With the finale results show of NBC's The Voice airing last night, many viewers were startled and curious as to what Christina Aguilera was saying to runner-up Tony Lucca as she leaned over to whisper to him. It turns out that Aguilera was simply offering her apologies for much of the feud between the two this season.
"She just wanted to clear the air a bit," Lucca explained to Us Weekly. The "Dirrrty" singer "apologize[d] that this became much more of a dramatic thing than she ever intended it."
Lucca responded back with hopes of a clean slate."I said to her, 'I hope that we can be cool moving forward,'" he said. "I take pride in the fact that my whole career has been a career of integrity, and sound relationships."
Earlier, the previous Mickey Mouse Club co-stars came to feud once Aguilera had dubbed his performance of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" as "derogatory to women" to which he responded back as calling the "Dirrrty" singer "pathetic" for her comments.
Though he's ready to put the drama behind him, Lucca did wonder as to whether it affected viewers from voting for him.
"Her criticism for the most part has inspired me and led me to a higher plane than I might not have found otherwise," he explained. "I've tried to turn that all into positive and use it for creative inspiration but I don't know . . . maybe this is America's way of saying that they don’t want to reward this sort of petty back-and-forth kind of thing."
Nevertheless, he does not blame the songstress for his loss on the show, and instead, is proud to have some of his fellow Mouseketeers to support his journey.
"I take pride in the fact that Justin [Timberlake] and JC [Chasez] and people will go to bat for me. Because of that integrity, I would hate to think that through this whole course that [Christina] and I would both suffer on the backside," Lucca said with a smile. "So, you know, water under the bridge."
Christina Aguilera & Tony Lucca Squash 'The Voice' Drama
5/9/2012 4:17:12 PM
