Christina Aguilera is in the middle of a comeback. The 37-year-old pop star is on the cover of the October issue of Cosmpolitan in a plunging white blazer and she’s not afraid to open up about her latest album, Liberation, her love life, or her decade-old feud with Britney Spears. Click through the gallery for all the juicy info Christina dropped.
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The former pop princess talked about the flack she received back in 2002 over her sexy, dark
Stripped makeover. “
It’s hard to hear yourself being called names. I remember being hurt by these commercials on MTV, pitting Britney as the good girl and me as the bad girl. It’s like, if I’m going to be demure and innocent, that’s okay. But if I’m going to just be myself, I’m trouble.”
Photo credit: Kai Z. Feng
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“I love the female body, and I think it’s something to be proud of, not something that men should dictate ownership of,” she explained. “‘Dirrty’ was extremely controversial at the time, but it would be nothing now. I hope I paved the way and helped set the ground rules that women can be any version of themselves they wanna be…and proud of it.”
Photo credit: Kai Z. Feng
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When it came to her new album, Liberation — her first in six years — she decided to go makeup-less for the cover. “I want to show imperfections on this go-round,” she said.
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Xtina also explained why you’ll never catch her smooching another celeb. “There’s gotta be something wrong with you if you want to be in this business. I mean, hi! I definitely have my issues. I think that I can only handle one [celebrity] in the relationship, and I need to be it.”
Photo credit: MEGA
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She’s currently with Matthew Rutler, who was an assistant on the Burlesque set. They have a daughter together. She also has a son with ex-husband Jordan Bratman.
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What do you think of Christina’s Cosmopolitan cover? Sound off in the comments!
Photo credit: MEGA
The former pop princess talked about the flack she received back in 2002 over her sexy, dark
Stripped makeover. “
It’s hard to hear yourself being called names. I remember being hurt by these commercials on MTV, pitting Britney as the good girl and me as the bad girl. It’s like, if I’m going to be demure and innocent, that’s okay. But if I’m going to just be myself, I’m trouble.”
Photo credit: Kai Z. Feng
“I love the female body, and I think it’s something to be proud of, not something that men should dictate ownership of,” she explained. “‘Dirrty’ was extremely controversial at the time, but it would be nothing now. I hope I paved the way and helped set the ground rules that women can be any version of themselves they wanna be…and proud of it.”
Photo credit: Kai Z. Feng
When it came to her new album, Liberation — her first in six years — she decided to go makeup-less for the cover. “I want to show imperfections on this go-round,” she said.
Xtina also explained why you’ll never catch her smooching another celeb. “There’s gotta be something wrong with you if you want to be in this business. I mean, hi! I definitely have my issues. I think that I can only handle one [celebrity] in the relationship, and I need to be it.”
She’s currently with Matthew Rutler, who was an assistant on the Burlesque set. They have a daughter together. She also has a son with ex-husband Jordan Bratman.
What do you think of Christina’s Cosmopolitan cover? Sound off in the comments!
