Star Magazine has a rather obvious story this week about Christina Aguilera’s “crisis”. It’s basically a summary of what has already been reported in other outlets – Christina is drinking heavily, and gaining weight. She passed out during Jeremy Renner’s birthday party, although we aren’t sure whether she passed out in his bed. She verbally assaulted Julianne Hough at a Golden Globes after-party. She’s a mess.

But there are some new details, via Jezebel – apparently, not only was Christina drunk off her ass and looking for a fight at the Globes, she also “kept lifting her dress and making out with her boyfriend.” Oh, and not only is Christina packing on booze weight, but she’s also “bruised”. Like, when you’re drunk all the time, of course you’re bumping into everything. Also: Jordan Bratman, Christina’s estranged husband, is so OVER her boozy, floozy ways that he’s already making plans to file for sole physical custody of their 3-year-old son Max.

If that’s not bad enough, several days ago E! News ran a report claiming that Christina was totally headed towards a Britney Spears-style breakdown:

Choosing what you want to believe, we must say Xtina has been looking a little worse for ware since her divorce. Uh, does this remind you of any other pop tart?

Before Britney Spears was in and out of rehab, had supervised visits with her children, and, oh yeah, shaved her head, the now almost back to normal starlet coped with her divorce from Kevin Federline in a very similar way.

She was quick to snatch up a boyfriend (Isaac Cohen) and one that she sugar mama’d a bit, too. Her nights were quickly consumed with party and club hopping, even though she paled around with the likes of Paris Hilton, and was rarely seen in.

Now, Christina seems to just be entering this Stage 1 and having some tipsy nights. But by the stories getting passed around Hollywood, many industry folks are whispering she’s going down “the Britney Spears path.”

Yes, that is a term used regularly around in this town. It’s adjacent to “the Lindsay Lohan route,” too.

Reading through the comments yesterday, almost half of you defended Xtina saying we’ve all been there. Sure, most people have on occasion. Unfortunately, this boozy behavior is supposedly becoming a pattern.

So does she get a free pass if she’s going through a divorce? Some of us have been there, too, and it’s damn difficult.

[From E! News]

Do I think Christina will end up with a shaved head, attacking a car with an umbrella? Not really. But I do think she’s got issues, and pretending that she’s okay isn’t helping.

Anyway, we’re going to be hearing a lot more about Christina in the coming weeks because she was chosen to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. It’s like the Super Bowl organizers are just inviting disaster. Seriously, they couldn’t have found someone who isn’t in the midst of a breakdown?

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