Christina Aguilera looks quite goddess like in the new pages of W magazine's July edition. As you will see further below in a separate posting, Christina shares dueling covers with another pop icon of the same generation. The photos depict Christina fully in her birthday suit complete with luscious roses.
On her and ex-husband Jordan Bratman’s rumored affairs...“At one time or another, we were both not angels. It got to a point where my life at home was reminding me of my own childhood. I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home…”
On her childhood Upbringing...." When I was six years old, I would escape the chaos and trauma of my family by thinking of Julie Andrews and singing “The Sound of Music.” I watched her twirl around those mountains, and she was just so free. I felt caged by my childhood. And unsafe. Bad things happened in my home; there was violence. The Sound of Music looked like a form of release. I would open my bedroom window to sing out like Maria. In my own way, I’d be in those hills."
On singing the wrong lyrics to the National Anthem... “Everything on the field at the Super Bowl was vividly bright, and I was having a moment. I got lost in the emotion of being there and I messed up the lyrics to the song…I went to dinner after the Super Bowl with Matt and I laughed at how I’d made myself into a Trivial Pursuit question…”
On her stumble at this year's Grammys and speculation of sobriety problems... "I know what everyone was saying. And during that Grammy moment, when I nearly collapsed, I was thinking, Are you kidding me? I’ve always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels. Note to self: Never wear a train onstage. My heel got caught in my train, and if it wasn’t for Jennifer Hudson, who picked me up as I went down, I would have fallen to the floor. When it happened, it was just like, What else, God?! What else?! I threw my hands up in the air and started smiling, because what else could go wrong?"
On the future and understanding America's fascination with personality, with failure and redemption, is crucial to a long career. Falling on the Grammys stage may have been the best thing to happen to Aguilera. That is, as long as she picked herself up..."I really admire all the greats. They’ve had their ups and downs during their careers. And I would never go down without a fight. I still have my eyes on the prize. I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits."
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Christina doing what she does best!
