John Mayer felt the need to call Ryan Seacrest up this morning to chat about his time at the Oscars with girlfriend Jennifer Aniston. Mayer said he was just there to support Jen, though he said it in the most roundabout, confusing, Mayer-esq way possible.

John Mayer admits he was “very, very nervous” to attend the Academy Awards with girlfriend Jennifer Aniston on Sunday. “It’s not my world, the Oscar thing,” he said on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday while promoting his cruise line, the Mayercraft Carrier 2. “You can go from a Grammy winner to a water boy when you walk in the Kodak Theatre on Oscar night,” he added. “That’s just like a whole different level.”

He said he went as “moral support” for Aniston, who presented an award in front of ex Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Although he went there to support Aniston, Mayer said his role soon turned into: “‘Will you please introduce me to so-and-so?'” Added the singer, “It was really, really fun.”

“So the idea of walking down a red carpet is such … you know that forever, I basically stepped into the picture frame of Hollywood,” Mayer continued. “For one night, I put on the most amazing suit and entered into the picture frame.”

“You have to really be with someone that you know who has your back in that situation, and she did, and it was really great,” said Mayer. Asked why he and Aniston decided to make the Oscars their first major public event together, he said, “At some point, you feel comfortable and say this is the choice I want to make.”

“I think a year is a pretty good period of time with which to say, ‘Let’s go have a really good time at the Oscars!'”

[From Us Magazine]

Yes I think the year point is when most couples traditionally go to the Oscars together. I know I have in all of my relationships. John and Jennifer were plagued by breakup rumors in January, but obviously they weren’t true. As John pointed out, they’ve been together for the better part of a year, and that’s a long time for him. He’s not my favorite person in the world and I didn’t think it would last, but if they’re both happy then I’m glad for them.

They both told Gayle King that they’re very happy, and they certainly seem to be. John talked about walking the red carpet together, and it sounded like he was going to say something about it being serious, but Gayle cut him off and finished his thought for him, noting “it’s a big deal.” But it seemed like that’s where he was going with it. Both Jen and John looked great together on the red carpet, and it’s nice to see that they’re starting to feel more comfortable taking their relationship public.

Here’s Jen and John walking the red carpet at the Oscars and at Vanity Fair’s party afterwards on Sunday night. Images thanks to WENN.com.