John Mayer units the report straight on his friendship with Andy Cohen

Appears to be like like he’s ready on the world to alter.

Simply sooner or later after Andy Cohen’s viral interview about his friendship with John Mayer, the musician has weighed in on the discourse himself.

The “Gradual Dancing in a Burning Room” hitmaker, 46, has lengthy been associates with the Bravo honcho, who’s overtly homosexual, however their friendship prompted a lot hypothesis lately.

Now, the singer has chimed in to set the report straight on the character of their friendship and slammed The Hollywood Reporter for posing the “deeply flawed” query.

Addressing the publication’s co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan, who carried out the interview with Cohen, Mayer criticized Roshan for mentioning the query within the first place.

“I learn your interview with Andy Cohen, and was intrigued by your line of questioning concerning our friendship,” the guitarist started.

“You posited that ‘your friendship with Mayer has been a topic of intense hypothesis. Individuals appear doubtful {that a} straight rock star can have a detailed platonic relationship with a homosexual TV character.’ I believe that is considerably of a specious premise.”

“First, there’s a lengthy and storied historical past of “rock stars” (not mocking, simply gained’t confer with myself as one) befriending homosexual icons and artists,” he continued.

“Second, I believe that to counsel that individuals are doubtful of a friendship like mine and Andy’s is to undermine the general public’s capability to simply accept and perceive variety in all aspects of tradition, be it in artwork or in actual life.”

Mayer mentioned he hopes the general public is “refined sufficient” to simply accept the truth that the pair’s friendship is strictly platonic.

“That turns the idea of being homosexual into an ignorantly two-dimensional one, which I do know you recognize it’s not. I don’t query that in any respect,” he famous, including that he loves “clever discourse.”

“However I bristle at your selectively flimsy logic meant to coax a solution, when the premise itself is so deeply flawed — and fairly probably not even quantitatively true,” he went on.

“Fairly merely, if somebody is doubtful of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a homosexual man, I don’t suppose that shallow a view deserves clarification by anybody with self respect, be it Andy or your publication.”

“Reinforcing the concept any homosexual/straight relationship wants qualification that it’s not sexual devoids everybody concerned of their dignity,” the “New Gentle” hitmaker concluded.

In a wide-ranging cowl story with THR, Cohen, 55, was quizzed on the “intense hypothesis” surrounding his friendship with the 7-time Grammy winner.

“Allow them to speculate,” he joked.

Cohen has usually confronted rumors that he’s concerned with Mayer. 

In 2018, Cohen denied the pair have been courting after Mayer serenaded him with an acoustic model of Diana Ross‘ “It’s My Home.”

Cohen thanked him with a hug and a kiss on the lips. 

“However as a result of we’re so affectionate towards one another, folks don’t know what field to place that in. They assume we’re sleeping with one another, which we’re most positively not,” he informed the outlet.