Christina Aguilera hasn't forgotten the "Dirrty" critics who boxed in her talent
On the latest episode of Call Her Daddy, Christina Aguilera recalls shouldering a "bad girl" rap in the wake of her enduring single's release

From the moment Christina Aguilera first stepped onstage at age nine, she knew she had found a higher calling. A self-described big dreamer, a music career was always a part of Christina Aguilera’s plan—but that doesn’t mean the industry never threw her for a loop.
In a new interview with Call Her Daddy—which marks Aguilera’s first podcast interview ever—the artist recalls being “surprised” by the backlash her 2002 single “Dirrty” (and its enduring music video) faced. One of the world’s predominant cultural texts featuring assless chaps, Aguilera has previously called the “Dirrty” music video—directed by David LaChapelle—a personal favorite of her catalog. Needless to say, she didn’t expect it to draw the kind of legendary pearl-clutching ire it did from critics at Entertainment Weekly, Saturday Night Live, and more.