It’s been about a week since news broke of Katy Perry and John Mayer’s third breakup. We soon saw warring photos of the aftermath: Katy hid her face from the paps while John looked super relieved and happy to be officially single. No one seemed to be too surprised at the outcome of this relationship except for Katy. What did she expect would happen from playing the ring game after Valentine’s day? My guess was that John started acting like a d-bag after Katy pulled that stunt, and he basically forced her to break up with him.
Now the various tabloids are ready to add their takes on the breakup. Let’s tidy this up with some bullet points:
* In Touch is running a full cover story about the breakup. Their take is that Katy was insanely paranoid about John cheating while she was on tour. The tabloid says John’s been cheating for awhile already. He recently hit on a SoulCycle instructor and was “acting single” all evening before kissing her at a bar. In Touch also adds that John wanted to marry Katy: “He pressured her. He gave her a ring and made the relationship more serious, which scared her because of his past.” What? Here’s the thing: Whenever John does get married, he’ll probably cheat on his wife. He knows this, so it’s somewhat believeable that he’d cheat on Katy and still want to marry her. This could also be a tale straight from Katy’s team.
* People says John and Katy broke up for the following reason: “They’re two very strong-willed people. Despite caring about each other very much and wanting to make it work, they are, at their core, quite different.” Katy wanted to go to parties, and John just wanted to hang out (and bang) at home. Sort of like Katy and Russell Brand’s marriage ended up (not) working out. In the end, Katy used her tour as an excuse to cut things off.
* This week’s issue of Star magazine says “John isn’t exactly torn up over being dumped – he’s gotten fed up with the 29-year-old’s partying and how she constantly wears a diamond ring on her left hand to create relationship buzz. ‘They have completely broken up and he’s moved out,’ the source adds. ‘Katy is a wreck.’” I believe this story the most. Katy is also good at hiding her frustration with a relationship. She seemed perky while slamming Miley’s tongue during yesterday’s Aussie interview. BUT this is the same girl who smiled brightly for her audience 5 minutes after receiving a divorce text from Russell Brand. Make no mistake — she is devastated over douchey John.
These are the last known photos of Katy and John together on February 16. One of our agencies was selling them at a premium, but no longer because the Perry-Mayer party is over! Again.
Photos courtesy of In Touch, Fame/Flynet & WENN
He is sooooo gross. Hope it’s over for good. She was really dumpster-diving with that one.
Why would anyone want to date such a d**k? He’s humiliated every star who goes goo-goo over him. They all had such high hopes, but his agenda does not change. He’s too good for anyone. I would be embarrassed if I were one of his exes. They were all dumped so hard, they were so hurt, he deserves some serious payback. No one should even bother…
Seen it a zillion times – they were all attracted to that bad boy they thought they could change …
Eh…
I am maybe biased because I adore JM’s music (Except that country style failure of an album), and his artistry, and his songwriting. But I kinda wished this worked.
I, contrary to most of you, believe some people can actually grow up and stop cheating/stop the womanizing, if they find a woman that has an iron fist and will grab their nuts and force/motivate them to change.
But anyway, onto the next one I guess.. It’s nice promo for Katy’s tour, what a coincidence.
Maybe she’s also a problem, and not only the douchebags she dates/marries.
i agree some men can change – and you’re right it takes a VERY special woman to get them on the right track….AND they have to WANT to be on the right track for that VERY special woman
the hang up – is that every girl the guy dates ends up thinking she is that VERY special woman that can change him and that’s not the case
and then she’s surprised when he does the same old, same old to her.
Nah! John Mayer will stop being a douchet sack of shit when John Mayer wants to stop being a douchey sack of shit, And start owning up to being a rampant self important butt of a guy… Or until he is Jack Nicholson’s age should women continue to make themselves available….it isnt and wasn’t any of the twits that date him responsibility To “change him” or “make him be better” which is why this exercise will keep failing.
That said Katy Perry looks completely ridiculous petty and butthurt out of this whole ordeal that we all saw coming a mile away
@QQ preach! Neither person here is a kid, they’ve both got major character flaws and need to work on themselves as individuals before committing to a serious relationship.
It is not a woman’s responsibility to “change” a man. He is the one who needs to “man-up.” All of his previous girlfriends deserved basic human respect! There was nothing wrong with them, they are beautiful women, who do not deserve to be responsible for him being an ass****.
AMEN to that, @wolfpup. Could not agree with you more. And it’s nice to finally read a comment like THIS re a situation like this. xoxoxo
But that change has to come totally from within the person. There was NOTING Katy Perry could do to change that man. It’s all up to him.
