Christina Aguilera knows that Britney Spears is back on top with “Femme Fatale,” and she wants the world to know that despite the apparent rivalry between them for more than a decade, she and Britney are actually cool together. Here’s why she’s choosing now to reveal it.

Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears have gone head-to-head for attention since their Mickey Mouse days as little girls, and then they definitely competed on the charts in the late 1990s in their “Baby One More Time” and “Genie in a Bottle” glory days.

But there was never really a concrete tiff between them…in fact even as teens, they were total professionals. Today, Christina Aguilera insists that with both she and Britney peddling major projects, the pair are totally pals. “I am a huge supporter of her in light of the fact that both of our careers started off together and are still going and going strong,” Aguilera said of Spears. “I just think at this point in the game it’s extremely important to be supportive of fellow artists and especially females who get pitted against each other and torn apart.”Aguilera knows what it’s like to be torn apart — last year’s album, “Bionic,” really didn’t fare as well as she and her label hoped. So while it’s no wonder she’s pulling out some nice words now, nice words are always, well…nice.

Aguilera, who tweeted to congratulate Britney Spears on the release of “Femme Fatale” in late March, is being very open about her reasoning for reaching out to Spears: “As an old friend of mine from the ‘Mickey Mouse Club,’” Christina said, “I think it’s important at this stage in the game to show my support.”

Source: Lime Life