OK! Magazine has a new cover story that features a hot-looking Jennifer Aniston with the bright yellow all-caps serif font the tabloids love that screams “JEN GETS REVENGE.” They don’t mean that she slashed the tires on Mayer’s SUV or anything -they’re saying she’s getting revenge by jetting off to NY City, going shopping, and generally looking fabulous.

While [Mayer] arrogantly told OK! that it was he who broke off their four-month romance, Jen has kept her characteristic stiff upper lip. Now she’s letting her actions do all the talking, and rather than stay holed up at home, she pranced around the Big Apple like she didn’t have a care in the world, making sure everyone sees her smiling and looking sexy.

“It’s like Jen is on nothing less than a revenge tour,” an eyewitness tells OK!.

“While in the past, Jen shunned publicity and shrank from photographers’ lenses, now she’s openly encouraging the attention, smiling, showing off her body, and creating photo ops!”

On Aug. 18 Jen flew from her Beverly Hills home to NYC and checked into the Ritz-Carlton for three-night stay. And what a three night stay it was!

Jen started her trip off by catching up with The Object of My Affection co-star and friend, Paul Rudd, meeting him for dinner at John’s favorite restaurant, Nobu.

“Jen was glowing, smiling and being very friendly as she ate tuna tartare, rock shrimp and spinach salad with a glass of wine. It was hard to believe this was a woman who just broke up with her boyfriend,” a restaurant insider tells OK!.

Indeed, Jen spent the next few days showing just how happy she was to be single, wearing flattering outfits and going shopping. She also spent time soaking in some culture, walking the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on, where she spent over an hour admiring one exhibit.

[From OK!]

When a woman wants to enjoy herself after a breakup it must be all about revenge – right OK!? Aniston does look great, but it’s not like that’s anything new for her. She also might be courting the attention just a little bit, although photographers usually will follow her and take her picture without much encouragement.

There is one move Aniston made that makes me question how much she’s trying to get press. She was seen out wearing a jade and gold ring on her left ring finger. Surely she knows that if she does that people are going to talk. Maybe it didn’t fit on her other hand, though. It is a pretty ring.

You know, if there’s anyone who should be advertising shampoo and haircare products it’s Aniston. Her style might always look the same and she needs to mix it up a little, but her hair is also incredibly healthy looking, like she never has a bad hair day. If she would just curl it or something she would get a lot more attention than wearing a ring on her left hand.

Jennifer Aniston is shown out at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills for lunch with Woody Allen yesterday. I bet OK! thinks that was about revenge too.

Credit: PRJ/Fame Pictures

Not all that surprisingly, John Mayer isn’t all that big a deal. Actually I guess I should say “not all that surprisingly – except to John Mayer.” It’s always been pretty obvious that John thinks he’s the cat’s pajamas. But apparently he thought that by dating Jennifer Aniston he’d somehow magically propelled himself to Aniston-like heights. Unfortunately that’s not the case. The pair were paparazzi magic when they were together, but now it’s appears John’s photog value is about 1% of what it used to be.

You know that gaping hole in John Mayer’s heart, the one in the space Jennifer Aniston used to occupy? Mayer has found something to fill it, and it’s not another lady — it’s the paparazzi. The only problem: Mayer’s relationship with the shooters is a one-way street. Mayer might love the attention he gets, but the paps aren’t interested in him now that he’s no longer with Aniston.

“He thinks he’s famous as Jen now. Last week he went to a party, tipped off the paps, and even had decoy cars at the ready when he was leaving,” says one paparazzo. “Nice, but no one bothered to follow them, which made John think he ‘lost’ everyone, when really no one bothered to follow him.”

Considering how accessible Mayer often makes himself to reporters, bloggers and paparazzi, news that Mayer’s world is no longer a wonderland for the masses might not make sense at first. As it turns out, the explanation is simple: Mayer simply doesn’t sell now that he and Aniston have gone separate ways. According to one paparazzo source, “Pictures of him and Jen were selling for $20,000 at one point. A picture of him alone gets $200 now. Chasing him from his apartment to Nobu is hardly worth it.”

[From MSNBC’s The Scoop]

The Scoop’s Courtney Hazlett is the same columnist that had Aniston’s side of the breakup story, including details on how she was the one who ended things with Mayer, so it seems like she’s probably got an inside source.

