Christina Aguilera is promoting that reality singing show I keep seeing continuous commercials for, The Voice. She did a press conference yesterday where she talked about her “setbacks” in a vague way, saying she’s “gone through a really hard divorce” and “there have been hiccups along the way that unfortunately the whole world gets to witness and judge.” Is that what she calls being so drunk she can’t walk or remember her own address – a “hiccup“? It’s all the press’ fault for “judging” her for forgetting the words to the National Anthem and falling on stage at the Grammys. I get it – she has to acknowledge these things in order to get us to move on and focus on her new gig, only she isn’t really acknowledging that she screwed up royally and is talking around it and acting above it all.

On her setbacks
“I think it’s the perfect time in my life [to do this show] because in light of the past year, there’s been obvious setbacks. I’ve gone through a really hard divorce, and anyone who has gone through a divorce will speak about how hard the journey is from start to finish. It’s a life-uprooting time and there have been hiccups along the way that unfortunately the whole world gets to witness and judge.

“I can laugh about my own hiccups and my own experiences in life because I’m getting through it. But I get to share these experiences with these people and I get to say not every performance day is going to be a great day. Sometimes you could be having the worst day of your life and you have to get up on that stage and you have to give to your fans in a way that they would never know the difference. You have to lose yourself in that moment and you have to be so involved. Take yourself out of your own headspace or use whatever you’re going through and put it into the passion of your song.”

Mistakes are a part of life.
“If you make a mistake, you know what? You’re human and you’re going to catch flack for it and that’s just the way it is. The best thing at the end of the day is that you can prove to not only everyone else, but most importantly yourself, that you’re strong enough to get back up on that stage and be fearless enough to try again and know within yourself that it will be better.”

She’s ready to open up about the past year.
“I think that’s the most important thing for me to do is to talk about my hiccups and the ups and downs in my career, especially in light of the past year. There have been things that have happened on stage that any performer can absolutely relate to and I’m so happy that I get to share these moments with them in such an intimate environment. I’m actually revealing a lot about myself during this show and a side of myself that I think a lot of people have never seen before, that only my closest friends see when the cameras go off. I just wanted to approach this show very openly. I’m human, too, and people make mistakes and go through things in life and I’m definitely taking that into the show.”

On her recent tweet to Britney Spears, congratulating her on her new album, Femme Fatale.
“I haven’t heard the whole thing in its entirety, I’ve been really hard on work on this show, but I am a huge supporter of her because both of our careers started off together and are still going strong. I think it’s extremely important to be supportive of fellow artists and especially females, who often get pitted against each other and torn apart. As an old friend of mine from the Mickey Mouse club, I think it’s important at this stage in the game to really show my support.”

[From Parade]

Well I hope she’s passable on The Voice. The show really does look interesting and those ads must be working because I’ll probably watch the first episode at least. With the way she’s talking about her “setbacks” and blaming everything on the divorce and attention she’s getting I doubt she’ll be sober the whole time, though. I’m also more inclined to believe those stories that she’s rejected attempts by her people to get her into rehab. In Christina’s world, it’s all very normal and understandable to get wasted every night and start pissing away your career because you’re getting divorced.

Kaiser pointed me to this blind item in the NY Post as potentially about XTina: “WHICH singer’s team is desperately trying to cover up the fact that a recent nose job has totally altered the voice?” I checked and I don’t see any difference in Aguilera’s nose, but the fact that they wrote the voice instead of her or his voice, suggests it could be her. Adam Levine has a messed up little nose but I looked at older pictures of him and it looks the same.

I just didn’t know where to even start with this one. The photo above is the official, sanctioned, completely approved-of shot for NBC’s The Voice. A professional photographer was brought in, lights were arranged, hair and makeup people were hired and they likely worked diligently for hours and hours. And this is the best shot of Christina Aguilera they could get. Look at how hunched she looks! While I would normally just claim that she couldn’t stand up straight because she had already downed a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, I actually think Christina is attempting a model-y, high-fashion, lowered shoulders pose, like this junk is for Vogue or something. Beyond the pose, there’s the makeup and hair tragedies, both fighting with each other to be declared worst. It’s a tie. And if that header photo won’t haunt your nightmares, try this pic, also a promotional image for The Voice:

Jesus. No camera should ever pull in that tight on Christina’s face. It’s like drag queen Never-Neverland. Stop trying to hypnotize me with your vodka eyes, bitch.

