Aniston and Mayer on 5/10/08. Credit: Fame
The tabloids are reporting on last week’s demise of the John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston relationship and they’re divided over who dumped whom. The Enquirer has my favorite account of events – that Aniston dumped Mayer because they were having problems and she wants more of a commitment. In Touch claims that it was John who did the dumping, because Jen was “obsessing” over her ex, Brad Pitt, after seeing him at the Oscars. Star has a similar account of an obsessive Aniston, but they take it a step further to claim that she’s also obsessed with her body to the point of distraction.
The Enquirer: Aniston dumped Mayer when she realized he wasn’t about to propose
Enough already! Jennifer Aniston pulled the plug on her rocky 9-month romance with John Mayer because she felt he’d left her no other choice, sources say.
“Jen feels as if John kept throwing the relationship back in her face and she couldn’t take it anymore,” a friend of the 40-year-old… star told The Enquirer.
According to sources, the former “Friends” beauty became discouraged over a laundry list of problems, including 31-year-old John’s wandering eye, his blabbing about their love life, putting career before love, and his refusal to move in with Jen or give her an engagement ring….
After Jen returned to LA on March 3 from an overseas trip promoting “Marley & Me,” she called John and pulled the plug, revealed the friend.
“There were no tears and no big fight,” said the source.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, March 30, 2009]
In Touch: Mayer ended it over the phone as Aniston couldn’t let go of the past
According to the friend, John dumped Jen just two weeks after they attended the Academy Awards together – when she saw her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, with his partner, Angelina Jolie, for the first time in person. “Jen spent most of the evening talking about Brad,” the friend explains. “It got on John’s nerves. He said it was bordering on obsessive.”
Although Jen and Brad divorced four years, ago, it was obvious to John that she still wasn’t over him – and may never be. During her promotional interviews for Marley & Me last fall, Jen called Angelina “uncool” and admitted she still had a place in her heart for Brad. “I will love Brad for the rest of my life,” she told Britain’s Hello! Magazine. “You can’t take away good memories…”
Jen’s inability to put the past behind her ruined her one-year romance with John, 31. As soon as she returned from Europe, “he ended it on the phone,” a close pal of Jen’s tells In Touch. “He told her he needed space and he wasn’t ready to take the relationship any further.”
[From In Touch, print edition, March 30, 2009]
In Touch bases a lot of their argument on quotes Aniston gave to the press, but that Hello! interview they use as evidence was cobbled together from old quotes and wasn’t new.
Star takes it to outrageous levels with obnoxious digs at Aniston, claiming she spends hours a day exercising and is abnormally self-obsessed. They get points for creativity and compelling language, as much as this sounds like complete fiction.
Star: Mayer dumped Aniston, and she’s a wack job who is obsessed with her ex.
“John told a friend that Jen called John ‘Brad’ by accident several times,” an insider tells Star. “John said it totally flipped him out, especially when it happened when they were in bed together! It made him insecure because he knows he’s not as good looking as Brad…
“John says Jennifer weighs herself every morning, pumps herself up on coffee and then runs three of four miles on the treadmill…
“She also does yoga or Pilates for, like, four hours a day. It’s unreal!…”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 30, 2009]
Star also claimed that Mayer is planning a tell-all, which he vehemently denies. It’s hard to tell which tabloid is telling the truth, but you can bet that Star’s account is either partially or totally fabricated, and In Touch seems heavily based on Aniston’s old quotes. I would like to believe The Enquirer, which is the most reliable tabloid and also has an account that seems a lot more possible.
Maybe Aniston finally paid attention to her friends and decided to tell Mayer she didn’t want to deal with his hot and cold drama. He could have driven her to it, though. I know I’ve been in a situation with an ex where I felt like he really wanted me to break it off, but he was too chicken to do it. He behaved badly until I ended up making the break. You can see Mayer doing that. In fact many of his comments to the press sounded like some kind of test for the relationship.
Hmmm, maybe she’ll now get a real man.
Kaiser, you’re gonna clobber me, but I think she should try out Gerry Butler.
*hides*
I’m off to youtube right now to make a Chris crocker type video…. LEAVE ANISTON ALLOOOOOOONNNE. Jesus hasnt that poor woman been used enough to sell cheap tabloids who wouldnt know the truth if it bit them in the ass? Not that I know the truth either but meh!