Not that I’d ever wish any sadness on John Mayer – he seems to have more than enough on his own – but I’m sort of glad he wasn’t able to use the Jennifer Aniston relationship to raise his profile long-term. So he’s back to dating everything with two legs and singing mediocre faux-insightful songs. Big deal. Why should that net anything bigger than it did before? If John dated anything less than three different women a week, I could understand how that could/should get some attention. But other than that, why expect a big markup for maintaining the status quo?

Here’s John and his hot ride a month ago when everyone still cared. Images thanks to Fame.

John Mayer spoke to photographers waiting for him outside the gym in New York city on Saturday. He was visibly upset and said he was bothered by being followed “like an animal.” Mayer tried to set the record straight about the end of his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, saying that it was just an issue of not wanting to waste her time and that many people could probably relate to that situation. He had just worked out, so I would guess that he had low blood sugar and that was contributing to his agitation. I don’t want to make light of what is probably a very upsetting situation for him, but things can seem super annoying to me if I don’t have a glass of juice or something to eat after a hard workout.

On their breakup: “the most normal thing in the world”

“It’s the most normal thing in the world, there’s no lying, there’s no cheating, there’s no nothing. If you guys are going to run stuff and run every lie under the sun…”

[Transcribed from video on TMZ]

On Jennifer Aniston: “the smartest most sophistacted woman I’ve ever met”

“Have somebody stand up for somebody. Have me as a man who ended a relationship… stand up for somebody write that Jennifer Aniston is the smartest most sophisticated woman I’ve ever met. People are different, people have different chemistry, they have different lives. It’s not about years, it’s about going out with somebody,
being truthful on the way in, being truthful in the middle and being truthful on the way out. You’re either a cheater, or you break up, and I’m not the first, I’m the second one. And that’s it, there’s no lying, there’s no bullshit, I just don’t want to be followed around NY City like an animal.”

Female Reporter/photographer: “Are you dating anyone else now?”

“Why did you ask me that question? I’m being as honest as I can possibly be and you’re asking questions that belie what I’m saying.”

“I ended a relationship to be alone, because I don’t want to waste somebody’s time if somethings not right…”

Says other people should be able to relate to what he’s going through

I guarantee there’s 20% of the people on this street who are in a relationship they want to get out of but they don’t know how. I’m going to be honest on the way into my relationships, I’m going to be honest on the way out of my relationships.

I just feel like spending a million dollars to put a mirror in every US Weekly so that when you’re reading about it, you go ‘Oh, that was me too like two years ago’… it’s the most normal thing I can possibly tell you. There’s no other element to it. I’m sorry that the story is not interesting, but it’s about time that somebody stand up for that girl.

On whether Aniston is dating someone else and if they’re still friends

Male Reporter/photographer: Are you guys still friends?

When you see us together, write all you want to write.

Female Reporter: Is she dating someone?

I don’t care, I just don’t want people to get trashed all the time. Say something nice about somebody. She’s one of the most lovely people I’ve met in my life, and I’m going through something that’s a very personal thing and you have to give that up. You have to give that up because you can’t have it all, and that sucks.

I talk a lot of smack about Mayer because sometimes he just doesn’t know when to shut up, but in this case I think he did the right thing. How many celebrities would talk to photographers like that and just be straight about it? He’s being open and honest and seems really genuine about defending Aniston and saying it didn’t work out. He also makes a very valid point that we’ve all been through that. You know, I try to relate to celebrities and be compassionate, but if there wasn’t an element of judgment and cattiness involved we wouldn’t have much to gossip about. Mayer is appealing to our better nature to give him and his recent ex a break, and he’s letting himself be vulnerable by admitting it hurts. I’m inclined to nod my head and move on to the next story in this instance.

Maybe Mayer will realize he can avoid this situation if he keeps his next relationship a little closer to his chest. He might not need to fend off photographers shouting stupid questions about why his relationship ended if his usual policy was to keep them at bay. There have to be out of the way restaurants and high end hotels where he’s not likely to be photographed, but it’s probably unavoidable that someone will take photos if two celebrities are dating. He seems to just be living his life and letting the paparazzi catch him where they will, but he may have to rethink that strategy if he wants any privacy.