Okay, now on to how Christina’s drunk ass can barely function. Have you seen the commercials for The Voice? Have you noticed how few lines Christina has compared to all of the other judges? Do you even know how heavily edited this show is going to have to be to give the impression that Christina has even a modicum of sobriety?

Promotional photos courtesy of Christina’s fansite.

These are new photos of Christina Aguilera at the press conference announcing her new job as one of the judges on The Voice, the new American Idol-esque singing competition. The other judges are Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Cee-Lo Green, with Carson Daly as the host, I guess. Can I just say something? Christina looks different, and not in a good way. My first thought was that she had gotten something minor tweaked to her face, my second thought was that she had just lost a few pounds and she didn’t look so puffy, and my final thought is that her wig is off-kilter. I think it’s her sketchy “hairline” that’s throwing me off – her hair normally doesn’t “start” that far down her forehead. Also: I don’t think Christina looks totally wasted, but my guess is that before she came out to pose for photos, she had three vodka martinis. Or, as Christina calls it, “an appetizer”.

Christina Aguilera faced the press last night, for the first time since her botched Super Bowl song and her arrest for public drunkenness. But she wasn’t talking about either of those things.

Sporting spiked shoes and a red dress, Aguilera joined singer Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5′s Adam Levine for a press conference in Los Angeles to talk about new show The Voice, premiering April 26 on NBC. Washington Post columnist Lisa de Moraes says reporters were kept waiting for more than an hour for a 20-minute Q & A session.

Promised host Carson Daly of The Voice: “The level of talent … is leaps and bounds beyond the winners of any other competition show.”

Explaining her coaching outlook, Aguilera said: “There is no good and bad. This isn’t about tearing people down. I want to bring these people up. ”

The new twist in this vocal show is that judges will sit in big red chairs, their backs turned to the singers while they perform.

“The Voice really does stand for what it says,” said Aguilera. “Instinctually, you can judge people based on the way they look. I love that fact we get to sit here with our backs turned away from these people and completely use just one sense to hear these voices. I’m not looking for vocal acrobatics, who has biggest range [of] high and low. I’m looking forward to getting moved.”

[From USA Today]

Eh. I doubt this show will do well, but I’m not good at predicting the general public’s appetite for crap. I can’t stand these types of shows, but obviously, I’m in the minority. And while I think Christina’s drunk, train wreck ass is being enabled by this kind of high-profile gig, I also think that the producers will be using Christina’s drunk ass to pull in “buzz” for the show. Tune in to The Voice to see Christina slur her way through judging! Tune in to The Voice to see her drunkenly bust her ass as she tries to walk a straight line! Et cetera. It’s going to either be a total disaster, or a heavily edited mess.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Yesterday, I covered the early excerpts from Star Magazine’s Christina Aguilera cover story this week, all about Christina “hitting rock bottom” with her boozing and diva antics. As I read through Jezebel’s tabloid round-up, it seems like most tabloids have “Christina is a drunken hot mess” stories happening. So… either it’s all true or this is a series case of tabloid group-think. Here are some of the highlights from the stories:

Life & Style – The Christina Aguilera “Refuses To Get Help” story here begins: “Looking at the concerned faces of those nearest and dearest to her, Christina Aguilera could feel her anger growing. As one of them began to tell the singer that they wanted to talk to her about her drinking and partying, she snapped, ‘This isn’t happening — and if it is, you’re all fired.” Basically, Christina’s peeps want her to get help (sure sounds like an intervention) but their jobs are on the line.

ITW – Christina Aguilera’s been drinking alone, pouring herself a glass of wine or a shot of vodka whenever she knows she has to go out in public. “It’s the only way she can get herself ready to be in a good mood,” says a source. Someone else claims she has mood swings and a severe drinking problem, and the booze contributed to the end of her marriage. She ALLEGEDLY used to scream at husband Jordan: “I make all the money. I’m the star of this family! What do you do?” And! “The real Christina is mean, nasty and horrible,” says an insider.

Star – Christina Aguilera has “lost her confidence” since she split from Jordan Bratman, and “She gets terribly sad,” and “all the awful memories” come flooding back. So! “She ends up numbing herself with booze and food.” She’s “in denial” and “seriously depressed,” says a “friend.” And, when she’s hungover, she “devours pizza, french fries, and other fattening foods,” which is just SO WEIRD AND UNUSUAL. A doctor who does not treat her claims: “She looks about 40 lbs. overweight.”

