John Mayer 'Almost Cried Five Times' During 'Framing Britney Spears' Doc

John Mayer was so moved by watching "Framing Britney Spears" that he "almost cried five times."

Mayer, 43, spoke about his experience watching the film with Andy Cohen on Monday (February 22), admitting how he has" "infinite grace" for the pop titan, despite never meeting her. "I almost cried five times during that," the chart-topper confessed during the interview. "To see the sadness in this human-being, I mean, I was on the edge of tears five times, because if you understand what this business/industry/lifestyle does to a person. To go through this and come out the other side okay, is to have infinite grace for those who struggle with it."

Mayer went on to admit that the 75-minute film prompted him to reevaluate showbiz, as well as his own career. "I came out okay... I have a very strong feeling that part of that is because I'm a man. And I have a very strong feeling that a lot of these things that happen to female performers is endemic to being female," he continued. "Why do so many men emerge going, 'Learned my lesson. Yes I got dinked in the head, but I'm back, baby!'? So I watched it with such grace for someone who got much more maligned by the inhuman experiment of fame than I did. And I go, 'Why did I get through that? Why did I find my way through that obstacle course? What was afforded to me stylistically?' The stylistic difference of being an outlaw.”

Ultimately, he concluded the fine line between men and women in Hollywood. “If you're a man, you're an outlaw. If you're a woman, you're kind of crazy,” he noted. “And when I watched that through that lens, my heart just ached the whole time.”

Mayer is the latest celebrity to step up and back the film and the #FreeBritney movement, which accuses the entertainer’s father of taking advantage of her personal and financial autonomy. Among the other stars include Khloé Kardashian, Hayley Williams of Paramore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kacey Musgraves and more.

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