New York Post

He’s no ‘wonderland’

H’wood insiders warn ladies to avoid Mayer

- By DANA SCHUSTER

John Mayer’s current single “New Light” might be a hit — reaching No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart — but according to insiders, he’s still a big miss among single A-listers.

“I would tell women in Hollywood to steer clear of him,” said one celebrity publicist. “He’s manipulati­ve. He has a reputation . . . and it’s better to exercise caution dealing with anybody who kisses and tells.”

No doubt Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston would agree. Both women dated the crooner, now 40, only to be publicly burned when he then told the media about their relationsh­ips.

“I don’t think that’s a very honorable thing to do and I think that it’s hurtful,” said the publicist. “I’m sure women are very cautious after seeing what he’s done.”

Despite all that happening a few years ago, Mayer’s been on a sheepish apology tour of late, whining on his new single that he’s “pushing 40 in the friend zone,” and lamenting to pal Andy Cohen on a recent episode of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” that he’s persona non grata among the Hollywood elite.

“You have a lot of friends who, without you, would want nothing to do with me,” Mayer said to Cohen. “You’re friends with Jennifer Lawrence, who just doesn’t want anything to do with me. Look, I don’t have the world’s greatest track record when it comes to celebrity relationsh­ips . . .

“Dating John Mayer at this point is conceptual­ly just sort of a no-no,” Mayer continued, in the third person.

The singer has only himself to thank for his less-thanglowin­g reputation.

In a March 2010 interview with Playboy, he dished that

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