Wow, the whole passionate argument against “he’s just not that into you.” Face it – NO woman, “special” or otherwise, will change this douche. At least Meyer is honest enough not to get married to anyone. He wants to be a dog and he’ll damn well be a dog, but he’s smart enough not to get entangled in pre-nups, divorce settlements and custody battles.
Any woman who gets involved with him and thinks “she’s the one who’ll make him change” is totally deluding herself.
+1
I love his music too. What can I say?
I know it’s one of those cases where I turn a blind eye to his dating habits and really, REALLY adore his music.
Maybe he genuinely thought he’d grow up and change with KP but I guess a 29 year old that sings the pop equivalent of what Ariana Grande is singing, was not the right pick…. He needs to get with a serious, badass woman.
I don’t wish him to be alone forever, I dont wish that to anyone…
I think you can change from a boy into a man and come to your own personal realization that sleeping around and treating people badly is not a fulfilling lifestyle that you want to lead forever. I don’t think you can motivate a, what, forty year old man to want to be a monogamous adult. Even if you could “motivate” someone to change their ways, why would you want to? What an exhausting way to live your life. There is enough crap to pay attention to in life without having to potty train a little boy forever.
Bless you for articulating my thoughts so perfectly and saving me the mental stress of trying to articulate it half as well as you.
That’s true, I guess. He’s 36, not 40 yet but also most men grow up quite late, on their 30s mostly.
Maybe I’m an optimist but I hope he will find his way…
From what I have read, he is in need of potty training…
I love his music too – everything up until that album with the Taylor Swift song (I was iffy about the album, too try hard). I also think some men DO grow up and change but unfortunately I don’t see it with Mayer. As much as I used to worship the Mayer dong in my high school days, gotta admit he’s a sleaze.
A leopard doesn’t change his spots and no woman will be able to convince him to. My dad was a cheating SOB when he married my mom (at the age of 28) and now he’s a 71 year old cheating SOB with a penis pump. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!
Being a ballbuster will absolutely not make anyone change. It’ll likely just make you look like a bitch. A person will only change if they want to; you may be the reason someone makes the decision but trying to force it will never work.
that’s not a very flattering cover…
I’m so confused by her. Sometimes she looks gorgeous and other times she looks like one of the most unattractive people I have ever seen.
I totally agree. Very confusing looks. I don’t get her latest outfits either.
true, centerpart is not her best friend (it’s not mine mine either, haha)
I like your avatar pic Sisi! ♥
Thanks! Punkerbarbie is a fierce lady 🙂 atm I still find it quite confusing, because the previous one had been my avatar for years, so I keep looking for it in the commentsection out of habit :/
He is nothing if not predictable.
I really can’t blame him for being upset about the ring game. That is some ridiculous fame whore action. She’s acting like a D-list reality star with that stunt.
I CAN blame him for being a major tool, but how could she not have seen that about him from the start?
THIS. I’d be beyond wild if I were him over the ring stunts. I will say though, he seems less of a tool in recent years, though I don’t believe he’s fully overhauled his behavior.
I find Katy insufferable though, and don’t overly feel sorry for her, given how wide spread his history was.
I agree as mush as he used her she was using him and the whole fake ring thing proves it. I mean really what grown ass woman dose this put on a fake engagement ring knowing it’s going to start rumors.
Katy is not superior or better than JM. She is trying to control JM, but I knew this charade was doomed. These two douchbombs are nauseating.
I love jewelry and wear rings on my ring finger, all fingers! If you look closely at what she was wearing none of them look like a proper engagement ring at all. One was an antique cocktail style ring. Rihanna and Miley are dripping in jewelry all the time. When you have that much money, why not? Maybe that’s the finger the ring fit!
I hate how typically, women after a break-up are treated like they’re pathetic for being alone again, and men are portrayed as free and relieved. As if for a woman, being in a relationship validates your existence.
Well said. When I got the courage to dump a sleazy cheater, I felt the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders–no more worrying about what he was up to when I wasn’t around and wondering why I wasn’t enough, I was so happy and Mr. Wandering Dong was a pathetic wretch begging me to come back and saying how things would be different. I’m so glad I didn’t fall for his lies because he never changed.
Bravo, Beatrice.
I can believe the People and Star versions as more likely…..I think it’s easy for tabloids to go with the “John’s a cheater” rumor considering his notorious past, but I believe it was more like they had two very, very different lifestyles and John got fed up with her ring game (she was wearing a huge honking diamond on her ring finger, so she was obviously playing at something…). Look, I think John’s a huge douche but he doesn’t strike me as anything more than a mild pothead. There were pics of him leaving some tiny live jazz show in NYC shortly after the break up. Katy, meanwhile, strikes me (and there are a lot of photos of her doing this sort of thing) as the type who likes to leave the Chateau at 3 am and party on a regular basis—and party hard. I find it more believable that he just got fed up with her lifestyle and the ring game rather than suddenly started cheating a week after she played the ring game.
