Christina Aguilera’s life is one full of enablement. She’s a staggering, fall-down drunk who has spent the better part of this year boozing it up and passing out in (of all places) Jeremy Renner’s bed before ratcheting up the drunken drama factor and botching the National Anthem, falling down onstage at The Grammys, and threatening to fire any and all staffers who suggest that she needs some professional help.
All the while, she’s been enabled by her jumpoff boyfriend, Matt Rutler, who doesn’t appear to be employed in any profession other than holding Christina steady as she stumbles out of restaurants and clubs. In addition, NBC has enabled her with a fancy new job on “The Voice.” Of course, we’ve already heard that Christina has been annoying the other judges on the show by refusing to associate with them off camera, and it turns out that the producers of the show aren’t terribly happy with her either. Could she be getting the boot?
X17 can report exclusively that producers at NBC’s “The Voice” plan to axe Christina Aguilera as a coach on the show.
While Aguilera is under contract for season two, a source close to the show tells us bosses are not happy to be stuck with her and they plan on replacing her for season three. Said our source: “She doesn’t spend time with her contestants like she’s supposed to. She doesn’t participate. She spends most of her time on the set with her boyfriend.”
AND we hear she is doing some drinking on the job. But, our source tells us this is part of the on-set culture — we’re told Adam Levine and Blake Shelton frequently take shots while filming to loosen up.
Earlier this year, “The Voice” host Carson Daly said the show would succeed without its original coaches. “This show is bigger than any of its coaches or the host,” he said. “This show will live on in perpetuity with many a star in those chairs.”
Reps for Aguilera and The Voice have yet to return requests for comment
[From X17 Online]
Naturally, Christina’s rep was quick to deny this story as “completely false” to Gossip Cop, but that certainly doesn’t mean that NBC isn’t preparing to can Christina’s drunken ass after her contract ends. In all likelihood, they’re already putting out feelers for a female judge to replace her. So this particular denial means nothing because, essentially, Christina exists in a world of drunken denial and is content to believe that her own music career took a nose dive thanks only to Lady Gaga, who obviously copied her and stole her fanbase. Interestingly enough in the X17 article, Cee Lo Green is not included in the shot-taking club of judges. Good for him.
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I didn’t even know she was *on* The Voice, or what the voice *is* and my answer to the headline was still: “Duh, of course she is. She’s a trainwreck. Hey, maybe I shouild read that post.”
I will give her this…
Even in her drunken stupor, when she does her tangerine spray tan, she remembers to go all the way to her toes.
Does anyone else think all that alcohol retention is going to her knees? WTF is going on with those knees!
This woman is so talented so I want her to get her shit together but she makes it so damn hard with that horrible personality of hers. And now rumour has it that this break down is staged- to make her gain popularity again by causing controversy and then a big comeback, only problem is, nobody cares when it’s her. And she has her diva and self professed “superbitch” personality to thank for that. What is with these singers nowadays? Why doesn’t it occur to them that one can be a natural talent -and- classy at the same time? You don’t have to be a bitchy diva to be taken seriously, if anything the contrary is true. Why do they have to act like basic Cher when they can be the lady Aretha? idgi
@Jenn: No, I think that’s just weight gain. That’s how my knees look any time I go over 110 lbs, and I’m teetotal. Some of us just carry weight in that way.
I wouldn’t have a problem with her getting fatter, if she’d wear clothes that actually fit her. And maybe did some work, and stopped being a boozehound. And changed the hair and makeup.
Let me refer this – they are going to fire her in the future. Not this year, not next year. And how can they “fire” her if there is no long term contract? Fake story. Leave Xtia alone.
Be fair and write something nasty about Cindy Lauper 9/11 star banner “performance”.
It’s a shame, because this chick has one heck of a voice. I hope she checks herself, before she completely wrecks herself! (sorry, I couldn’t help myself)
I will give Christina this: aside from her knees, her body looks great. Now please, someone stage a lipstick intervention!
She makes me sad. She’s incredibly talented and pretty under all that gunk, but she’s such a mess. I think she needs some sort of therapy or something to figure her issues out.
@brit
There is simply no excuse to botch the words to the national anthem. Use a 3 x 5 card if you have to, but it comes off as entitled and disrespectful to be so well paid in our society and unable to get through one important song without error.
I bet Blake Shelton, especially, has a lot more pull than he did before “The Voice” started. He garnered alot of new fans and alot of positive feedback from viewers. And, Xtina was a little bword to Dia and Xenia (Dia especially).
There are alot of other great women they could have on the show
The producers should just change the stars every season. The show would be more interesting that way and it would change the chemistry between the stars giving it more variety. It would seem like a new show each season.
That would be funny, if true. She was so overbearing on that show – you could not get her to shut up. She obviously loves the sound of her own voice.
Wasn’t this story debunked yesterday? Oh! wait, it’s just another reason to trash Xtina.
In answer to the question (whether she’s gonna get fired): We can only dream.
To me, it’s plain to see in the pics for this article, & other pics, that she is so obviously unhappy, and yes the effects of the alcohol have been showing up as the extra weight, puffiness. I agree that she has been enabled & catered to. One day she’ll have to come to grips w/her problems. I hope she does that…but we’ll see.
I doubt this is true. Didn’t she say months ago that she is working on two albums that will be released during/after season two? I would think that she would promote those albums after The Voice is wrapped and that she goes back to singing full time.
Ya know, if she actually decides to promote the next album… because she hardly did that with Bionic
She wasn’t that great as a “coach” anyway. She was constantly interrupting others and flirting with all the men. And to be fair, I also found it obnoxious how Cee Lo was flirting with the girls too.
I agree with whoever said they should change coaches every year. That would keep it fresh.
I think she was fine on “The Voice.” And are they alleging she is being fired because of some perceived drinking problem? Isn’t Blake Shelton the one who always talks about drinking on twitter? Seems like it would be very hypocritical if so.
This woman needs to take about 5000 steps back and focus on her son and getting her act together.
I’ll give her this. Her boyfriend is HOT!
While I do find her talented, she needs to realize that the pop genre is not for her. And she also needs to stop with the bitchy diva act. My uncle worked on the set for her music video, “Stripped”, and said she refused to talk to any of the crew members directly.
God, I can’t get over how bad she looks in these photos. The obvious weight gain (which I have no problem with, but wear some clothes that properly fit for Christ’s sake!), the 10 pounds of make-up caked on, the dried-out, crusty, bleach-blonde hair. What a disgusting mess.
Difference is, you don’t see Blake staggering around everywhere he goes. Christina has a lot more public intoxication bouts than Blake.
I couldn’t stand her on the Voice… she’d cut the guys off so much, and mostly just act like an entitled bitch. The guys seemed to all have good chemistry, but with her it seemed forced or strained. As long as they don’t hire Squinty, I’ll be happy.