John Mayer Has Responded To Death Threats From Angry Taylor Swift Fans
Taylor Swift recently released an updated recording of her album Red which has sent the internet into an absolute frenzy, especially after the brand new music video for breakup ballad ‘All Too Well’.
Red (Taylor’s Version) included a 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ a song rumoured to be about Jake Gyllenhaal which once again led to their 2010 romance being speculated about. It has, of course, led to many memes.
jake gyllenhaal after watching all too well ten minutes version:#AllTooWellTheShortFilm
pic.twitter.com/LQwQCkCATv— ces🌙 (@swifolkfolk) November 13, 2021
Jake Gyllenhaal watching himself get cancelled over a 3 month long relationship he had 10 years ago pic.twitter.com/P5jAbVJwHF
— Alyssa Huffman (@alyhuffman45) November 13, 2021
This weekend, men all over the world will be held accountable for things Jake Gyllenhaal did ten years ago.
— ian karmel (@IanKarmel) November 12, 2021
Now that the dust has settled again somewhat on Taylor and Jake, Swifties have also been turning their attention to none other than John Mayer who Taylor dated in 2009 and who ‘Dear John’ is allegedly written about.
The TL;DR if you’re new to the John and Taylor saga is that the two musicians dated back in 2009 when Taylor was 19 and John was 32. While they were only together for a short time, the relationship left enough impact for a song to be written, with the lyrics to ‘Dear John’ pointedly calling out Mayer for his behaviour.
“Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong/Don’t you think 19 is too young/to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so?” Taylor sings in the track.
Mayer has addressed the song in later years, saying he was caught off-guard by the track and dismissed it as “cheap” songwriting.
something that doesn’t get discussed enough is that the “careful she’ll write a song about you” jokes and the “taylor swift is crazy and boy obsessed” narrative was principally fuelled by john mayer after she (19) wrote a song detailing his (32) emotional abuse
— homotron 5000 (@evemmore) February 24, 2021
Moving on, after the re-release of the ‘All Too Well’ music video, Swifties are anticipating what could possibly be coming for John Mayer.
ok but if it's this bad for jake gyllenhaal…. imagine what's coming for john mayer pic.twitter.com/7HN08emWz2
— fiona🧣 (@burningredluv) November 13, 2021
John Mayer at Taylor’s door step trying to apologize before she drops speak now. pic.twitter.com/WXLBIfyz4d
— Ash 🧣 (Taylor’s Version) (@Evermorehoe) November 14, 2021
Many of the memes and jokes about John Mayer were relatively harmless, however, it turns out people have also been sliding into his DMs with abusive messages.
Screenshots have now been shared across Twitter and Tiktok showing John Mayer actually responding to fans, asking one in particular ‘Do you really hope I die?’
i know we hate john mayer the idiot but DEATH THREATS ? lets not embarrass taylor please 😭 pic.twitter.com/osRKp0251l
— m🧣 the very first night !!! (@welcometoneyork) November 14, 2021
According to this article by BuzzFeed, the first message to Mayer said, “Fuck yourself you ugly bitch, I hope you choke on something.”
remember when he said: “kindness takes an awful lot of intelligence”?
he could’ve answered harshly to her, and it would have been totally understandable (ok he’s a celebrity he’s used to this but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s not okay and it can affect ppl). instead he- pic.twitter.com/kuwQqy4aFL
— MΔDD (@bbornandraisedd) November 14, 2021
After John replied, the fan backtracked and apologised saying it was a dare and she didn’t expect him to see the message.
Taylor Swift fans have been quick to state that this kind of behaviour isn’t reflective of the fandom.
Here’s a reminder that jokes about Jake Gyllenhaal or John Mayer are funny but death threats ARE NOT and some swifties go too far with that shit
— kayla⸆⸉ (taylor’s version) (@invlsiblestring) November 14, 2021
John Mayer isn’t a good man but that doesn’t mean y’all need to send him death threats oh my god
— mari 🌻 (@princesgambit) November 15, 2021
And some fans have called on Taylor to address things before any further escalations.
after reading that some people are sending jake gyllenhaal and john mayer death threats, this is day one of me asking @taylorswift13 to please address this and tell fans this is not the way to support her.
— caty 👑 (@whois_egg) November 15, 2021
Maybe we should all just have a cup of tea and calm down and sob while listening to how good the 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ is? Just an idea.
