Oct. 13, 2009
shiningstar:
So today I got on a yacht (yeah, what is my life?) for the very first time in my life to do interviews with Jay Sean and John Mayer. I definitely procrastinated on preparing for both interviews so I wasn’t feeling completely confident or well-versed on the artists and/or their upcoming projects.
John Mayer was first up. He arrived quite a bit late with his publicist, which put us severely behind schedule. Usually each show (Top 20, News, .com) gets 20 minutes with the artist. Before my interview, John’s publicist told me I only had 10 minutes which is unheard of. But I figured that was going to happen, so I was prepared to get my most crucial questions out of the way first.
Once I sat down, John was on a roll. We were totally vibing and he was giving classic John Mayer answers (intentionally semi-deep, humorous). At about 12 minutes in, his publicist stopped me completely and was like “we need to move on to the next interview. Now.” When I turned around to ask her if I could get one more question, I couldn’t get anything out before John said: “No. I like her. I’m giving long answers—it’s not her fault I’m talking so fucking much. These are finely crafted questions. Let’s keep going.” He shut his own publicist DOWN. On my behalf. In front of about 20 people.
Those are the moments that make me feel that I am good at my job. And for those moments I am very grateful. This whole situation was made all the better by the fact that ten minutes later he flat out told a producer from another show (in front of everyone) that he wouldn’t answer their questions because they were too ‘cute.’ He remarked that they’d never ask Jay-Z those questions so he didn’t think he should either. Weird logic, but boy was I glad he liked me.
Thanks, John.
I LOVE stories like that! I first read it as “John Mayer stood me up today” and I thought, that bastard! I’m SO GLAD.
You go girl.