Fired? Give Them A Raise
Christina Aguilera is obviously confused about what is a good business decision and what is not. Christina fired her manager, her PR firm and an assistant this week over the revelation that no one really cared about buying the People Magazine with her on the cover with her kid. No one would have probably even noticed that People sold 100,000 fewer copies with her on the cover than it normally does, except for the fact that everyone was doing the math on whether the Jennifer Lopez cover made any fiscal sense and Christina's was the issue they had the numbers to use and so they did.
Christina was pissed that the issue sold poorly and so fired the lot of them. How the assistant fit into the whole firing makes no sense, but whatever. I think that Christina is missing the big point here. It is the PR firm's job to suck up enough to People to get them interested in Christina on the cover. They did their job. It is Christina's manager's job to negotiate the best price possible for the photos. At one point magazines were offering the hugely bosomed one $50,000 for a cover. Somehow her manager got People to shell out almost $1.5M. The guy deserves a raise, not a firing. The fact that her PR firm and manager were able to do that for her shows how good they are. Again, I have no idea how the assistant got fired unless she was making a pass at the husband which seems VERY unlikely.
I really thought Christina was smarter than this. Obviously not. Hell, maybe she should manager herself. Or I hear Sam Lufti is available. That should work out well.
Wow, she has a passing resemblance to Anna Nicole in this pic. She could be her younger sister.
ReplyDeleteI guess her brain went to her boobs hahaha.
ReplyDeleteUmmm...I spy a powdered nose.
ReplyDeleteNo surprises there. Her ego got bruised and in a fit of rage she blamed everyone she could conceivably blame. Its a petty childish move.
ReplyDeleteAnd she looks like a freakin' porn star how many times MUST IT BE SAID before her tacky ass tones it down?
I have kinda had it with her and her hooker-spraypaint-lipsitck pin up thing-its been done and does not need to be re done by her.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what is the deal about making money off of baby pictures? At least B & A donated their money-but over a million? C'mon...
These decisions are so illogical, especially coming from a performer who's been so sensible, that I wonder if they are the result of post-partum depression? Frankly I was impressed (read: amazed!) that her people got $1.5M for the People photos -- and wasn't that just for the U.S. rights? Her lawyer and accountant had better talk some sense into her, fast. And get her assistant back. WTF else would want to work with her, now?
ReplyDeletehas this been confirmed with azoff? seems a bit rash, even for xtina. especially since her husband works at her mgmt co...
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm not going to be seeing Xtina at Mensa meetings anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteOf course it's post-partum! At least she didn't drown the kids. Yet.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's her stupid husband advising her.
ReplyDeletehow much does a baby alba go for? i say no where near a jolie or lopez, possibly less than an aguilera?
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ReplyDeleteI think the reason why Christina fired her publicists is that they couldn't improve her image enough to SELL the magazines.
It's one thing to negotiate the price, but if your image isn't enough to justify that price (and a price you want to keep getting), you need new management.
I think the people she should fire are her hair stylist and makeup artists.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, Christina, you are no longer relevant. Not releasing new music in a while and not announcing a Press Release w/ your impending motherhood in due course will do that.
ReplyDeleteAnd the whorish appearance doesn't help. No one wants to see a new mom done up like a ho.
She has an incredible voice; I'll bet her people have been advising her to scrape off the spackle and try a more natural look -- and she's ignored them.
ReplyDeleteI've seen street walkers in Paris who look better.
ReplyDeleteShe's respected as a singer but has NEVER been liked. JLO, while less talented and less respected, is nevertheless liked, and has given birth to twins so of course people will buy rags with hers on the cover. Du-uh.
See, i thought this stuff was all so bloodless and publicity oriented:
ReplyDeleteHow can either Kneepads or Xtina get mad when:
1. Makes Xtina & family look like they're "worth that much"
2. Kneepads can still claim they get "all the important" babies & weddings?
It's a win-win.
So,.....Huh?