John Mayer felt "really humiliated" by the song Taylor Swift supposedly wrote about their rumored romance, insisting it was "a really lousy thing for her to do."
The 22-year-old country star was romantically linked to the rocker, 34, in 2009 after they collaborated on a song for his album "Battle Studies," but neither of the stars confirmed the story.
Swift subsequently released a track called Dear John on her "Speak Now" record and the harshly-worded lyrics prompted speculation she had written the song about her reported fling with Mayer.
The "Your Body Is a Wonderland" hitmaker has now spoken out about the track, accusing Swift of "cheap songwriting" and of making him "feel terrible."
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "It made me feel terrible. Because I didn't deserve it. I'm pretty good at taking accountability now, and I never did anything to deserve that. It was a really lousy thing for her to do."
Mayer also insists Swift never consulted him about the track and it took him completely by surprise, adding, "I never got an email. I never got a phone call. I was really caught off-guard, and it really humiliated me at a time when I'd already been dressed down. I mean, how would you feel if, at the lowest you've ever been, someone kicked you even lower?..."
"I will say as a songwriter that I think it's kind of cheap songwriting. I know she's the biggest thing in the world, and I'm not trying to sink anybody's ship, but I think it's abusing your talent to rub your hands together and go, 'Wait till he gets a load of this!' That's bulls**t."
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