[From Jezebel]

At this point, I really do tend to believe all of the horrible stories about Christina. Of course, I believed them before her booze-soaked downward spiral. I believed the junk about her picking up women at bars while married, I believed that she cheated on Jordan repeatedly, and I believed that she’s probably a monster to work for and with. The boozing just enhances and accentuates all of the old stories, and gives them a new flavor. And the kicker is that Christina isn’t going to be getting help any time soon. She and her team have already started blaming Matthew Rutler for being a “bad influence” on poor little Christina, so once he’s out the door, she’s still going to keep on with the badness.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I sincerely hope Christina Aguilera has sent Charlie Sheen some muffin baskets, because the sheer volume of Charlie’s crazy eclipses other celebrities’ crack shenanigans, and too many of them are getting off easy. Like Christina, who is probably drunk right now, as I’m writing. Christina is a boozehound monster, and she’s been having a rough few months. Divorce, custody issues, trying to get her career on track, getting into drunken bitch-fights at the Globes, passing out drunk in strangers’ beds, being too wasted to remember the lyrics to the National Anthem, falling down drunk at the Grammys, and finally, getting arrested and held for hours for public intoxication because she was too blitzed to stand up straight, OR remember her address. Anyway, while Charlie and “The Bachelor” seem to be taking most of the tabloid covers this week, Star Magazine decided to run with a Christina cover. The “painful secret” that Star is referring to on the cover seems to be that Christina has unnamed “personal demons”. Not to be rude, but who doesn’t?

With a failed marriage, stalled career, weight issues and an embarrassing arrest for public drunkenness, Christina Aguilera’s world has spiraled out of control. In our new issue, we reveal the painful secret that caused her meltdown and detail her toxic new romance.

In the March 21 issue of Star — on sale now — we report that the singer is plagued with personal demons — and how the collapse of her marriage to Jordan Bratman last fall has completely derailed her.

“Christina’s lost her confidence since she split from Jordan,” an insider tells Star. “She gets terribly sad, and that’s when all the awful memories come flooding back and she ends up numbing herself with booze and food.”

Her new life with bad boy beau Matthew Rutler — who was arrested for DUI when Christina was busted for public drunkenness — hasn’t helped her regain stability – with her friends calling him an enabler. And Christina turns more and more to alcohol to help her with her woes – a faltering career, significant weight gain and a potential custody battle over 3-year-old Max.

“Everyone is worried sick,” says a concerned pal. “She needs to get help before something even more serious happens.”

Pick up the new Star today for our full story on Christina hitting rock bottom, including her troubled family life, extreme party past, weight worries and more.

[From Star Magazine]

Eh. This sounds pretty basic. They might even bring up some stuff from Christina’s childhood, which she’s already discussed – apparently, her father was an abusive son of a bitch. But I’m not a big fan of saying using childhood abuse as a catch-all excuse for an adult’s behavior. As I said, everybody is screwed up about something, you know? And if Christina was just sitting in her house, getting wasted and not hurting anyone, I wouldn’t really care. But my biggest problem is that she’s continuously drunk in public, causing disruptions and failing and putting other people in danger – AND she thinks she’s fine. She’s thinks she’s maintaining. She’s being enabled by new gigs and new jobs and she doesn’t get that the only reason most people are interested in her at this point is to simply watch the trainwreck unfold.

Star cover courtesy of CoverAwards. Additional pics by WENN.

I don’t know what to make of this news. I think what it boils down to is Christina Aguilera = The New and Drunker/More Medicated Paula Abdul. Christina got herself a job, just days after being arrested for being so bombed she couldn’t even remember her address, much less stand upright. Christina got a gig as a “musician coach” on the new American-Idol-esque competition show, The Voice. Christina joins Cee Lo Green (oh, GOD) and Adam Levine (douche with a pretty voice).

Christina Aguilera is putting that voice to good use. The Grammy winner has just been named as a musician coach on NBC’s new musical competition series The Voice, which premiers April 26.

“I am so excited to be part of such a wonderful project that celebrates music and the talent behind it,” Aguilera, who joins coaches Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5′s Adam Levine, said of the role. “To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists’ careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.”