I agree w/ Lainey’s take on this one… they’re both rep’d by CAA, this was an Oscar/HJNTIY contract relationship.
I also would Love Love Love JA with John Stamos, he could sing to her poolside, they share their greek heritage, perfection!
I agree that it was a “contract” relationship. Don’t think she planned on officially ending it so soon after the Oscars and would have preferred a few more weeks of make believe before pulling the plug. Coming just 2 weeks after the “I’m going to upstage my EX and his mate on the night they’re both nominated” tour makes it pretty obvious she was just using him to make her EX jealous (as if that would work). Of course he was using her for exposure, so it was a match made in famewhore heaven. She has die hard fans that wish death to the JPs children, and she’ll never lose them, but a lot of sympathetic fans appear to be seeing the light as to her PR games and keeping this triangle alive (for her gain, no one elses), so at least something good may come out of this “break up”
anna – Let’s start a petition! I’ve loooong said that she and John Stamos would have beautiful babies together, just imagine the hair!!!! And I’m not even team Aniston – or Brangie – I’m like Switzerland…..
Seriously, she needs to date a man who understands her family upbringing, has been divorced from a more “in the spotlight” spouse (who is now remarried and has kidders)…. Go Staniston!
great call ,anna
she and john stamos would be good
quick, someone tell courtney c. to set up a dinner party, stat!
I didn’t think it would last, she was having a good time, and when it wasn’t fun anymore she moved on…good for her.
hey that stamos idea ain’t bad.
and isn’t he rumored to have been wanting a family/children for some time now?
Oh please!! Who hasn’t or almost did call someone you were with another name!! Also, she has one of the best bodies in Hollywood!! You don’t look like that by not doing anything!! I work out 4-5 times a week and I’m obsessed about everything I eat except for one day where I allow myself to eat whatever I want!! Come on John you can do better than that!! Are you milking your last few minutes of attention because you know now that your not with Jen the paps couldn’t care less about you anymore!! See ya!!
crab:
He is just playing the aniston game of looking like the victom to gain some type of sympathy, oh how the tables have turned 🙂
This is just laughable. I love how everyone likes to put a positive spin on anything and everything Jen. The truth is this man made a fool of her and she went back to him. Her friends trashed him, and my spin is John did not forget. He got her back and dumped her again. Sheryl Crow was quick to come out after the first break up.. Nothing from her and the “friends”. As far as Jen and Gerald Butler.. It ain’t goin happen. John Stamos and she should get together. He is more in line with who she is. But I bet she would not give him the time of day. Not high status enough. She was the one going around talking about him. She was the one telling the world how much they adored each other. John said nothing. I think he planned to see if the could get her back after the big TV (TMZ). She is just so average and her life is too. I don’t care how many millions she has.. Oh and why is she all of a sudden hiding out? She was everywhere a few weeks ago. No she has not been seen..hmmmmmmmmmm..
Ugh, that Lainey chick is on Branglina’s payroll. What a sheep that shrew is. I like that she calls everybody out on their shit except for that all mighty Brangelina. And Aniston can go way for all I care. Shes just so boring.
I don’t think she is as stupid as the tabloids want to make her out to be. This woman has to know that her relationship with John wouldn’t have worked out hence all the quotes about never finding a perfect love. I think she was just having fun. If that’s the case she should just admit that so maybe people will quit obsessing over when she will settle down and have children.
Maybe Jennifer went into this relationship with John Mayer with eyes wide open; everyone in celebville knows his womanizer reputation, so he could have been just a glorious pasttime. Not all the men i dated were hubby material, some were “playmates” wink! Better to be happy alone than miserable with the wrong one. She’s smart, beautiful, highly successful businesswoman, talented actress ( a la Doris Day) she’s fine! If and when she decides to settle down and / or have a family, she’ll do it then….it’s all about choice, and we ALL get to make one freely in this country….rock on Jen
I have a friend that gets on the treadmill for 3 hours at a time, and my trainer at the gym tells me about a couple of girls that will get on the treadmill/elliptical for hours. I tend to agree with that assessment, at least to a degree. We all can tell she is obsessed with herself, and I think she is not entirely over Brad yet. Why she still holds him up as an icon, I am not sure. She is mad at Angie, but not him. Umm, he became emotionally involved, for sure, why still married to her.
Sounds like Angelina planted this story.
