Christina Aguilera hits back at body shamers in 2024 recap video

Christina Aguilera won’t let the negativity carry into her 2025.

On Tuesday, the 44-year-old pop icon addressed relentless commentary about her appearance in a powerful Instagram post featuring screenshots of both praise and criticism, all set to Little Mix’s self-confidence anthem Wasabi. 

Her message was plain and simple: “No one deserves an explanation.”

In the montage, Aguilera highlighted the unfair scrutiny women face. “Women are always on some level shamed, labelled, judged; we’re seen as, like, vessels to please other people,” a voiceover said.

In her caption, the Beautiful hitmaker doubled down: “This year, doing something a little different. This is a reminder to everyone that you are your OWN STORYTELLER in your OWN LIFE. No one else can dictate who you are.”

After decades in the spotlight, Aguilera shared how constant body-related criticism shaped her earlier years. In August, she told Glamour about the pressure she felt in her early career: “When you’re a teenager, you have a very different body... Then I had industry people: ‘They liked your body and how you were as a skinny teenager.’”

Now, Aguilera is embracing self-acceptance, as she wrote in her recap post: “Everyone will judge you. No matter WHAT you do. And/ or what you don’t do. Acceptance comes with accepting yourself first.”