NBC executives say the singer’s talent was what caught their eye. “Christina has a once in a generation talent – her voice is phenomenally distinctive and instantly recognizable,” Paul Telegdy, Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming at NBC and Universal Media Studios said of the appointment. “Her journey as an artist, who started so young in the music business, will be an inspiration to the talent she coaches on the show.”

The news comes on the heels of a challenging week for the singer. She was jailed by police for public intoxication early Tuesday morning before later being released, while her boyfriend, Matt Rutler, was also arrested for investigation of DUI.

[From People]

So… Christina is “The Paula” right? Only much, much worse. I’m seeing buckets of drag queen makeup, mixed with a prerequisite two bottles of Jack Daniels before she makes her way to “coach” the contestants. And once there, she falls down a lot and somebody (Adam Levine) gets called a “whore.” Because she’s a boozehound monster, and everybody is enabling her drunk ass.

Photos courtesy of WENN & E! News.

Monday night, Christina Aguilera was busted for public intoxication – her drunk-ass boyfriend Matt Rutler was driving, and he’s getting charged with a DUI. Meanwhile, Christina was so wasted that she had to arrested (but not charged) with public intoxication, and she stayed in jail for the rest of the night, into the morning, and then she was released without being charged. There are new details about what went down. L.A. County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Steve Whitmore tells Us Weekly: “When she got out of the car, she couldn’t stand. We had to help her stand… She didn’t know where she was and she didn’t know her own address. We took her into custody for her own protection. It was an arrest for her own safety…It is a public welfare issue. She was incapacitated and not able to take care of herself.” Wow, she didn’t know her own address? Isn’t she still living in the same house that she and Jordan shared while they were married? The same house she’s been living in for years? THAT is drunk.

Next – PopEater has an EPIC story up about how Christina is just a poor little maligned diva who never did anything to anybody. I’ll admit that Christina isn’t horrible like Lindsay Lohan or Charlie Sheen, or some of the maliciously terrible trainwrecks. But Christina’s big problem is that she thinks she’s “maintainin’” when she’s really not. Also, remember how I said yesterday that Matthew Rutler is on the way out now? My words: “I bet the boyfriend gets dumped too. That’s next. She’ll blame him and call him a bad influence.” Guess what happened just a few hours after I wrote that?

These days, it’s easy to forget that Christina Aguilera is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer who has sold over 50 million albums. The pop star is now better known for forgetting the words to the national anthem, stumbling on stage, being drunk at parties, the failure of her most recent album, the dismal reception of her feature film debut, a canceled tour, rumors of very inappropriate behavior at family functions and now an arrest for public drunkenness.

The past year was a tumultuous one for the ‘Beautiful’ singer. Aguilera simply can’t seem to do anything right, and with each new headline, her reputation as one of the most talented vocalists in music takes a hit. Critics frequently complain of auto-tuned pop stars and divas that are more style than substance, but we all know Aguilera is the real thing. She can sing just about anyone under the table and is known as a brilliant live performer, so how have things gotten to this point?

Friends of the star are pointing fingers at Aguilera’s new beau, Matthew Rutler, saying he is a “bad influence on her.” Aguilera met Rutler on the set of ‘Burlesque,’ where the 25-year-old was working as a set assistant. While not much is known about Rutler, he has been a constant presence (or active participant) in many of Aguilera’s most recent embarrassments.

There have been plenty of rumors about booze-filled nights and drunken dalliances, but one thing is for sure: Rutler was driving erratically through West Hollywood last night, with Aguilera in the passenger seat, when cops pulled the couple over at around 2:45AM. Officers arrested Rutler at the scene for misdemeanor driving under the influence and set his bail at $30,000.

On-scene authorities determined that Aguilera was “extremely intoxicated,” so much so that she was apparently unable to take care of herself and was taken into custody for public intoxication.

A source close to the singer told TMZ, “If the driver had not been arrested for DUI, [Christina] would have never been in trouble.”

[From PopEater]

Yes, I’m sure Christina’s glorified rent boy is the “bad influence” and not the other way around. Jesus, try to be a little less obvious, Team Aguilera. Oh, and remember how Team Aguilera was pissed at me for saying that Christina was drunk at the Grammys? PopEater’s sources said that “No one knows what’s going on with her, but whatever it is, it isn’t good. She was acting very erratic backstage before her performance and wouldn’t let anyone into her dressing room before the show began. Something is very wrong.” Ah, yes. Let’s see if Rutler gets blamed for that as well. I would like to hear this kid speak, wouldn’t you?

