Christina Aguilera has no regrets about her 2002 song "Dirrty". The singer opened up at the Bare It All Event about the empowerment she felt after the release of her song.

Aguilera recalled how she faced backlash after the release of her song "Dirrty" in 2002. "I remember, just releasing my Stripped album, I faced quite a bit of backlash with my song Dirrty," Aguilera said during a fireside panel, which was moderated by Tamsen Fadal, alongside Halle Berry. "And for me, I felt incredibly empowered and owning my body and expressing myself the way I wanted to and not fitting this weird label-driven, pop bubble manufacturer, robotic thing that I knew I wasn't."

She added, "And so when that started for me, it was very interesting for me to hear other people's views on why I shouldn't be doing that, why I didn't have a right to my own voice on my own body."

The "Beautiful" singer went on to say that the experience sparked her interest in understanding "the why behind it". "What is the conversation? What's happening in your life or lack of that we find so hard to just be open about letting women experience their bodies for themselves?" Aguilera continued.

Aguilera, who shares son Max Liron, 16, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman and daughter Summer Rain, 9, with fiancé Matt Rutler, told PEOPLE back in 2021 that she still has her chaps from the "Dirrty" music video.

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