The “Trust Fall” musician, 43, shared herfrustrations on Instagramabout people focusing onher response to supposedly “shading"her fellow “Lady Marmalade” singer, instead of talking about her current work.
“While some of the responsibility lays with me and my inability to lie, and my uncanny ability to overshare — my real disappointment lies in the fact that the art can never be the focus when you’re a woman.”
“The fact that I created one of the most beautiful albums with the most beautiful people — sang my ass off, made Myself wholly Vulnerable — eleven albums in, selling out stadiums, raising good kids, steadily Employing hundreds of Good, Hardworking people, the only thing they ask you about over and over is a silly feud from your Twenties,” she continued.
However, Pink owned up to her role in the drama: “I take responsibility also — I’m out of Practice Dodging the bulls— that gets thrown at us hardworking women. I’m notorious For saying too much.”
“But I’ve never lied,” she clarified. “And for every one or two women I’ve had issue with — there are hundreds that I’ve complimented and supported and loved on. But we don’t talk about that.”
She then called out the double standard for men and women in the industry: “I wonder when the last timeBradley CooperorRobert De Nirowere asked in interview after interview about any argument they’d ever had. How aboutChristian Bale?”
“We stick to the art with them, Don’t we? I’d like to have the same opportunity,” she wrote.
Continuing, she said, “I also believe in authentic apology — and owning Your Mistakes. I should say less. Every time. Say less. Something I’m working on. This was a good Reminder.”
“My wish is To share the pains and the celebrations of this messy life through music and on stage. And I’ve accomplished that. Incredibly and consistently,” she added.
Concluding her thoughts, she expressed gratitude to her fans: “And thank you all for listening — and for the 25 years Of kick ass love and support. Peace.”
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In a recent interview withBuzzFeed’s Sam Cleal, Pink revealed that 2001’s “Lady Marmalade” was her “least favorite” music video to shoot and “wasn’t very fun to make,” because of what she called “some personalities” on set. She also notably left out Aguilera’s name when calling her other collaborators,Myaand Lil' Kim, “nice.”
“Also — I kissed Xtina[']s mouth,” Pink concluded. “I don’t need to kiss her ass.”
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Both Aguilera and Pink have opened up about each other in the years since the music video, notably when Pink revealed in a 2017 episode ofWatch What Happens LivewithAndy Cohenthat Aguilera “swung at me in a club.” The singer added at the time that they eventually made amends.
“We were super young and super new at the whole thing, and I think I’m an alpha, and she’s an alpha,” Pink said, also during the “Plead the Fifth” segment.
She continued, “I’m used to taking my altercations physical and she’s used to having them verbal. We’re just very different, we’re very different. And we were very young and new.”
“Women have to learn how to support each other,” she added. “It’s not taught to each other in the playground.”
Two years later,Aguilera appeared on the same programand said she understood Pink had “some feelings about how the recording of ‘Lady Marmalade’ went down” and also denied throwing a punch at her collaborator.
“She’s a different person now,” Aguilera added. “She’s a mom. She’s cool.”
source: people.com
