Pink responds after she's accused of 'shading' Christina Aguilera in recent interview

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By Asiya Ali

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Pink has fired back at the accusations that she was making a dig at Christina Aguilera during a recent interview.

In an interview with BuzzFeed UK, the 43-year-old musician fueled rumors of a feud by appearing to subtly throw shade at the 42-year-old 'Beautiful' singer while talking about their 'Lady Marmalade' music video.

The 'Just Give Me A Reason' hitmaker explained that the iconic video - which also featured Mya, Lil Kim, and Missy Elliot -  "wasn't very fun to make" because she's "all about fun, and it was, like, a lot of fuss, and there were some personalities".

The part that angered Aguilera fans was when she mentioned that "Kim and Mya were nice," but notably left the 'Genie In A Bottle' singer out of the sentence.

Watch the interview below:

Elsewhere in the interview, Pink described 'Lady Marmalade' as "iconic," but revealed that she was very emotional during the filming process for the music video.

"I guess it is iconic, but I remember I kept crying because my skin didn't like the makeup," she said. "It was just… There were some annoying things happening that day."

After the comments were widely shared on Twitter, the 'So What' songstress took to her page to deny that she was reigniting any feud with the 'Say Something' singer.

"Y’all are nuts. Xtina had s*** to do with who was on that song. If you don’t know by now- I’m not 'shading' someone by telling it over and over and over what actually happened," she angrily wrote. "I’m zero percent interested in your f***ing drama.

"If you haven’t noticed- I’m a little busy selling," she continued, before writing in a follow-up tweet: "And by selling- I mean tickets and albums and bake sales and s***."

She then concluded in a final tweet: "Also- I kissed xtina's mouth. I don't need to kiss her a**. "

While 'Lady Marmalade' remains one of the most iconic music videos of all time, it seems like the two collaborators haven’t fully moved on from their alleged years-long feud.

The behind-the-scenes rivalry reportedly ignited in the recording studio when trying to decide which pop diva would be singing the high notes of the Grammy-winning song.

According to US Weekly, Pink once revealed: "[Label executive] Ron Fair walked in. He didn't say hi to any of us and said, 'What's the high part? What's the most singing part? Christina's going to take that part.'

"And I stood up, and I said 'Hi. How are you? So nice of you to introduce yourself. I'm Pink. She will not be taking that part. I think that's what the f***ing meeting's about,'" she added.

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(L-R) Lil'Kim, Pink, Mya, and Christina Aguilera singing 'Lady Marmalade' at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy

Years later, the 'Try' vocalist claimed during a 2017 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that Aguilera "swung" at her in a club during the early years of their career.

"We were super young and super new at the whole [fame] thing. I think I’m an alpha and she’s an alpha, and I’m used to taking my altercations physical and she’s used to having them verbal. We just are very different," she said.

However, the pair reportedly settled their differences back in 2017 after Pink appeared in an episode of The Voice when the 'Reflection' singer was a judge.

"She’s so talented, and, deep down, I’ve had bad days too. She’s a really sweet person. We made up on The Voice. I hadn’t seen her in years and years and years. We became moms. We grew up. We hugged it out. It’s that simple. I feel so good about that."

Featured image credit: REUTERS / Alamy