Sounds like Jennifer Aniston needs to get a life and leave Brad and Angie alone. Next time she pays a boyfriend she should make sure he needs the money long enough to stick around.
Brad and Angie are happy and have a beautiful family.
OMG do people actually still care about this? Or her?
I don’t think she’d give Stamos the time of day, either, but he’d be perfect for her. Isn’t it funny that way? Girl goes for dud after dud, when the right guy is right there? Too many women are all about the firecrackers when sometimes love just creeps on you.
JA will never be happy as long as she still loves Brad. She needs to get that man out of her system. Angelina needs to hurry up and get pregnant again, maybe that will bring JA to her senses.
Guess the tabloids aren’t reading John Mayer’s blog! In it he said he intended to focus totally on writing/recording his new album as soon as the Oscars were over, and it looks like that’s exactly what he’s doing.
Jennifer has a new movie to shoot in New York City, so she’s busy too. Perfect time to cool it for awhile.
I think you can care for someone a great deal but still not want to be with them forever.
Maybe both Jennifer and Brad are burnt on marriage. He’s got 6 kids and still isn’t married. That says something about his state of mind.
Or maybe he just already considers himself married to Angelina. You don’t need a certificate to be fully committed to each other.
woa Anna, I didn’t know CAA reps both of them. I can see why the faux-lationship (oops, that sounds unintentionally kinky!) rumors got started.
@Ria: “I’ve loooong said that she and John Stamos would have beautiful babies together, just imagine the hair!!!!”
Ahhh, priceless. They would indeed have some beautiful little Greek babies with unimaginably perfect hair.
Trying to think of anything else they’d have going for them though…
*sound of crickets chirping*
…pretty eyes. Nice eyelashes…white teeth. …ummmm…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
She’s got great legs.
I liked the Star article best…that was great for a laugh.
“John said it totally flipped him out, especially when it happened when they were in bed together! It made him insecure because he knows he’s not as good looking as Brad…”
Very funny!
Hey if she gets together with John Stamos and says “John” in bed it won’t matter! Just kidding. I like Jen…this all is too funny, though.
I think Cee is on Angelina’s payroll.
NOOOO my john Stamos noooo, he’s too good looking for her! Even if they have Greek in their blood. Aniston does not strike as a person proud of her heritage.
but now, hey , Jesus Luz is available now that Madonna dumped him…
@mar- I’m with you, how awful would that couple be!! God poor JS. Not a good idea at all.
I think she should hook up with Owen Wilson or Gerard Butler, she was all over OW at their movie premiers, so maybe a spark was there….
Jenni, if you do not find a wonderfull man, I AM HERE!!!
Gerard Butler – Oh yes.
Stamos is a cheese ball.
i’m sure whatever small coverage that was made of the break up was done in a fair and unbiased way hahahahahaha
I honestly don’t believe that Brad considers himself “married” to Angelina any more than Angelina considers herself “married” to Brad. They are both rogues, bi-sexual, and into narcissistic behavior. That alone makes for a good temporary coupling. Billy Bob , Angie’s ex-hubby, stated in an interview when it was first reported that Angie and Brad were having an illicit affair while making MAMS that Angie promised him she had no intention of ever marrying Brad, in fact, she considerd him strictly a “baby daddy”….Either way, i think that Brad and Angie are perfectly suited to one another….both are on a life-long search for their true identities….i wish them luck…
Gerard Butler or J. Stamos – me likey.
But I’m begining to think the issue may be Jenn herself. Not bashing her because I do like her as an actress. But I do find it a bit odd that this split came right after awards season.
I’ll still root for her though.
Dear Patty Anne, I’d never heard Brad was bisexual. (Though I remember well a Vanity Fair interview while married to Jen in which it was pretty clear he had a pretty bleak take on marriage.) Say more?
Well John made out with perez hilton so i guess he’s bi
Yeah, Angie and Brad are using each other…they don’t really have love, they’re just da*n good at faking it.
Also, JA has some legs to die for! I want to work out with her!
Jen and Gerard? Please. He like those exotic types same as simon Cowell. I can’t Gerard and Ms. All American Barbie together. Stamos would be good, but they’d fight over the mirror. She might need to take that cue from Courtney Cox and marry down.
