Something’s been in the straight men’s water this week. Just days after Red, White & Royal Blue’s Nicholas Galitzine defended his multiple queer roles, John Mayer is defending his friendship with Andy Cohen. It started with The Hollywood Reporter’s cover story on Cohen, where the writer noted that “people seem dubious†that a gay TV host and straight rocker can be friends. Cohen took the speculation on the chin, declaring, “Let them speculate!†But Mayer seemed to feel unsettled after, because he wrote to The Hollywood Reporter about the whole thing. Mayer deployed a litany of SAT words, kicking off by writing that it was “a specious premise†that straight jam banders and gay reality-TV icons can’t be friends. “Quite simply, if someone is dubious of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a gay man, I don’t think that shallow a view deserves clarification by anyone with self respect, be it Andy or your publication,†Mayer wrote. “Reinforcing the idea that any gay/straight relationship needs qualification that it’s not sexual devoids everyone involved of their dignity.†And who needs sex when you can bond over the Grateful Dead? We hear jam bands are better than sex, anyway.