UPDATE: Christina’s mug shot, courtesy of E! News:

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Okay, here is what is good about Christina Aguilera’s arrest for public intoxication: she wasn’t driving. Bitch just likes to get her drink on, and then she just gets driven places. Unfortunately, her driver/handler/boyfriend Matthew Rutler was drunk as well – probably because he was trying to keep up with Christina’s boozehound ass. So when they were pulled over, Rutler got booked for DUI, and Christina was taken in for public intoxication. Now, some of you said that you really have to be completely wasted to get a charge of public intoxication – is that how it is in California? Because in Virginia, you can get a public intoxication charge at the drop of a hat. I know people who have public intoxication charges because they had one or two drinks at a bar and then walked home, where they were stopped by a cop and arrested. Anyway, different rules, I guess.

So Christina was just released from the pokey, where it seems that cops were just waiting until she sobered up. TMZ has a photo of Christina hunched down in the backseat of her chauffeured car here. And now the sheriff’s department is saying that they’re probably not going to pursue the public intoxication charge, that it was just a placeholder until Drunky McClownFace sobered up:

Christina Aguilera was arrested for public intoxication early Tuesday morning and jailed for her own safety until she recovered. Her boyfriend was also arrested for investigation of DUI.

The singer was released from custody at the West Hollywood sheriff’s station at about 7:30 a.m., according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.

“We have no desire to prosecute, none whatsoever. It just for a public safety issue,” says Whitmore. “When she was able to navigate and to think on her own and make her own way, she was released.”

Aguilera, 30, was a passenger in a car driven by boyfriend Matthew Rutler that was pulled over at 2:45 a.m. when deputies noticed the vehicle driving erratically. Both were booked, Aguilera for public intoxication, Rutler for DUI.

“She was not capable to taking care of herself. She was incapacitated,” says Whitmore. “She was cooperative. She was not belligerent in any way whatsoever. She was just intoxicated.”

By law, a person can be held in custody if they cannot take care of themselves, he says.

“As she got better, she just said, ‘I would like to leave,’” says Whitmore, and deputies granted her request.

Aguilera’s reps were not immediately available for comment.

[From People]

Was this Christina’s wakeup call? I doubt it. There’s still a ways to go until Rock Bottom. I bet when Christina’s team brings up rehab today, Christina will fire all of them.

Also – just how drunk do you have to be for the cops to deem you “incapacitated”? Well, at least she wasn’t yelling at the cops and calling them all whores. Like she did with her brother’s girlfriend.

Oh, and I bet the boyfriend gets dumped too. That’s next. She’ll blame him and call him a bad influence.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

TMZ just reported that Christina Aguilera was arrested and booked at 2:45 AM this morning in West Hollywood for misdemeanor public intoxication after her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, was arrested for misdemeanor DUI. Her height is listed as 5′ 2″ with a weight of 100 pounds. This is just the latest setback for Christina. She’s been behaving erratically lately (she fell on stage at the Grammys, fudged the words to the National Anthem at the Superbowl) and has been drunk in public on several occasions. US Weekly just ran a story about how Christina is a drunken out-of-control mess. Her people reportedly tried to stage an intervention but she threatened to fire everyone. Here’s some of what Kaiser reported from the US Story:

*When her team tried to stage an intervention, “Christina found out and threatened to fire everyone.”

*After the SuperBowl, Christina stayed in Dallas for two days. “She drank and was devastated by her humiliating performance.”

*Three-year-old Max spends a lot of time with his dad and with the nanny. Christina is “a loving and devoted mom… but she doesn’t spend a ton of time with him. If she knows she is leaving town, she will take him on some big outing, like Disneyland, because she feels guilty. Jordan is much more stable.”

*Sources credit Jordan Bratman for keeping Christina under control for so long. A source says, “She was still a huge drinker, but he kept her under control so people didn’t know how bad it was.”

*An insider says Christina and [her boyfriend] Rutler had sex in a bathroom at a recent family gathering: “Her friends are fed up. Nobody can get through to her. They think she’s trashy. And her ego is out of control.”

*Christina’s main source of income: her perfume lines. Not her albums, not her tours, not her acting.

*Differing views about what’s next for Christina. A Rutler source says “I think she’s just going through a phase, we’ve all been through a breakup where we went crazy.” A source close to Christina says: “She’s really spiraling. I would be shocked if she’s not in rehab in the next month or so.”

