14 DAY TRIAL // Don’t blame Christina Aguilera if you were personally offended that she messed up the lyrics of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Don’t blame Fergie for how bad she sounded at times. “We’re human.”
Following intense criticism of both performances (Aguilera’s and the Black Eyed Peas’) in the media and on various social networks, Fergie is speaking out in defense of everybody.
Just hours ago, Fergie was on the Dan Patrick Show, where she spoke about the things she didn’t like about the Black Eyed Peas’ performance and why people should just lay off Aguilera.
As she sees it, even with some glitches and setbacks here and there, the performances were both fun, which is all that should matter to fans.
Fergie also says that the nerves that come with this type of huge commitment are huge, which would explain the aforementioned glitches and setbacks.
“Some of my notes were pitchy to me,” Fergie says of her own performance with the BEP, the one that drew intense criticism and biting comments especially on Twitter, with some even saying that a BEP live show would be the best way to get Mubarak out of Egypt.
With all this, Fergie still had a wonderful time – and she’s aware of the opportunity presented to her and her fellow bandmates when they were asked to perform at halftime.
“It was so exhilarating. The whole thing. It was so big. That’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” she says.
As for Christina Aguilera, even if she got her lyrics mixed up, that takes nothing of her merit as one of the best voices of our times.
Whatever mistake she made, she did it because she was overwhelmed with emotion, or, as Christina herself put it, “lost in the moment.”
“You know what? It’s such a huge venue, your nerves take a hold of you. I completely understand. She’s one of the best singers of our time. Nobody can take that away from you... But you get nervous at these things. We’re human,” Fergie says.
TMZ has audio of Fergie apologizing for Christina Aguilera and the Black Eyed Peas, check it out here.