John Mayer is shown performing in Irvine, CA on 7/27/08. Credit: Aaron D. Settipane/WENN

A lot of people assumed that John Mayer “dumped” Jennifer Aniston, not the other way around, probably because she’s always portrayed as such a sad sack and a hanger-on by the media. A journalist at the Chicago Sun Times claims to have a very solid source who says that it was Aniston who did the dumping, not Mayer, and that she just got fed up with his cheating. Mayer was photographed in a hot tub in Mexico last week with a woman who wasn’t Aniston at a time when the actress was back in LA. The woman turned out to be a wife of one of his band members and not a fling, but the damage to his already playboy image was done. What’s more is that Mayer is said to have cheated on Aniston with three different women: a groupie, a promoter’s assistant, and a cocktail waitress, not necessarily in that order or at the same time.

Much is being made about John Mayer allegedly dumping Jennifer Aniston, but one of my best Hollywood sources — super-close to both Aniston and her best pals Courtney Cox and David Arquette — insists it was the ex-”Friends” star who gave Mayer his walking papers.

It was “Jen who decided to move on,” says the friend. “She is very fond of John and has thought he might be the one. She finds him funny, sexy and very talented. … Plus he understands all the aspects of living in a fishbowl. But in the final analysis, she just got tired of his roving eye.”

A vivid example can be seen in the new Us Weekly (hitting newsstands this week), which has photos of the singer frolicking in a hot tub in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on a trip without Aniston.

Apparently, Aniston gave Mayer a “three strikes and you’re out” ultimatum — after learning about his “quickie” flings with a cocktail waitress and a promoter’s assistant for his concert tour.

That was two strikes. Another dalliance, with a groupie, was the final straw for Aniston.

A longtime major Hollywood studio exec — and good Aniston buddy — adds this: “Above everything else, Jennifer is looking for stability and loyalty in a relationship. She still is hurting from losing Brad [Pitt] to Angelina [Jolie] — even after all this time.”

[From The Chicago Sun Times]

If all this is true, I can’t believe Jen gave him first one chance, then another one after she realized he was sleeping around on her. Maybe she wanted to keep it casual but in that case she should have let him go on tour alone and kept her distance. Hindsight is 20/20 though, and who knows what their relationship was like. I’m not judging her, more like giving a girl unsolicited dating advice that she probably could have learned from that movie she’s producing and starring in, “He’s just not that into you.”

This is the guy who bragged that his penis had a great batting average, so it’s not like he’s the faithful type.

Meanwhile Aniston is finding love – or at least temporary lust – in the arms of a guy who seems like he might be a smidgen more commitment-minded than Mayer. She’s said to be dating Selma Blair’s on-off ex, a model named Matt Felker. Go Jen!

It looks like The Mirror broke this story accurately earlier today. Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are split, “multiple sources,” confirm to People Magazine. They typically don’t run rumors, so we can probably count this one as true:

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have called it quits, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.

“They had a great time together but they are just in different places in their lives right now,” says a source of Aniston, 39, and Mayer, 30, who kicked off their courtship in April.

A friend of Mayer adds that a reconciliation isn’t necessarily out of the question: “He never ends things with a clean slate. He likes to dwell on these relationships and sort everything out before saying goodbye for good.”

The split was first reported Wednesday by the U.K.’s Mirror, which said the couple split earlier this week, after initially deciding to spend some time apart.

Reps for Aniston and Mayer have declined to comment.

[From People]

That’s what you get when you cry wolf, Mirror, people don’t believe you at first if you’ve run fake stories in the past.

Meanwhile US Weekly says they’re just taking a break or “cooling off” or whatever. I’ve heard that before and it usually means the relationship is doomed:

“It is really a cooling-off, not this big, dramatic breakup,” a mutual pal tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands now.

“These are mature people who talk about things maturely,” the pal says. “It’s just slowed down.”

And though Us confirmed that Mayer’s Cabo hot-tub companion was merely a friend (the wife of a bandmate), a source tells Us that Aniston planned to go but “cancelled at the last minute,” opting to stay in L.A.

Since the 39-year-old actress and 30-year-old singer went public with their romance in April, she opened up to him about her desire for a baby, the pal tells Us.

“Who’s to say where it will end up, but now he has a lot going on,” the pal says.

Another source counters: “If she said she wants kids and he’s not ready, that’s not being needy. It’s being honest.”

[From US Weekly]

It looks like Aniston’s dog was right.

Damn you, Aniston and Mayer, for making me invest in your relationship and actually feel let down that you’re breaking up. Don’t try and go back to each other and make it work, though. I’ve wasted a lot of years doing that and it’s just like picking at a wound. You’ll each find someone more suited to you and be a lot happier in the long run if you move on.

