In an interview airing tomorrow, Christina Aguilera talks to Ellen DeGeneres about her infamous rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl in February, when she flubbed the lyrics.
Aguilera explains that she got caught up in the enormity of the moment, singing on the year’s biggest stage, in front of her hometown Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I think 7 or 8 years old, I would sing [the anthem] for them,” says the performer. “I think I had a moment where I [realized] I was at the Super Bowl at 30 years old. I took in the moment a little bit too much.”
“Shoot me for appreciating the moment, but here I am at the Super Bowl… singing for a team and in front of the world,” continues Aguilera. “And remembering what it was like to be that young and look where I made it now.”
She says she knew right away it’d be a mistake remembered forever.
“That night I knew, I just made myself a Trivial Pursuit question… ‘In 2011, what female singer flubbed the lyrics?’”
“But I have a really good laugh about it, and you get over things. You get back up again and you just prove to yourself and to everyone [that] you’re that much stronger.”
In an interview airing tomorrow, Christina Aguilera talks to Ellen DeGeneres about her infamous rendition of the national anthem at the Super Bowl in February, when she flubbed the lyrics.
Aguilera explains that she got caught up in the enormity of the moment, singing on the year’s biggest stage, in front of her hometown Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I think 7 or 8 years old, I would sing [the anthem] for them,” says the performer. “I think I had a moment where I [realized] I was at the Super Bowl at 30 years old. I took in the moment a little bit too much.”
“Shoot me for appreciating the moment, but here I am at the Super Bowl… singing for a team and in front of the world,” continues Aguilera. “And remembering what it was like to be that young and look where I made it now.”
She says she knew right away it’d be a mistake remembered forever.
“That night I knew, I just made myself a Trivial Pursuit question… ‘In 2011, what female singer flubbed the lyrics?’”
“But I have a really good laugh about it, and you get over things. You get back up again and you just prove to yourself and to everyone [that] you’re that much stronger.”
CHRISTINA AGUILERA OPENS UP ABOUT HER SUPER BOWL DISASTER
Christina Aguilera of The Voice makes an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday (April 26).
Ellen talks with Christina about dating and her performance at the Super Bowl.
Christina on her new boyfriend:
Ellen: “And you have a new boyfriend….”
Christina: (Laughing) “I didn’t know you were going to ask me about that?”
Ellen: “I’m not asking, I’m just telling you incase you don’t know. You don’t have to respond but you have a new boyfriend.”
Christina: “There is someone very lovely in my life. Yes.”
Ellen: “That’s all that matter’s is that you’re happy. It’s hard. Divorce is hard.”
Christina: “It definitely is hard.”
Ellen: “You deserve to have fun and date and stuff…”
Christina: “Absolutely.”
Ellen: “Don’t you?”
Christina: “Yes.”
Christina on singing the National Anthem:
Ellen: “I saw you sing (at the Super Bowl).”
Christina: “That’s right, I did sing at the Super Bowl.”
Ellen: “I saw it and didn’t see anything. Then it was this huge thing…then I felt stupid that maybe I didn’t know the lyrics.”
Christina: “I had been singing that song my entire life. I was the youngest anthem singer in my hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. I sang for the “Steelers” when I was this big (as a child.)”
Ellen: “How old were you?”
Christina: “I think 7 or 8 years old. I would sing for them. I think had a moment where I was at the Super Bowl at 30 years old. I took in the moment a little bit too much. Shoot me for appreciating the moment but here I am at the Super Bowl…singing for a team and in front of the world. And remembering what it was like to be that young and look where I made it now. And then it was like, oh. That night I knew, I just made myself a Trivial Pursuit question…In 2011 what female singer, ya know, flubbed the lyrics. It’s just insane. But I have a really good laugh about it and you get over things. You get back up again and you just prove to yourself and to everyone you that much stronger.”
xtina was sooo hot in person!- I need to drop out and start living like you
