T.Swift Exes 101: Why Is Taylor Lautner Praying for John Mayer in This Hilarious TikTok?

(SPOT.ph) Taylor Lautner is back to proving he is Taylor Swift’s best ex for a reason.

Lautner was asked about his thoughts on the upcoming Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) to be released on July 7—and his reaction won over Swifties everywhere. He poked fun at John Mayer, who was linked to Taylor Swift between 2009 and 2010 and was the subject of one of the songs on the album.

“I think it’s a great album,” Lautner told the TODAY. “Yeah, I feel safe. Praying for John.”

What he means by "safe" is that he likely won’t be at the receiving end of the pitch fork, but Mayer certainly would given his bad history with Swift as sang in “Dear John.” Remember in November 2021 when another of her exes, Jake Gyllenhaal, became the target after Red (Taylor’s Version) dropped alongside a ten-minute version of “All Too Well”?  We can only imagine how much worse it’s going to be for Mayer.

Lautner went on to entertain fans more when a TikTok video of him getting on his knees, clasping his hands together, and inviting everyone to literally pray for Mayer came out. The caption said #prayforjohn and nothing else. Iconic.

As of writing, the viral TikTok has garnered over 10.8 views and 2.6 million likes. Watch it below:

@taysqueezeslemons #prayforjohn ♬ Dear John - Taylor Swift

Best part? This TikTok was posted to his wife, Taylor Dome's account. We’re not playing games here. Yes, Lautner ended up marrying a girl named Taylor, who also happens to be a big Swiftie herself. We're willing to bet she's the hilarious catalyst behind this clip.

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Why is Taylor Lautner praying for John Mayer?

Even casual fans might be able to recall Swift’s most scathing song for an ex in her entire 200+ discography. With the song titled “Dear John,” she couldn’t be more explicit.

The song is suggestive that the relationship between her and Mayer was marred with strong power dynamics, emotional humiliation, and betrayal of trust. The chorus of the song goes like this:

“Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone / Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? / The girl in the dress, cried the whole way home / Dear John, I see it all, now it was wrong / Don't you think nineteen is too young / To be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so? / I should've known.” 

Yikes, we know.

On the other end of that ex spectrum is Lautner, who briefly dated Swift in the fall of 2009. Born out of that relationship is the 2010 hit “Back to December”—Swift’s one and only apology song to a past lover. Since then, Lautner has forgiven her for the end of the relationship.

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Taylor Lautner recalls VMA moment with Taylor Swift

It's not the first time Lautner opened up about Swift in recent years.

In February, Lautner was asked by his wife in a podcast what moment in his life would he return to if given the chance. Out of everything that he could have said, he claimed he would change the way he reacted in the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards (VMA) in which Swift was infamously interrupted by rapper-turned-nemesis Kanye West.

Lautner and Swift were dating at that time, and he just so happens to be the one to present the “Best Female Video” award to her without a clue of what was to come.

“I presented the award to her, so I gave her the award. I took five steps back and was standing five feet behind her. In the middle of her giving her thank you speech, Kanye jumps up onto the stage,” Lautner said in the podcast. “I can barely hear it. I can’t see them. I’m just assuming this whole thing was a practiced and rehearsed skit, because why else would Kanye West be jumping on the stage interrupting Taylor Swift? It just didn’t make sense.”

“If you look back at it, I’m actually caught laughing and giggling at it. I’m like, ‘I can’t hear them, but this is probably really funny right now,’” Lautner added. “He jumped off. She finished. The second she turned back around and I saw her face for the first time, I was like, ‘Oh no. That wasn’t good.’”

Props to him for deservedly being the unscathed ex. 

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