People didn’t expect these two to work, and that’s why I was hoping they would. Aniston is gorgeous and Mayer is well – rich and talented, and they’ll find other partners. We’re sure to hear about it too. Can you imagine if you and your ex were both famous? You could keep track of them for years without relying on whatever you can find out online. That would have it’s drawbacks too of course. In fact it would probably suck. Better to find out through Facebook after you’ve had a few cocktails than to have it staring at you from every grocery, drug and convenience store.

Note by Celebitchy: Sammie wrote this cute piece about Jennifer Aniston’s dog not approving of John Mayer. I think we can file this one under the same creative fiction as her fall wedding and non-baby, but it’s a funny story and I wanted to publish it. Aniston also looked pretty amazing when she was photographed yesterday outside her agent’s office.

“John is crazy about dogs, but for some reason, Norman has taken a strong dislike to him,” says an insider. “He’s become very protective of Jen lately and barks and growls every time John comes to the house. Naturally, Jennifer is upset because she dotes on Norman and treats him like a child. As much as she loves John, she’d never consider getting rid of her ‘baby.’”

[From Globe, print edition, August 11, 2008]

To try and help the two boys in her life get along, Globe reports Jennifer consulted an animal behaviorist, who suggested John spend more one-on-one time with Norman by feeding and walking him.

Obviously, Jennifer didn’t consult the Dog Whisperer, who would suggest something much more severe to show Norman who was pack leader.

No word on whether John is taking the behaviorist’s advice, but if he wants to marry Jennifer, he’ll need to at least give it a try. Jennifer told Star why she loves her dogs so much:

It’s nice to open your door and have somebody run to you and jump on you and kiss you because they cannot believe you are actually back. They are so excited; they love you. It’s quite simple.

[From Star, print edition, August 11, 2008]

Coincidentally (or maybe not), Jennifer and John first went public with their relationship while Jennifer was in Miami filming Marley & Me, the story of a married couple who adopt an unruly puppy.

Jennifer takes her two dogs everywhere and does seem to find comfort in having Norman and Dolly with her. If Norman really does dislike John, then Jennifer should dump John right away. I may be a cat person, but I know that an animal’s instincts are much better than a person’s when it comes to romantic interests. Trust your dog, Jen!

Photo credit: Fame Pictures and WENN

OK! Magazine claims to have an exclusive story with all the details of Jennifer Aniston’s planned backyard wedding to John Mayer. They claim it will be the “WEDDING of the YEAR” in that bright yellow font the tabloids love to use. Judging from the quotes that are included in the teaser article posted on OK!’s site, it’s probably one of those stories that is entirely based on “insiders” and “sources,” and it sounds like it will sell a lot of copies even if it strikes me as completely fabricated at first glance:

In the coming months, Jennifer Aniston will be celebrating two major milestones in her life: turning 40, and marrying the new love of her life, John Mayer.

“She’s at an age where she is thinking with her head not just her heart,” a source close to the actress tells OK!, adding that the event will take place this fall. “No way would she still be with anyone if marriage wasn’t a real option.”

When Jen married Brad Pitt eight years ago, they spent $1 million on the ceremony, which featured a gospel choir, four bands, fireworks and an estimated 50,000 flowers!

But this time around, Jen wants something entirely different. “She doesn’t want anything elaborate or showy,” one friend tells OK!.

With best friend Courteney Cox as her matron of honor and godchild Coco Arquette as her flower girl, Jen will have all the attendants she needs or wants.

With both of them sharing the same laid-back and down-to-earth lifestyle, friends say Jen and John, 30, are made for each other.

“They are just a perfect match,” says a friend. “And everything about that will come through in this beautiful wedding.”

[From OK! Magazine]

You know those inspirational e-mail chain letters that Snopes calls glurge? They usually focus on stories of questionable origin like a terminally sick child getting his hospital bills paid by someone he once talked to in a restaurant. That’s what OK! Magazine is like at times. They’re one of the nicer celebrity glossies, and they never give us grief about using their exclusive photos, but it’s part sickly sweet fiction with enough details added in that you might be inclined to believe it if you don’t dig any deeper.

The bulleted details that OK! includes on the cover to add legitimacy to this article are:

• Intimate Beverly Hills I Do’s?

