Big & Bold: Christina Aguilera Slams Weight Critics

Feel free to make fat jokes that involve Christina Aguilera’s ballooning weight because she claimed that those remarks don’t bother her. While discussing the upcoming second season of ‘The Voice’ at an NBC press conference, the formerly skinny singer was asked to address the media criticism about her body and she boasted that she is “confident” about her swelling frame.

Aguilera also suggested that her new boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, loves her meaty curves and that she is completely comfortable with her body. Perhaps as an added retort to the media pressure, Aguilera has readied a new single entitled ‘Love Your Body’ that will debut in the coming weeks.

Read what Aguilera had to say about the issue below:

“I’ve been in this for a long time. I came out on the scene when I was 17 years old. ‘You can never be too much of anything. You can never be too prefect, too thin, too curvy, too voluptuous,’ this, that. I’ve been on all sides of the spectrum.. [Every] female in this business at one time or another has had criticism… and I’m always a risk taker too,” Christina said on Friday during NBC’s “The Voice” panel at the Television Critics Association Winter Session in Pasadena.

“I’m very confident in my body,” the singer continued. “I think my video works over the years have spoken to that… I’ve been no stranger to being very comfortable in my own skin,” she added.

Christina said despite the “massive scrutiny,” she’s happy and her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, loves her curves.

“As long as I’m happy in my own skin, that’s all I need, that’s all the confirmation I need. I’m happy where I am, I have a boyfriend love that loves my body, I love my body, my son is healthy and happy. That’s all that matters,” she said.

The blonde said she also enjoys mentoring her “Voice” female team members, sharing her own experiences with body image and style criticisms.

“Being in a position to coach these young girls, is really a great thing for me to be able to share that with them, and also sharing my highs and lows along the way. I’m very open on the show about all of that,” she said.

Read more on Access Hollywood.

The only thing that matters is that Aguilera is proud of her body. However, if she continues to dress in outfits similar to those of her slimmer days then she won’t be able to avoid comparisons to her former self. The ensemble that Aguilera wore to this press conference was beautiful and suited her body so perhaps it would be a good idea for her to sport more dresses like that.

Photos by National Photo Group

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