RESPECT LIKE ARETHA, OR RESPECT LIKE GEORGE GALLOWAY?

This is the point where we heave our bossoms skywards and sniff that there's no smoke without fire; but Christina Aguilera has denied ever saying that Britney has "let herself go".



"It's really sad to see that some tabloid magazines still have to manufacture ill will between Britney and me," Aguilera wrote in a statement posted on her Web site. "We are both grown-ups and have the utmost respect for each other personally and professionally. If certain journalists want to throw their integrity out the window by spreading false information, then so be it. But I'm not falling for their lies and neither should my fans or Britney's."

Aguilera added that she wished nothing but the best for Britney, husband Kevin Federline and their family. "May they be blessed with continued success and future happiness," she wrote.

So, that's alright then.

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