Yeah I’m sure so many people want to believe that Brad/Angie are using each other. But the truth is the love each other. Jennifer does have nice legs Robbie, but that is not enough to keep a man with her. She is hiding out now. I’m sure her PR team has picked up on some of the negative stuff finally coming her way. So she is staying out of sight and planning her next move. Talk about using. She uses her fans and the media to do her dirty work. It worked for almost 5 years. Now some people are seeing the real Jen. She had a good run.
She has die hard fans because she is a modern “Cinderella”, an ordinary looking woman, with no talent at all, sudden get married to Hollywood most desired bachelor….people relate to that, is like win the lottery.
And she has beeing living a privileged life since, just exploiting the highlight of her “actress career” which was this abandonned wife role.The woman is nothing but a great pretender…
I agree with debra, I started seeing Jen for what she really is. I didn’t realize she hand picked every man from CAA. John Mayer the douche bag made it look so obvious because she should have kicked that thing to the curb long time ago so it made her look so desperate and pathetic when she didn’t. Mayer is a worm so what do she want with a worm unless she is a worm.
I agree with debra that she let her fans do her dirty work for her. I use to be a fan of Jen but I sure didn’t she the need to bash Brad or Angelina so I believe the bashers are Jen paid posters while she put on the I’m still in love with Brad act. I didn’t Think Jen should have came out with the wounded victim act after 4 years. Who every told her to behave like that made her look totally psycho.
Sometimes I wish we could get a little bit of honesty out of Jen instead of fake rubbish they set up all the time.
i think she is very pretty. and everyone has an individual taste…and for me…she is a person i would love to look alike. if i could chose…i would chose her look. so what’s the problem with my opinion? i don’t think she looks ordinary.
Jen is a mediocre actress who hit pay dirt 2X, once with Friends and once with Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt had a bleak attitude toward marriage, Jen’s Dad said before they married that Brad was very reluctant to marry at all, and soon after the marriage both Brad and Jen said things like “marriage may not be meant to last forever (Brad)”, and Brad is not the love of my life (Jen), that marriage was doomed from day 1. Anyone here still moaning over the divorce needs to wake up and shut up. I doubt that either Brad or Angelina see a formal marriage as an over the rainbow experience, but Angelina did say in her VF interview last year that they certainly feel married. Now as to Jen and John, John is not at that stage to settle down and Jen had to know this after his TMZ thing. John benefitted more than Jen in this 2nd dating fiasco as the public perception of Jen is more negative. Jen just appears to be stuck in a life mode that she can’t or won’t alter, like she feels afraid to venture out and take a chance on change. She seems to be living the life her fans want her to live, same hairstyle, same type films roles, same interview answers, same same same. She is now 40 years old and still acts like she is 20 something on Friends, cause that is what her fans see her as. This is very sad to me. Everyone changes whether they want to or not, that’s life. Look at Jen’s hands, they are showing her true age like all of our hands do.
This is not about how she looks but about her failed relationship with John Mayer. It failed because it was a fake one all along, John was not into her. She sought and bought an Oscar date in John when she should have stayed home. She looked like a trembling stumbling deer caught in a car’s headlights on that stage. She is terrible in every live appearance.
My opinion is that they have not really broken up. Neither of them have confirmed anything. I think they are enjoying sitting back and watching the media look like fools.
Does it matter who said the words? Fact is, HJNTITY…..uh….John Mayer was just not that into Jen, and it looked obvious, so if he wasn’t returning e-mails, calls, etc., then I’d say HE ended it, regardless who made the official phone call.
I’d say they had fun, it ended. Most
people have been saying for months
she should dump him. What’s the big
deal.
I think it’s funny how Aniston tried to say that she dumped him because he was addicted to Twitter!
and wait a sec…Jen & Brad were married for 5 years and Brad and Angie have been together for 4…shouldn’t she be geting over it by now? Almost as much time away as together????
If Jen has “turned the page” where her failed marriage is concerned(as she stated on Oprah a couple years ago)I think it would have been wise for her to seek out Angie & Brad and wish them well at the Awards dinner instead of avoiding them. Someone who’s moved on should behave like it. It would give her a ton of upper hand in this saga the tabloids can’t seem to drop, it would show power over the past, healing,etc. She should do this or really, it just perpetuates drama and stress in her life. Brad has moved on, he wanted a family and he got it. Jen is a sweet gal, but c’mon she’s 40, unmarried and I predict, will never have children. Sad, but some people ought not to have kids and it seems she’s probably one of them, even if she won’t admit it.