Mayer gave Aniston 'moral support' at Oscars

John Mayer has admitted that he accompanied Jennifer Aniston to the Oscars to give her "moral support".

Speaking on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show, the singer confessed that he had been "very, very nervous" walking down the red carpet on Sunday night.

"It's not my world, the Oscar thing," he said. "I basically stepped into the picture frame of Hollywood. For one night, I put on the most amazing suit and entered into the picture frame.

"You have to be with someone that you know has your back in that situation, and she did, and it was really great."

Discussing why the couple decided to make their relationship public, he said: "At some point you feel comfortable and say this is the choice I want to make.

"I think a year is a pretty good period of time with which to say, 'Let's go have a really good time at the Oscars'."