Christina Aguilera Places Troll Feedback on Blast, Shares Empowering Message of Acceptance

Christina Aguilera took to Instagram on Tuesday to mark the top of the yr with a video montage celebrating her 2024 — alongside an empowering message of acceptance for her followers, amid ongoing commentary about her personal look.

The montage featured various the 44-year-old pop diva’s hottest appears from the previous 12 months, in addition to efficiency footage with Sabrina Carpenter, dwelling movies along with her household and a ton of display screen photographs of feedback from her followers.

Lots of the feedback had been optimistic — with some exclaiming issues like, “She obtained that mojo again and I am right here for it,” accusing her of sustaining her look with each time journey and witchcraft, all whereas demanding new music.

Others, nevertheless, weren’t as complimentary.

“Who’s that?” requested one, whereas one other stated, “I did not understand that was Christina she appears so totally different.” That pattern continued with feedback like, “That is not Christina are you critical?”, “Who is that this once more!? As a result of the caption stated Christina Aguilera, however this woman ain’t her,” “Faux” and “I do not assume that is her.”

One other even wrote, “I would not have acknowledged her, if I did not hear her voice.”

The video was set to lyrics from each Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hiss” and the Little Combine music “Wasabi.”  Somebody, seemingly Aguilera, will also be heard saying, “Ladies are at all times on some degree shamed, labeled, judged, we’re seen as labels to please different individuals. I need to be ok with myself.”

“This yr, doing one thing a bit of totally different,” Aguilera captioned the video, earlier than showing to tackle the great and unhealthy feedback head-on with a reminder to her 10 million followers.

“This can be a reminder to everybody that you’re your OWN STORYTELLER in your OWN LIFE. Nobody else can dictate who you’re. Nobody deserves an evidence,” she continued. “I’m developed sufficient to know that nothing comes straightforward and nobody is ideal.”

“Everybody will decide you. Irrespective of WHAT you do. And/ or what you don’t do,” she added. “Acceptance comes with accepting your self first. And the tough journey it takes typically to get there.”

She went on to reward her followers for “taking the time to place one step in entrance of the following on a regular basis with the intention to construct the following model of themselves for the higher” and permitting themselves “grace, persistence and respect.”

The video ends with Aguilera — from her look on The Drew Barrymore Present this yr — saying, “I had my messy moments, I had my nice moments, however I am simply glad I lived.”

There was additionally a promise that her story was “to be continued.”