Radar Online has an interesting take on the Aniston/Mayer relationship that’s pretty much the same thing MSat said when she first laid eyes on the photos: it smells fishy. Why would these two be all over each other poolside at a public resort? Neither of them are the type to flaunt a relationship to the press, and Aniston even covers her face and hides when she’s out with someone. She was photographed in candids with Vaughn like two or three times and they were supposedly dating on and off for over a year. So what happened that changed? Are they both in on some publicity joke on the tabloids or is Mayer using Aniston for publicity? He was super low-key about it and surprisingly open when asked. She has a lot to gain, too.

Which brooding, shaggy-turned-’80s-haired pop star, who thinks he’s much deeper than he actually is, blogs about his obsessions—expensive guitars, expensive watches, expensive haircuts—on a Japanese website, and has dated a wide array of stars, has recently taken up with yet another actress in a pathetic attempt to boost his Q rating? The singer tried to get noticed for his new haircut, and when that didn’t work, he gave this desperate wannabe-housewife a call.

Yes, John Mayer’s at it again. Last weekend he was spotted kissing Jennifer Aniston, and photos of the pair looking suspiciously happy were conveniently taken in Miami. (Interesting for a woman who zealously guards her privacy when she feels like it.) Mayer’s appetite for coverage in the celebrity weeklies was undoubtedly whetted by his on-again, off-again relationship with Jessica Simpson, which finally ended for good in June 2007. Since Simpson, he’s “dated” with Cameron Diaz and Friday Night Lights starlet Minka Kelly, both of whom were good for photo ops and breathless tabloid items. Of course, it goes both ways. Aniston has a lot riding on this fall’s He’s Just Not That Into You—she has to prove that the success of The Break-Up wasn’t just due to her ex Vince Vaughn, and it would also help for her to have a relationship that doesn’t end with her being portrayed as needy and desperate. Guys, it seems, just aren’t that into her lately.

[From Radar Online]

Maybe they’re both messing with us, or maybe they’re hitting the sheets, proud of it, and figure they may as well cash in on the fame when they can.

Mayer and Aniston first slept together in fall, 2006, were on-off since, claims Star
According to the latest issue of Star Magazine, they’ve been having an on-off f’ck buddy arrangement for at least the past year and a half. They are said to have first hooked up in the fall of 2006 after meeting at a party hosted by Sheryl Crow. There were other relationships for both of them in the interim, and Star claims Mayer told Aniston he would dump Jessica Simpson for her, she only had to say the word. They also say that “John talked Jen into having a real relationship” after they kept it secret for so long. Maybe they are together, or maybe they’re using each other and the press to a mutual advantage. You have to wonder why they’re all over the place and neither of them really seem to mind or try to hide it.

Thanks to Splash for these pictures from Saturday, which you’ve already seen.