• Strapless Vera Wang Dress
• Matron of Honor Courteney Cox
• Orchids, Oysters and Champagne
• Honeymoon in Greece!

Ten to one these are just suggestions for Jen and John on their special day and the rest of the article is filled with quotes from a source, but we’ll have to see. I know I’ll be buying this issue to find out what all the fuss is about, and so will countless other people. OK! couldn’t afford the photos of Knox and Vivienne, but they can help us imagine what Aniston’s dream backyard wedding would be like. If she were actually engaged and planning to marry that guy she’s been with for about four and a half months.

Update: Aniston’s annoyed rep calls this story, along with another one that ran in Star about how Aniston wants Mayer’s surly baby “complete fabrications”

But her rep tells Usmagazine.com: “She is not getting married.”

See what a body language expert had to say about Jen Aniston and John Mayer.

Meanwhile, Star claims in its latest issue that she is going to have Mayer’s baby “as Brad and Angie’s twins wow the world.”

Says Aniston’s rep: “Both headlines are complete fabrications.”

[From US Magazine]

He forgot to add – “but if she was getting married again, it would be just like OK! describes, and she’s always wanted a honeymoon in Greece. That sounds so dreamy.”

You know your relationship is getting serious when it comes time to have the moving in discussion. While it can be a little nerve-wracking (What if they say no? What if they’re mortified I even asked?) apparently that’s not possibility that’s even entered into Jennifer Aniston’s head. According to Now Magazine, when Jen asked John Mayer to move in with her, it was more of a command/threat/ultimatum, depending on how you look at it.

Dishing out ultimatums is a risky business and it can backfire. Jennifer Aniston accompanied John Mayer on his tour dates in Callifornia [sic] last month but her reunion with him in Chicago on 18 July, after a few days apart, wasn’t a joyful one.

After she arrived at 2am at the Peninsula Hotel bar in the Windy City, security got rid of all the other guests so that John, 30, and Jen, 39, could dine alone together and have a serious heart-to-heart chat about their future.

‘It was crunch time,’ a source close to the couple tells Now.

‘Jen’s told him she wants him to move into her £7.5 million Hollywood home once the tour ends [on 31 August], but John’s told her that, while he’s not against it in principle, they have to give it time.’

[From Now Magazine]

I think the “crunch time” is supposed to be the ultimatum. The way Now ends the article makes it sound like John said no for the time being. But AZ Central says he’s agreed, and will be moving in at the end of September.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are planning a “trial marriage”. The couple – who have been dating for three months – are said to be keen to test the strength of their relationship, and think John moving into Jennifer’s house is the perfect first step.

A source said: “John wants to settle down as much as Jennifer does. “What’s more, he’s been telling her that he thinks she is the one and she believes him.” John’s move into Jennifer’s Beverly Hills mansion is set to happen after his tour ends in September.

The couple are also reportedly planning a family. The source added to Britain’s Grazia magazine: “John is the first guy since Brad who has talked seriously about having children and Jennifer is very excited about it.”

[From AZ Central]

This whole thing just sounds fraught with peril. John Mayer is not the guy you settle down with. At least current 30-year-old John Mayer isn’t. He’s the guy you use to get back at/get over your ex-boyfriend. And from the stories I’ve heard, John will help you out with that no matter who you are. But he’s not the man you start picking out china with. Generally I don’t jump on the “poor Jennifer Aniston” train because I think she’s reasonably smart and not nearly as pathetic as tabloids paint her to be. But I really think she’s getting duped here, and this can only end badly.

Note by Celebitchy: I would be surprised if either of these stories is anything more than speculation. Yes we picked a very unflattering picture of these two, but it’s hard to find one where they’re together.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer are shown on 6/28/08 in London. Credit: ISO IMAGES/bauergriffinonline.com

Somehow Star Magazine secured a maybe-exclusive interview with Jennifer Aniston in which she promotes Marley & Me, her upcoming dog-centered film with Owen Wilson. The movie is not scheduled for release until Christmas, so I’m kind of perplexed why she’s talking about it now to a gossip magazine. Star has actual quotes from Aniston, it’s written out like an interview and there are no “insiders” or “onlookers” mentioned, so we can assume it’s legitimate. I can’t remember reading an interview with her since she was promoting her kiss on Dirt with Courteney Cox in early 2007. That’s a year and a half ago.

