But now fans have been left stunned to learn that things weren\u2019t always so bitter between the two stars \u2014 and they actually started out having a very well-publicized crush on one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A video breaking down the timeline of Eminem and Christina\u2019s \u201clovers to enemies\u201d narrative has recently gone viral on TikTok, racking up almost 10 million views and over a million likes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love that they had a crush on each other before they hated each other,\u201d the montage is captioned. \u201cLovers to enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is exactly what happened between Eminem and Christina all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First things first, Christina was just 13 years old when she had her first taste of fame after joining the Disney Channel TV series\u00a0The Mickey Mouse Club<\/em>\u00a0in the early \u201990s, with her fellow cast members including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After leaving the show, Christina wasted no time in establishing herself as a successful solo artist, and in the summer of 1999 she achieved global success with her self-titled debut album, which had \u201cGenie in a Bottle\u201d as its lead single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Eminem \u2014 real name Marshall Mathers \u2014 had been trying to break into the music scene since 1988, when he was 16 years old. Despite enjoying some success in underground rap circuits, he didn\u2019t become mainstream until February 1999, when he released\u00a0The Slim Shady LP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In resurfaced interview clips that feature in the viral TikTok, Christina made no secret of her feelings for Eminem while doing press that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting Eminem actually,\u201d she told a reporter ahead of an awards ceremony. \u201cI want to meet Eminem, I think he\u2019s cute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a separate interview, Christina is seen giggling as she admits: \u201cHe\u2019s actually been a crush of mine for a while now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The feeling appeared to be mutual, with there being several clips of Eminem suggesting that he was attracted to Christina. After winning an MTV VMA, the rapper said that he planned to put it \u201cright between my Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera poster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And discussing the singer in an interview, Eminem coyly shared: \u201cShe\u2019s cute and I\u2019ve heard little things she said about me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the situation soured in early 2000, when Christina\u2019s documentary for MTV aired. Speaking with her girl friends, Christina chooses Eminem\u2019s music video for his hit song \u201cMy Name Is\u201d as one of her favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At first, she heaps praise on the star, telling the others: \u201cHe\u2019s got a cute face, look at his face! He\u2019s so cute.\u201d Christina then clears up \u201cstupid rumors\u201d about them dating, saying that she\u2019s only met him one time but \u201che\u2019s a cool guy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She then adds: \u201cI heard he\u2019s married now. The girl that he talks about killing on his record, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eminem had indeed wed his on-again-off-again girlfriend Kim in 1999, and she is the subject of many of his most controversial songs. This includes the track \u201c\u201997 Bonnie & Clyde,\u201d where he raps about killing Kim and enlisting their toddler daughter, Hailie Jade, to help him dispose of her body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s pretty graphic, taking this girl out, killing her,\u201d Christina goes on. \u201cLike, the mother of his child, it\u2019s kind of aggravating to listen to. Some of his album is kind of disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina then warns viewers against tolerating violence in relationships, saying: \u201cAbusive situations are not cool. I get a lot of fan mail from a lot of girls in really bad situations, and I\u2019ve kind of been around situations like that growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI really emphasize respect, self-respect, and making a guy treat you right because it\u2019s so important,\u201d she goes on. \u201cThere\u2019s so many girls out there that are so enslaved to their guy sometimes, who don\u2019t have enough self-confidence and stuff and it\u2019s so sad because that\u2019s where it leads to abusive situations and that\u2019s so, so wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGirls out there, you\u2019ve got to pull the plug on situations like that, don\u2019t let a guy disrespect you,\u201d Christina concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Eminem was vocal in his anger at what Christina had said. Reflecting on the documentary, he told a reporter: \u201cI was like: \u2018That\u2019s cool, she picked my video!\u2019 But she heard a rumor that I was married.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was like\u00a0no you didn\u2019t just say that, you little bitch<\/em>,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd then she said: \u2018Yeah and doesn\u2019t he have a song about killing his baby\u2019s mother? I always tell my friends I\u2019m so against domestic violence and if you\u2019re in an abusive relationship\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd I was like why did she just pick my video if she\u2019s picking it apart?\u201d Eminem continued. \u201cI\u2019d rather of had her say nothing about me. She heard a rumor, she didn\u2019t know if I was married or not, she just heard a rumor and then put me on blast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI figured well fuck it, since she did that\u2026 Alright, you said something about me so I\u2019m going to voice some rumors I\u2019ve heard about you,\u201d Eminem said in reference to his song \u201cThe Real Slim Shady,\u201d which was released just three months after Christina\u2019s documentary aired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the song, he makes sexually derogatory comments about Christina before accusing her of giving him an STD. He even directly addresses what she\u2019d said in her show, rapping: \u201cLittle bitch put me on blast on MTV \/ \u2018Yeah he\u2019s cute, but I think he\u2019s married to Kim hee-hee.