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"John Mayer was famously loose-lipped about his relationships with past girlfriends including Jennifer Aniston and Jessica Simpson -- whom he once compared to &amp;quot;crack cocaine&amp;quot; -- but since he started dating Katy Perry last summer, he&amp;apos;s been uncharacteristically quiet. Recently, however, the 35-year-old &amp;quot;Waiting on the World to Change&amp;quot; troubadour spoke in public about the romance and subsequent breakup for the first time since their March split.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It was a very private relationship going in,&amp;quot; he said during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Tuesday, April 2. &amp;quot;It was a private relationship during and it&amp;apos;s a private relationship still.&amp;quot;\r\nDeGeneres noted that the last time she had seen Mayer was at the Grammys, which he attended as Perry&amp;apos;s date. &amp;quot;I know Katy. She is a good friend, and I know that since then, you&amp;apos;re not together anymore,&amp;quot; the talk show host began. &amp;quot;And I just want to say, I love you and my thoughts are with you.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nMayer thanked her for her support but remained mostly mum on the details of what went wrong between him and the &amp;quot;Wide Awake&amp;quot; starlet. &amp;quot;I can understand asking the question based on some previous answers I have given, but I have finally learned how to put the wall between one thing and the other,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been much happier since then.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n\r\nHe did hint, however, that things were complicated. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m on the same journey as everyone else,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Coupling is a tricky thing.&amp;quot;\r\nAs Us Weekly previously reported, Mayer and Perry, 28, called it quits last month for a second time. (They also split briefly in August 2012 before reconciling the next month.)\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s sad,&amp;quot; a pal told Us. However, it&amp;apos;s not necessarily a permanent break. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not over until it&amp;apos;s over,&amp;quot; the friend added. &amp;quot;You have to see how things play out.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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