Christina Aguilera has had to find a "balance" between her career and motherhood.

Christina Aguilera has found a balance between her career and motherhood

Christina Aguilera has found a balance between her career and motherhood

The 43-year-old pop star has Max, 15, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman as well as nine-year-old Summer with her fiancé Matt Rutler and is "proud" of the way she lived during her early days of stardom because now she can appreciate the "juxtaposition" of it all.

Speaking on 'The Drew Barrymore Show', she explained: "I lived it. I wasn't always perfect, or perfect for camera. Everyone wants to be a little bit plasticky or robotic but I'm glad that I had to eat the backlash.

"Sometimes you get things out of the system so you can make room for the peaceful chapters in your life and being able to just feel so rewarded with your children and seeing things through your children, wanting things then for them.

"It is like a place of feeling full-circle and we're always daily still trying to figure it out and how to be the best parent representation you can. But it's a balance of both.

"I love going home to my babies and cuddling and snuggling and watching a Disney movie and all of that. But I wouldn't be able to feel super fulfilled if I didn't have the juxtaposition of this. My kids love it too, I can feel that they're proud."

The 'Beautiful' songstress started her career alongside the likes of fellow singers Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake on 'The All-New Mickey Mouse Club' in the early 19990s before breaking onto the pop scene with 'Genie in a Bottle' and thanked her fans for their constant support upon her debut single's 25th anniversary.

She added: "What a sweet turnaround of events, 25 years later, to be in this petition. To be able to celebrate and have these fans. There will be surprises and big things to come to celebrate the 25th anniversary and how the fans have just been so ride-or-die for me for so long.

"It's such a blessing to be able to do this and to share your life with people so that you're a part of their story."

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