John Mayer Defends Jen

18 August 2008

John Mayer has defended his now ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston, saying she's the "most sophisticated person" he's ever met.

Speaking to the paparazzi in New York on the weekend Mayer said: "If you guys are going to run stuff and run every lie under the sun, have somebody stand up for somebody. Have me as a man who ended a relationship stand here and write some truth."

"Have me stand up for somebody and write that Jennifer Aniston is the smartest, most sophisticated person I think I've ever met."

"She's one of the most lovely people I've ever met in my life and I'm going through something that's a very personal thing and you have to give that up," he said. "You have to give everything up because you can't have it all and it sucks."

John also apologized for not giving the paps an interesting story! "I'm sorry that the story's not interesting," he said, "but it's about time that somebody stands up for that girl and I think she's great."