you don’t like someone’s looks, why would you be with them in the first place? That would be MY question.
What a f***head.
Sauvage, I’ve been unfortunate enough to know men who’ve admitted to only dating girls they found unattractive as a comfort factor, that they date insecure women to feel better about themselves.
Sick, I know.
Personally, I don’t like either of them but how thoughtless and shallow he is to make such comments.
If she allows it, she’s just as dumb as he is!
Thanks, Bodhi. Would you like to share a plain green salad with me (NO CROUTONS)? 😆
He sounds like an asshole, but who’s holding a gun to her head forcing her to be with him?
I can’t imagine any boyfriend teasing a girlfriend about said wrinkles and getting a second date. I assume that’s just fabricated. But then I thought they were through? 😕
I can’t understand why anyone would say nasty put-downs to someone they supposedly like. Those jokes aren’t ever funny, they are just snide and have that undercurrent of deliberate cruelty.
I would drop his ass immediately, because he’s obviously not a nice person, and not worth caring about.
@ CB: You’re talking a woman whose self-esteem is about two inches off the floor. It was a dumb move on her part bragging about how Mayer wouldn’t dare to disrespect her again. It was practically inviting him to retaliate, just to show he isn’t pu$$y-whipped. And he already knows how clingy and needy she is. She isn’t going anywhere; but he’ll play her until he gets tired of the game and then he’ll dump her again. Just watch.
I have an ex friend who would constantly make jibes about the fact that I was a couple of years older than her, that she was skinnier than me and generally try to put me down in a ‘funny’ way… When I finally called her on it she looked shocked, adopted this tone of surprise and cried “Oh I was only kidding! You’re so sensitive” (classic deflection)…. I began to notice a pattern of her sh*t talking about all of her friends and I realized it would never stop, so I moved on. I’ve had other friends do that too… I think of myself as someone comfortable in their own skin. I know who I am and I accept myself ‘as is’ for the most part… I think this made them feel uneasy and I began to realize that when someone feels the need to put you down or draw attention to something about you in a negative way, it says more about how they feel about THEMSELVES and their own insecurities. It’s a form of control and in a person with self issues, it’s an easy way to deflect from themselves in an attempt to transfer that negative self talk/self image onto someone else…
Always steer clear of passive aggressive people. That is my rule of the thumb. I had a friend who used to make fun of my other friends and putting me down for having them. I dumped her via e-mail.
Maybe Jen thinks that after Brad ‘shitty’ Pitt, she cannot sink any lower. Brad being dumb makes any man seem like a genius. Maybe she relished simply having grown up conversions with a boyfriend that lacked in her ex hubby. See how he is at home talking poo and pee.
I am not Mayer’s number one fan. I don’t see thtis lasting. Hopefully when she starts shooting with Gerald Butler, she falls hard for him and they live happily ever after.
I know that Oprah loves Jennifer. Does she like John? Has she sanctioned this realtionship from on high?
I think you’re right there, Cheyenne.
And doodahs, that absolutely describes my sister! She’s been that way her whole life, and unfortunately I have in fact cut her out of my life, for that very reason. I gave up after 39 years.
Sharing salad and fish. Ugh.
Baholicious…I vaguely remember a story about John giving Jessica Simpson a thesaurus as a gift in front of a bunch of people. Would certainly fit your “planting those seeds of self-doubt” description!
“Shitty” Pitt? Damn, we’re back in middle school now. Pathetic.
LOL @ “Hopefully when she starts shooting with Gerald Butler she falls hard for him and they live happily ever after.” You left one thing out of the equation: what if he doesn’t fall hard for her? Happily ever after only happens when it’s mutual.
Unless, of course, she can be happy ever after living alone. After all, aren’t her fans maintaining that she is this strong and resourceful person who doesn’t need to depend on a man to be happy? If that’s the case, then she doesn’t need Gerard Butler or anyone else.
Wonder what the joke was about Tom Hanks.
Kaiser and Cheyenne, you get a big one of these: 🙄
PS Steak isn’t the healthiest food on the planet. Maybe you should start eating more fish.
Don’t put up with it Jen, he’s using the put-downs (however small) to manipulate.