Andy Cohen cheered on John Mayer when the musician despatched a letter to the Hollywood Reporter about their line of questioning to Cohen about their friendship.
“I’ll let you know somebody who I’m not with. Who — between he or I we’re continuously having to make clear our relationship and that’s John Mayer,” Cohen, 55, mentioned on Friday’s episode of his “Daddy Diaries” podcast.
“And on this interview — I’m on the quilt of the Hollywood Reporter — and the interviewer mentioned, ‘You realize, your friendship with John. Individuals actually speculated and persons are doubtful {that a} straight rockstar may have an in depth, platonic relationship with a homosexual TV character,’” he went on.
“And it’s one in every of many instances that I’ve been requested to form of defend my relationship with him or characterize it or clarify it. John wrote a letter to the editor of the Hollywood Reporter about this and I so liked it.”
Cohen beforehand advised THR to let the general public “speculate” about his friendship with Mayer, 46.
“I actually love John Mayer, and he loves me,” Cohen continued. “However as a result of we’re so affectionate towards one another, individuals don’t know what field to place that in. They assume we’re sleeping with one another, which we’re most positively not.”
In response, Mayer despatched a scathing letter to the outlet and journalist Maer Roshan, which Cohen learn aloud on Friday.
“Individuals appear doubtful {that a} straight rock star can have an in depth, platonic relationship with a homosexual TV character,” Mayer wrote. “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. Second, I believe that to recommend that persons are doubtful of a friendship like mine and Andy’s is to undermine the general public’s skill to just accept and perceive variety in all sides of tradition, be it in artwork or in actual life.”
He added that he believes that the general public are “subtle sufficient” to know his relationship with Cohen “with out assuming it should embrace a sexual part.”
To that, Cohen joked “drag her!” on Friday.
“I like that sentiment and that ought to now put an finish to anybody asking us, ‘What’s the take care of you two? Clarify it.’ It’s demeaning to ask a homosexual man about being mates with a straight man. And in addition, it does assume {that a} homosexual man can’t be mates with a straight particular person with out them having intercourse,” Cohen mentioned on his podcast.
“I cheered when John mentioned that and I believe that letter exhibits an unimaginable — I mentioned to John after it was printed — ‘You realize what? This actually exhibits what an ally you might be. That you simply care sufficient about this trope being lazy and dumb. That you’d write this letter.’ So I actually, actually love that he did that and I applaud him wanting it printed. So, thanks John for happening the report about that. I believed it was actually, actually cool.”
Cohen and the “Gradual Dancing in a Burning Room” singer have been mates for years. In 2023, Cohen mentioned they’re “in love” with one another and beforehand famous they’ve a “candy” bond.