Whether or not you place John Mayer and his music closer to the Bubblegum or Blues end of the music spectrum one thing is certain -

to maintain that John Mayer is a victim of the 'nastiness of the journalists who follow him round' exhibits a stunning level of disingenuousness or a complete blind spot to someone who, with the aid of publicists, has courted the press beyond the aspirations of many other celebrities.

Described as the 'most angst-ridden playboy in rock' this 32 year old has placed himself and his 'relationships' with high profile 'celebrities' in the full glare of the media and has staged 'pranks' for the paparazzi.

His 'discourse with the tabloid media, including hosting a TMZ segment and getting in Twitter battles with Perez Hilton, culminated in an impromptu press conference outside of his gym in New York, where he explained why he had broken-up with Aniston.
The fall-out was unfavorable, and he was branded a "douchebag" for "saving face" '
Described at Wiki

Despite assertions that he would not be doing any more press he nevertheless gave an interview with Playboy magazine - posted to their website on February 10, 2010 and promoted as
'A candid conversation with the tabloids' favorite rock star about Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson , being an honorary black man…'

As a self professed 'honorary black man' he assumed he could use the 'n word' as a self-referential identity term but critics felt that his interview was both misogynist, and racist - personally I would agree with that evaluation.


The relationship between celebrity and charity has always been open to some analysis.

With reference to the recent Haiti fund as on blogger said 'It's all well and good giving to charity because you care, but it's another thing expecting publicity off the back of it.
On that note, I'd like to thank all the celebrities and people who have given to Haiti and not broadcast it to anyone willing to listen.

AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson took on Bono and Bob Geldof for their public displays of charity work adding "I do it myself, I don't tell everybody I'm doing it,"