[From US Weekly via Celebitchy]

Will this be a wakeup call for Christina or will she continue to deny that she has a problem? She might reign it in for a little while, but since she wasn’t the one who got a DUI I can’t see her making any lasting changes. Also, I’m really interested to see her mugshot. Do you think she wears waterproof mascara? You know she’s a crier.

This Us Weekly story should only surprise Christina Aguilera’s hardcore defenders, of which there are many, as I recently found out. I assumed that Christina’s drunken shenanigans were pretty obvious to everyone, what with her flubbing the National Anthem, drunkenly falling on stage at the Grammys, bitch-fighting with Julianna Hough at the Globes, and passing out in Jeremy Renner’s bed during an industry party. Not to mention her weight gain, much of it looking like booze weight, and her general state of disarray which I tend to attribute to her always being three sheets to the wind. Plus, you know, there are multiple reports of her being a boozehound diva who threatens to fire anyone who suggests that her drunk ass might want to sober up. Still, defend away. Us Weekly has a new story about Christina’s behind-the-scenes boozing and diva shenanigans. It’s a really long story! LMAO. Here are the highlights, all from Us Weekly’s print edition:

*Christina spends most of her time “boozing it up with new boyfriend Matthew Rutler.” A friend of Christina’s says: “Her drinking is out of control” and that Christina has become “less attentive” to her son Max. Oh, and Christina is “alienating most of her friends and leaving the rest of them worried… She’s a total mess.”

*Us Weekly has extensive details about all of Christina’s public boozing post-split from Jordan Bratman, including the beginning of her courtship with Rutler, which seemed to only take place in bars.

*The full-blown boozing started during the Burlesque international tour. A source close to Rutler says: “Every city they went to – London, Tokyo – Christina was pretty drunk, and Matt had to carry her home.”

*On New Year’s Eve, “Christina was so wasted before her guests arrived [for a party] that her mother told her to lie down and sober up,” says a source. “Christina yelled, ‘Who do you think you are?’ Then she called her brother’s girlfriend a whore. It was crazy!” LMAO. Christina is so much fun, for real.

*Re: The Renner-bed incident. Us Weekly reiterates that it actually did happen – Christina showed up to Jeremy Renner’s birthday party (“uninvited”) and got so trashed she climbed into his bed. Renner was overheard telling people the story, and he’s quoted as saying “Who comes to someone’s birthday party that they don’t know and gets in their f–cking bed?” A source says: “Christina was a disaster and acting like a total fool.”

*Another day – January 25, Christina is “knocking back vodka sodas” at The Dime. She’s “crying uncontrollably” and complaining to her bodyguard that Bratman refuses to leave their home. “She was hysterical.”

*When her team tried to stage an intervention, “Christina found out and threatened to fire everyone.”

*After the SuperBowl, Christina stayed in Dallas for two days. “She drank and was devastated by her humiliating performance.”

*Three-year-old Max spends a lot of time with his dad and with the nanny. Christina is “a loving and devoted mom… but she doesn’t spend a ton of time with him. If she knows she is leaving town, she will take him on some big outing, like Disneyland, because she feels guilty. Jordan is much more stable.”

*Sources credit Jordan Bratman for keeping Christina under control for so long. A source says, “She was still a huge drinker, but he kept her under control so people didn’t know how bad it was.”

*An insider says Christina and Rutler had sex ina bathroom at a recent family gathering: “Her friends are fed up. Nobody can get through to her. They think she’s trashy. And her ego is out of control.”

*Christina’s main source of income: her perfume lines. Not her albums, not her tours, not her acting.

*Differing views about what’s next for Christina. A Rutler source says “I think she’s just going through a phase, we’ve all been through a breakup where we went crazy.” A source close to Christina says: “She’s really spiraling. I would be shocked if she’s not in rehab in the next month or so.”

So… yeah. Christina is a mess. I’ve felt that way for a while. But if there are Christina Defenders out there, I’ll listen. Explain all of this to me. Explain to me how she’s not a complete disaster who seriously needs help.

I will give Christina a little bit of credit though – that one story about calling her brother’s girlfriend a whore is hysterical. The Renner story is funny too, or it would be if Christina was younger. At her age, she really should be able to hold her liquor.

Photos courtesy of WENN.