Christina Aguilera opened up to Us Weekly about her more recent “shortcomings” and she is actually laughing about it while the rest of us have been standing back, watching in horror.

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“In light of the past year, there have 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.”

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“I can laugh about my own hiccups and my own experiences in life because I’m getting through it,” Aguilera said. “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,” she continued. “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.”

Christina is going to move forward like she should and she’s going to use her experiences, good and bad to help her succeed in the new gig she’s taken with NBC’s The Voice.

“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, 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,” Aguilera said. “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.”

You know what?  I give her huge kudos for all of this.  She’s not trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes and she’s not trying to pretend she’s anyone but herself and she’s admitting she’s not perfect.  I’d love to give her a hug, smack her on the ass and say, ‘Go get ‘em tiger.’

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