John Mayer revealed that he ‘absolutely’ wants ‘to get married’ and also jokingly referenced to his ‘reliability kink.’
The Your Body Is A Wonderland singer, 46 – who recently sent Anderson Cooper and pal Andy Cohen into a laughing fit – opened up about the topic during a snippet of Sunday’s upcoming episode of Kelly Rizzo’s Comfort Food podcast.
At one point during the interview, per People, the performer admitted that he was ready for a serious step in his life.
‘People don’t think I want to be married. I absolutely want to be married,’ he informed Rizzo, adding, ‘You know the secret, which is that I’m actually fairly well-adjusted.’
‘And I so badly want to get married if only for my wife to just know in her heart, like, “John will know what to do.”‘
John Mayer, 46, revealed that he ‘absolutely’ wants ‘to get married’ while also jokingly referencing to his ‘reliability kink’; seen in July 2022 in Los Angeles
Mayer continued, ‘I just think that level of being relied on is the hottest thing in the world to me. “If my husband was here, he would know what to do. Call John. Call my husband.”‘
‘You’re a full grown-up when this is your romantic fantasy. You’re a fully fledged grown-up.’
Kelly – who is notably the widow of late actor Bob Saget – then cut in to jokingly say, ‘Your kink is that you want someone to be like, “John’s got a guy.”‘
‘Reliance kink? Oh my God. Reliability kink? Yes,’ the Edge Of Desire hitmaker expressed to the host.
Over the years, John has had a number of high profile romances with stars such as Jessica Simpson, Katy Perry and also Taylor Swift.
The performer previously discussed his love life and during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast in December 2022, he admitted that his sobriety helped stopped his womanizing ways and that he was looking for ‘long-term’ love.
‘Dating is no longer a codified activity for me, it doesn’t exist in a kind of…it’s not patterned anymore,’ he expressed at the time.
‘I don’t really date – I don’t think that I have to, to be quite honest. I quit drinking like six years ago, so I don’t have the liquid courage. I just have dry courage.’
‘People don’t think I want to be married. I absolutely want to be married,’ he informed Rizzo, adding, ‘You know the secret, which is that I’m actually fairly well-adjusted’; seen in march 2022 in Nashville
Mayer continued, ‘I just think that level of being relied on is the hottest thing in the world to me. “If my husband was here, he would know what to do. Call John. Call my husband”‘; seen in August 2023 in New York
Mayer made the decision to get sober back in 2016 after battling a six-day hangover after celebrating Drake’s 30th birthday. ‘I remember being like, “What happens if I keep going? I always stop here. What if I keep going?”‘
While on the podcast, he also discussed his reputation of being a ‘womanizer’ and stated, ‘I think, look, the elephant in the room is that I’m on a show that caters to women, and I have a couple of nameplates on me, like “Lothario” and “womanizer,” and I think that is what that is.’
He later admitted that in the past, he had been ‘made to believe’ that when someone had showed interest in him was simply an ‘accident’ and that he needed to ‘capitalize’ on it.
‘And so I felt very deeply when somebody liked me. Very deeply,’ Mayer admitted to host, Alex Cooper.
Despite his romantic past, the singer expressed that he had always hoped his relationships would have been long term.
He claimed that, ‘Every relationship I’ve ever been in was devoted to the idea that this could go the distance.’
‘My entire life, today included, if you told me that I could have a great two months with someone but it would end on the first day of the third month, I would not be interested. I’ve always sought potential for a long-term relationship.’
Back in 2002, Mayer was notably linked to Ghost Whisperer actress, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and later dated Jessica Simpson from 2006 through 2007.
Kelly – who is notably the widow of late actor Bob Saget – then cut in to jokingly say, ‘Your kink is that you want someone to be like, “John’s got a guy.”‘ ‘Reliance kink? Oh my God. Reliability kink? Yes,’ he replied; seen in July 2019 in NYC
Over the years, John has had a number of high profile romances with stars such as Jessica Simpson, Katy Perry and also Taylor Swift; Perry and Mayer seen in 2014 in L.A.
John and Taylor notably collaborated on the 2009 track titled, Half Of My Heart, and later that same year in December, were reportedly romantically linked. At the time, the Your Body Is A Wonderland singer was 32, and Swift was 19; the pair seen in 2009 in NYC
He also had short-lived romances with Friday Night Lights alum Minka Kelly as well as Jennifer Aniston until he was linked to Taylor Swift.
John and Taylor notably collaborated on the 2009 track titled, Half Of My Heart, and later that same year in December, were reportedly romantically linked. At the time, the Your Body Is A Wonderland singer was 32, and Swift was 19.
However, only a few months later in February 2010, the two singers went their separate ways.
In October 2010, Taylor released Speak Now, which included a song called, Dear John, which fans speculated to be about her split from Mayer.
He later dropped a single called, Paper Doll, in 2013, which has been speculated to be a rebuttal to Taylor’s Dear John song.
Her also dated Katy Perry from 2012 until their spilt in 2014, and was most recently linked to Kiernan Shipka in 2022.
The performer has previously discussed his love life and during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast in December 2022, he admitted that his sobriety helped stopped his womanizing ways and that he was looking for ‘long-term’ love; seen in 2022 in Beverly Hills
On his new SiriusXM show titled Life With John Mayer – which officially launched in November 2023 – he recently opened up about what he was looking for and admitted he wanted a ‘referee’; seen in June 2017
On his new SiriusXM show titled Life With John Mayer – which officially launched in November 2023 – he recently opened up about what he was looking for and admitted he wanted a ‘referee,’ per People.
‘Again, I need someone to tell me to stop these things at some point. I’ve heard people tell me that I shouldn’t get married – I go, “I need a referee, I need someone to step in and just say, ‘You can’t do that.”‘
‘I’ll share with you something my therapist said to me. I asked him, “Am I going to find somebody in my life? Am I going to end up finding somebody?””
John added, ‘And he said to me, “John, it’s inevitable.” I loved that word – inevitable. Because it means I have nothing to do with whether I do or not. And I believe in it…’