‘I was forced to be toothpick thin’

Christina Aguilera has revealed that she was forced to be toothpick thin a few years ago and has opened up about the pressures in the music industry.

The 31-year-old, who has been criticized for her curvier figure recently, claims her record company once staged an intervention to get her to lose weight.

“During the promotion of my album Stripped [in 2002], I got tired of being a skinny, white girl,” Aguilera says.
“I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring.”

The singer claims she put her foot down during recording for her new album ‘Lotus’ and has refused to slim down to promote it.