Jen and Katy share a cover story about their douche problems. And who is surprised if either story is true (the main plot, not all the spun details)?
I was just about to say that—also, now they have to share cheating douche/broken engagement covers?!?! The horror! Probably because JA dated JM and they want that in our subconscious brains.
His jeans are just awful!!! Hopefully she will find someone cuter next time. Katy or her music may not be my cup of tea but she is cute.
She should get a puppy and a cause. I feel this guy was a Russell rebound anyway. Remember john mayer looked like RB when they first hooked up ?
+1 on the Russell rebound….Katy is searching for something…
I kind of think that Katy isn’t completely over Russell Brand. She wants us to think she is, but she isn’t. Why else does she constantly bring him up in big interviews?
Maybe she’s regretting what she gave up?
I mean, maybe she’s regretting giving up a nice guy, who was giving her no drama and a giant ring–unlike Mayor. But some women just like drama constantly.
Duh and duh.
Firstly I find it interesting when you’re going on national television to sell your relationship to the public. That was a red flag.
Secondly we talked about a story yesterday about how Katy was concerned about where Mileys tongue has been. Yes she should be concerned about that, but she should also be greatly concerned about where John’s dong has been. That seems to be more important in my book.
He probably got tired of looking at her busted face.
Apply ice to burned area!
I just cant believe how woman fawn over this guy, Ill never get his appeal.
Neither will I. Yet females keep going back for more, it seems. And as long as there is a steady supply, it’s doubtful he will change.
Neither will I. What do they see in him? He doesn’t even seem pretty to me. Doh! Maybe he has a superdong…
Both of them seem like a mess, but if she was stunned by his douchey behavior, she’s a few cards short of a full deck.
Can’t stand either one of them! She was an idiot to get involved with him in the first place. Hey Katy – try being single for awhile! It’d be good for you!
everyone’s blaming JM. I just don’t see it. He does seem laid back, whereas shes more the outgoing party animal, ‘look-at-me’ type. Nothing wrong with either, but at the end of the day, when your in your 30’s, isnt it time to start growing up a bit and ditching the party-animal crap? Its fine to have fun, and go to parties, but when your whole life evolves around the next party and/or public appearance, thats a tad sad.
Truth is though, you cannot change who you are. KP _wants_ a mature relationship with a steady guy, but thats not who she is (same thing happened with Brand) . shes got that college party mentality, has to be the center of attention. It seems she wants the guy to stay home and treat her like a queen, but wants to go out and have fun herself.
I agree with you. I think people just dislike John because of his past, which is admittedly sleazy, and it’s kind of blinding them from the fact that Katy, underneath her candy persons, is a hard partier and he is not. Not to mention the ridiculous stunt queen move with the ring. John could have been a jerk, but I think he may not be to blame for this one.
It’s okay for a relationship to not work not, and who cares about who’s to blame – it takes two… But John has a very painful way to break up with the women who believe that they are in love with him.
AGREE! I can’t stand him, but she is a complete and total IDIOT. Has been all along. She was so stupid to get married while her career was taking off. The fact that it was Russell Brand made it much worse, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to do that. THEN, she goes after the person with the worst reputation of cheating, someone who has idiotic women throwing themselves at him constantly and sets herself up for constant worrying that he will cheat. WTF!
OF COURSE he is gonna cheat! Is her ego really THAT huge that she thinks she can change someone like that?
I seriously can’t believe how dumb she is and apparently has zero common sense.
Get a clue Katy….Please
Falling for bad guys hurt. Lot’s of us have had the “huge” ego that believes that our love will be the light that brings him around. Ouch!
I agree too. John’s no worse that most other famous musicians. He just made the mistake of taking his douche diary to the press.
If Katy is still on the hard party, she’s not ready to settle down, which is fine. But,she seems like the only person that doesn’t know that?
Is she going to have to write another pseudo female empowerment album now?
Oh dear lord I hope not. Only if another tv program makes her sing it live..
That song he wrote for them was a kick in the face to her and she didn’t even see it. “You love who you love”. Like he was the one settling, and no one would understand why he was with her. He seems to end up with women he thinks he’s better than, smarter than, or that have just been burned badly in their last relationship.
I second this comment! It was totally offensive to her and I think he knew that, he just needed a duet about love for them to sing together to boost his career. And on top of that it was a trite sentiment and a mediocre song anyway, at least he could’ve put some effort into it.
…To the surprise of no one.
