I like to write about John Mayer being a douche because, well, it happens so often. You can’t go a week without hearing some minor or major story about John Mayer threatening to sodomize someone, or blaming his racism on the theory that he got laid in high school. So it is with a heavy heart that I am reporting a nice John Mayer story – it may not be true, but if it is, it was a really nice thing to do. Life & Style reports that when Mayer was out club-hopping recently, he ran into a homeless dude on the street. When the man asked for a quarter, Mayer offered to buy the guy some food instead – and ended up sitting with the guy, eating a pizza. Nice:
It was a typical NYC night out for John Mayer and his pals on Dec. 1. But between hitting hot spots the Slipper Room and the Darkroom, John managed to help out a new friend.
“A homeless man came up to them asking for a quarter,” an eyewitness tells Life & Style. “John offered to buy him food instead.”
The man asked if John would take him to lower Manhattan’s famed Katz’s Delicatessen for a roast beef sandwich.
“I’ll buy you two, let’s go!” John said. The man told John not to bother, but the compassionate singer, 32, wouldn’t take no for an answer.
“Maybe a pizza?” the man suggested. The pair then went to Rosario’s Pizza. “John waited in line with him,” says the witness, “sipped a bottle of water and bought the man a pizza!”
[From Life & Style]
So, Mayer gets a pass this week. That is, unless he does something truly awful. In other Mayer news (that I’m not going to criticize), Mayer tweeted about Tiger Woods on Sunday, writing that: “Accenture just dropped Tiger. Apparently he was no longer a good fit with that company that nobody knows what the hell they do? Dear Accenture, I would love to endorse your space shuttle parts. Or is it your sentient war machines? Tic Tac Toe scoreboards? Do they make assgaskets? Motorized fake beard racks? Big pants for little people? Do they make dollhouse panic rooms? A gun that shoots whips? Panther saddles?” Twitch, twitch, twitch. I’m not saying anything. Oh, and one more piece of Mayer news: tomorrow (Wednesday), he’s going to be the special guest DJ on The Spectrum, SIRIUS channel 18 and XM channel 45. Pass!
Nice try, Kaiser. ;o)
Seriously though, I’m sure JM has a softer side, it’s just been overtaken by his douchiness (is this something like Colbert’s “truthiness?”). I miss the old JM, when he was gawky and unsure of himself and his shows made you feel as though you were sitting in the living room with him, watching him goof around with his guitar.
Now I find that his personal life seems to taint his music for me and that’s sad because I always thought he was talented, but his behavior off stage has just become too much for me.
Yes, free pass this week and this week only!
huh?
Puh-lease! I did this a hundred times outside of every subway stop I frequented when living in Toronto. This doesn’t make Mayer any less of an a-hole.
It doesn’t make me any less of one either. hehehehe 🙂
I live in NYC and have seen how the average New Yorker treats (aka ignores) the homeless. Given that, if your story is true I think he rates a double pass with possible consideration for a perma-pass! Definitely an unexpected and very, very decent gesture on his part.
OMG! I love KATZ!!!! The sandwiches are HUGE! Packed with meat. Yummy!
And I heart JM.
Well. Was it nice? Maybe he enabled this homeless man to think he can get something for nothing and the homeless guy will spend an extra ten years on the street. Karma (lack of a better word) is rarely easy to pin down.
Perhaps Lantana is one of the New Yorkers bullet was referring to, hmm?
I doubt Mayer is as bad as he’s made out to be – but I do wish he’d step away from the paps and the gossips pages. It does taint his music for me somewhat. I really would prefer to listen to it without any knowledge of his personal life.
i live in nyc and i feel like you definitely have to come up with some sort of personalized coping mechanism or “policy” – part of you wants to give every homeless person money, even though you know that’s not always the best thing. so, my current “policy” is there’s this guy who is regularly at my subway stop – i buy him a bag of food when i see him – he’s my “adoptee”. i have no idea if that’s the right thing to do – its great JM did that, but i dont think it makes him a saint, esp since it was obviously done fully accompanied by press.
Oh please! Just because he bought someone pizza?? And then ate half of it yourself??? Buy him some clothes, shelter and give him a job you overpriced, overinflated douchebag!!!
As someone with a close friend who used to work for accenture, I can say that what they do is probably beyond this sleazebucket’s ability to understand – of course he doesn’t get what they do (which is consulting or business improvement)
He sure made sure someone would report this.
This narcissistic douche bag can do more than buy one man a meal. That’s shameful. I’m part of a group group that work with homeless people and they need a lot more than one meal from a person with millions.
Mayer should get in touch with a local charter to find out what he really can do to help but I believe this was to get cheap publicity for himself as damage control because he is a jerk.
It’s so painful to see so many kids that don’t get Christmas gift just because their families fell on hard times.
It would be so nice if people in Hollywood would really help trickle some of the money they have to homeless families.
Naive: Thinking that douchey John Mayer would have looked twice at a homeless man if there weren’t cameras around.
i buy food for the homeless all the time. how come i don’t get passes for that? 🙂
Pretty easy to buy someone a meal when 1. you’re looking for good press 2. you have all the money in the world to do so
I’d love to buy some homeless woman with kids a HOUSE (actually a fantasy I have that makes me smile). But I can’t afford it and those who can afford it don’t do it.
So a pizza. GTFO Celebrities buy a pizza then get free pizza from the joint for a year. The economy is hideous in some states. Do for others and spread it around in some meaningful way with your people in your country that really makes a difference.
Um, regular people do this all the time. I don’t understand how this is news.
How is this supposed to make its way to the headlines?
Back to sweetheart status.