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Mayer’s mouth is a sewerland

Mayer
From Wire Reports

John Mayer is trying to make amends for his latest inflammatory comments, this time in the March edition of Playboy magazine.

In it, he calls former girlfriend Jessica Simpson “sexual napalm,” discusses his love of porn and uses the N-word.

Explaining why he doesn’t date black women, Mayer compares his genitals to “a white supremacist.”

On Twitter, he apologized for the racial epithet and said he has to stop “trying to be so raw in interviews.”

“It’s gotten out of hand and I’ve created somewhat of a monster,” Mayer said.

Movers and shakers

Malawi’s government has told a group of villagers they will have to move to make way for a $15 million girls’ school being built by Madonna.

Residents have refused to leave the site just outside Lilongwe, the African country’s capital.

The school’s principal says Madonna paid the villagers more than 16 million kwacha (about $115,000) to compensate them for their houses.

Unlike a virgin

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs – and Barry White didn’t even make the list.

Instead, Olivia Newton-John is on top with “Physical,” followed by Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright).”

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You,” Next’s “Too Close” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On.”

The birthday bunch

Actress Kim Novak is 77. Actor George Segal is 76. Musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 68. Actress Carol Lynley is 68. Actress Stockard Channing is 66. Talk-show host Jerry Springer is 66. Singer Peter Gabriel is 60. Singer Henry Rollins is 49. Actress Kelly Hu is 42. Actress Mena Suvari is 31.