God… she is just an energy sucker….he is just a walking HPV pro-vaccine commercial…eye roll.
I feel bad for Katy, she deserves better, sadly John breaking her heart was something we all fear and knew it would happened, as for Lauren she is cute, but to reveal the alleged fling only proves what she really was after,, I can be wrong but we have seen this before way so many times. anyway I found more photos and info about her here http://dailyentertainmentnews.com/breaking-news/lauren-mchale-soulcycle-instructor-john-mayers-alleged-mistress/
He is so utterly unattractive (and that’s me being kind), why do these lovely ladies want anything to do with him? Must be low sel-esteem on their part.
I don’t think Katy is anything special to look at either.
Ugh – that 50s child-housewife look she always dresses in. The little bow on top of her head, the bare legs with grandma skirts. Hats with cutesy ears on them clearly made for children? Yuck. This is the opposite of her sexy stagewear, which is good, but it doesn’t swing in a good direction. Put on some normal jeans and a t-shirt already. The street look does not translate well.
ikr? looks ridiculous on a 30ish woman. that’s always creeped me out about her. she acts so sexual but she dresses like a young girl, wears young girl things. weird.
I may be mistaken, but wasn’t there a blind gossip awhile back about Katy drinking too much and pushing for that ring? And the ring wasn’t going to happen till she stopped her “partying”? So, Mayer is too young to stand (ala 1998) in the kitchen talking to dogs but now he’s too old to put up with that young one’s wild, partying ways? Does Katy have a drinking problem?
Russel Brand also thought Katy partied too much and was tired of her lifestyle. So there must be something to it. These men may be players, but Katy seems like she is too immature for the men she dates too.
What’s his appeal, really?
When women do that (wear rings) men really see them as manipulators. Same thing happened with Aniston/Vaughn. Vaughn dumped her quick smart after that.
Yeah, if I was with someone who resorted to doing fake engagements for the media, they’d be out on their a$$ as soon as I could get their crap in boxes. Just desperate.
Hey, they’re both single. Who knows what kind of relationship they really had? They both seem awfully busy to actually spend much time together, they’re both wealthy, and they both have unlimited opportunities to do pretty much whatever they want. He didn’t have any obligation to marry her, she didn’t have any obligation to marry him, whatever. On they go.
PLEASE — no “the right woman can change a cheater” BS!
If a man changes it’s because he’s tired of the unrewarding tomcat life he’s living and ready to change.
Don’t tell me you can change a man — we don’t need any of that enabling crap here.
Off-topic alert: the story I really want to comment on is that Jennifer Anniston seems to have disappeared from online gossip. How many days had it been? I truly expected a resuscitation of the fauxmance around the oscars. Just as a final round of face saving. My inference from the absence is that justin just won’t play any more.
(I must be the only one who doesn’t troll CB in the middle of the night /sarcasm—I’m up all night doing homework)
I agree. I’m really surprised that there wasn’t SOMETHING. Maybe (to bring the triangle in), she didn’t want to compete w/the fact that her ex just won his first OSCAR. I mean, if it was me, I think I’d feel dumb running to the press about my break up (which I wouldn’t be doing that anyway, but let’s say), but even more dumb when my ex won a prestigious award in our chosen field, and all I have to say during that time was that I was single….last year, after the Oscars, there wasn’t any of that–the JPs weren’t on the radar.
So there’s that.
But I also think that Justin’s tired of being a show pony–at least what he’s compared to going through. It might’ve been fun in the beginning, but it’s not anymore. And Justin’s not so young that he can be led on/talked into continuing, he’s at that age where he’s pretty set in his ways.
But there was a thing on Yahoo! about some house that they rented for 40k in Beverly Hills/LA just hit the market….I just googled news about her, and the only thing that comes up (recently) is that she and Justin went to a few pre Oscar parties, and a bunch of rumors about them splitting, etc.
But they won’t fail to disappoint–her PR should’ve been fired when they ran that Five Years After Brad PEOPLE cover.
He definitely picks girls that he thinks he is an intellectual superior to. A truly intelligent woman with a great career would not keep going along with all his pseudo intellectual crap, and he knows that which is why he dates women he feels are dumber or more into him than he is into them.
A woman can’t and shouldn’t have to change a man. But a woman can have great boundaries that make a man decide whether he should break those boundaries or be with her. Maybe one day he will change his douche ways, but he’d have to find someone he’s so into he couldn’t risk losing her (even then he’d probably cheat to inflate his ego as soon as he “had” her, like after marriage, or after engagement). Anyway, he seems like such an empty soul who makes okay music, nothing more. And his style is soo try hard and fails on so many levels, which matches his personality perfectly.
Well said.