Aniston gives pretty straightforward and honest answers and says that she bonded with her canine costar in the film and that she loves having dogs because they help welcome her home every day. She says children are a little harder to work with than dogs when asked about it. That’s probably because they have to remember their lines and dogs are just being themselves, but behaving on cue.

Star doesn’t provide a context for the interview or mention if it was over the phone or anything. The introduction just focuses on the plot of Aniston’s film Marley & Me, which is based on a book about a couple with a misbehaving dog. Aniston calls it “a beautiful examination of this marriage and life.”

In Marley & Me, you worked with a dog. But what was it like with your human costar, Owen Wilson?
It was instant chemistry. I felt comfortable with him, like we’d known each other for a while.

And how about the dog who played Marley. Was it tough to say good-bye?
Oh, that was hard. I was quite emotional. We really bonded. The whole experience was special and extraordinary. We did sort of become a family. Everyone was so invested in the story.

Is it harder to work with dogs than kids?
Children actually were trickier than the dogs! It was so funny, because in a lot of the takes you hear Mathilda, the dog trainer, saying either ‘back, back, back, move, sit!’ while we’re literally doing our dialogue. We had to tune it out.

You must have been used to the commotion, since you have two dogs. What’s so special about being a dog owner?
It’s nice to open your door and have somebody run to you and jump on you and kiss you because they cannot believe that you are actually back. They are so excited; they love you. It’s quite simple.

Besides your love of dogs, what else makes you happy?
A sunset makes me happy. Really silly things, like being with my friends with a bottle of wine and some nice cheese.

So then, what makes you unhappy?
I hate arguments. I don’t like bad feelings between people. I hate negativity. You have to have a positive approach to life.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 11, 2008]

We really haven’t heard much from Aniston directly and most of the stories about her have focused on gossip about her love life with John Mayer. If she did give an exclusive interview to Star and this isn’t from a press session then she deserves a lot of credit for playing nice. Just last week they had a big story about how she was too clingy and driving Mayer away. The article relied heavily on photos of the couple to make an unflattering point about their relationship. It probably wasn’t out yet when she gave this interview, but they’ve run plenty of other rude stories about her in the past. She’s definitely being gracious by giving this interview and you wonder if it was strained at all.

Jennifer Aniston is shown on the set of Marley & Me below on 05/19/08. She is also shown walking one of her dogs on 2/18/07. Credit: Fame.

Yesterday In Touch ran a story that we were about to cover which claimed that an American journalist in Amsterdam was hit on by John Mayer in a “coffee shop” there. According to In Touch, she recognized him but didn’t let on that she knew who he was. When she asked him what his relationship status was, he said “it’s vague.” This would mean that Mayer isn’t hesitating to hit on other women while he’s away on tour and that he’s either no longer with Jennifer Aniston or is cheating on her. The woman Mayer supposedly talked to says it’s not true, though, and that she did meet him but it was like a year ago. In Touch mentioned her by name, and she says she’s really upset they did that and that the distorted the story so much. Chaton Anderson has a friend at In Touch and says that’s how this story got started, but that the result was a near complete fabrication:

The magazine claims in a story titled “Jen’s Betrayed Again” that Mayer, 30, got “very flirty” with Chaton Anderson, 32, in Amsterdam on June 20. The magazine reports that Mayer described his “relationship status” as “very vague” and that he maintained “very intense” eye-contact during a two-hour conversation.

“None of this is true,” Anderson told Us from her home in Manhattan Beach, CA on Wednesday.

“I met John Mayer almost a year ago,” she explained. “I don’t understand why they’ve said it was this year.

“Nothing happened anyway – nothing at all,” she added. “I just met him briefly and he said, ‘Hello, I’m John,’ and that was it! It was just groups of people in a coffee shop.”

A rep for Mayer also told Us: “The In Touch story is false.”

The origin of In Touch’s story?

Anderson says she told a friend who works at the tabloid that she met Mayer “a long time ago” – and the story was fabricated from there. She says she had no idea she would even be appearing in the magazine.

[From US Weekly]

The thing is, if In Touch didn’t mention this other woman by name she probably wouldn’t even know the story was based on the brief time she met Mayer when he wasn’t even flirting with her. All we would have would be a denial by Mayer’s rep and I know I would be shaking my head and assuming he did this. It’s a much-needed lesson in how the tabloids make up fake stories. Think of how many other times this happens that we’re never privy to the origins of the fake story.

John Mayer is shown out shopping on 7/16/08. Credit: Splash News.