A Not So Secret Affair

By Jeremy Chau, staff writer
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

This is not original reporting. All information has been compiled from the US Weekly Magazine “Dumped” article. The Wired Baron is a public forum for student expression.

“Opposites attract,” as the old proverb goes. Unfortunately, this was the not the case for Jessica Simpson, who recently split from her new fling with John Mayer.

After her break up with Nick Lachey in 2005, Simpson has gained nothing but bad PR for her post-divorce relationship with John Mayer. They dated for only one month before they went their separate ways. The news about their relationship quickly blew out of proportion, everything Mayer didn't want.

People know Mayer to be a quiet and down to earth guy who likes to keep things low-key. He spends most of his time with close friends and family and participates in leisure activities such as backyard barbeques. Simpson, on the other hand, is not so homely and spends a majority of her time ripping up the club late into the night with her girlfriends.

The reason for the breakup can be centered on Mayer's opinion that he feels “used.” From the comments made by his friends, it is evident that he believed that Simpson used him as a publicity stunt in order to help raise the number of sells on her new album.

“He thinks it's desperate,” says a close pal of Mayer. “[It was] an attempt for her to stay in the spotlight.”

While there is not much comment from Jessica's side, Mayer's camp clearly is happy and satisfied that things between the two are over. But they are not the only ones. In a USmagazine.com poll, almost eighty percent of the voters thought the same way and felt that they were not a good couple.

“Jessica couldn't be further from his type. She's everything he doesn't like in a woman,” comments a friend of Mayer's. Ouch.