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His jibes became violent later that same year. In his song \u201cOff The Wall,\u201d Eminem raps: \u201cCausing terror to Christina Aguilera \/ When I grab her by the hair and drag her across the Sahara.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n First of all, many viewers were confused about why Eminem was so enraged by what Christina said considering it was true. One person commented: \u201cWild that he got mad about h being married (which he was) and the song he wrote\u00a0 While another asked: \u201cWhy is he calling his marriage a rumor\u00a0 \u201cEverything she said was true,\u201d one more agreed. Someone else praised Christina for what she said in her documentary, writing: \u201cShe is a queen for speaking out at the time about this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And others were just disappointed to have missed out on the \u201cpower couple\u201d that Eminem and Christina could have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere a universe where they ended up together,\u201d someone mused. Another person wrote: \u201cOh please they\u2019d have been a power couple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One more simply added: \u201cEminem fumbled.\u201d While another summarized the whole situation with the comment: \u201chonestly Eminem was really disrespectful to her, anyway they would\u2019ve had look cute together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina did not explicitly address Eminem\u2019s comments at the time, but she appeared to indirectly call his attitude out in her 2002 hit single \u201cCan\u2019t Hold Us Down.\u201d In the song, she asks: \u201cShould I keep quiet just because I\u2019m a woman?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina then goes on to sing: \u201cWhen a female fires back \/ Suddenly big talker don\u2019t know how to act \/ So he does what any little boy would do \/ Makin\u2019 up a few false rumors or two\/ That for sure is not a man to me \/ Slanderin\u2019 names for popularity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Eminem was still rapping about Christina as recently as 2018, and the following year she confessed that she is baffled by him continuing to name-drop her after almost two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During an appearance on\u00a0Watch What Happens Live<\/em>, Christina shared: \u201cThat\u2019s really in the past and, you know, it was thirsty then, it\u2019s thirsty now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referencing Eminem\u2019s freestyle song \u201cKick Off,\u201d she went on: \u201cIt\u2019s not nice to go after anybody, especially a female in this business, and now, what we\u2019re looking at and seeing come to the forefront, it\u2019s just, get a new gig. Have something else to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in March, Christina\u00a0reflected on the drama\u00a0that comes with being in the public eye in an interview with\u00a0Allure. She said: \u201cThe bigger you are and the more successful, unfortunately, that comes with more hate or more scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m a very sensitive person,\u201d Christina went on to admit, before asserting: \u201cBut I\u2019m also very tough at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7242463789155716379?lang=en-US&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Flitanews.com%2Fvananhlt1%2Fwait-eminem-had-a-crush-on-christina-aguilera-before-that-infamous-diss%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawL2J_ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFuYm9VbG5GTEhGekZYOUdnAR6sacN83SkBTz8xTNPCJo0jIkIlbvxsK9GxKY6HCFY34fLzJo_hfUtdGOuTJg_aem_ONdwqPDJ4E3Nqo6rXmiynw<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n First of all, many viewers were confused about why Eminem was so enraged by what Christina said considering it was true. One person commented: \u201cWild that he got mad about h being married (which he was) and the song he wrote\u00a0 While another asked: \u201cWhy is he calling his marriage a rumor\u00a0 \u201cEverything she said was true,\u201d one more agreed. Someone else praised Christina for what she said in her documentary, writing: \u201cShe is a queen for speaking out at the time about this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And others were just disappointed to have missed out on the \u201cpower couple\u201d that Eminem and Christina could have been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere a universe where they ended up together,\u201d someone mused. Another person wrote: \u201cOh please they\u2019d have been a power couple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One more simply added: \u201cEminem fumbled.\u201d While another summarized the whole situation with the comment: \u201chonestly Eminem was really disrespectful to her, anyway they would\u2019ve had look cute together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina did not explicitly address Eminem\u2019s comments at the time, but she appeared to indirectly call his attitude out in her 2002 hit single \u201cCan\u2019t Hold Us Down.\u201d In the song, she asks: \u201cShould I keep quiet just because I\u2019m a woman?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Christina then goes on to sing: \u201cWhen a female fires back \/ Suddenly big talker don\u2019t know how to act \/ So he does what any little boy would do \/ Makin\u2019 up a few false rumors or two\/ That for sure is not a man to me \/ Slanderin\u2019 names for popularity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Eminem was still rapping about Christina as recently as 2018, and the following year she confessed that she is baffled by him continuing to name-drop her after almost two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During an appearance on\u00a0Watch What Happens Live<\/em>, Christina shared: \u201cThat\u2019s really in the past and, you know, it was thirsty then, it\u2019s thirsty now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Referencing Eminem\u2019s freestyle song \u201cKick Off,\u201d she went on: \u201cIt\u2019s not nice to go after anybody, especially a female in this business, and now, what we\u2019re looking at and seeing come to the forefront, it\u2019s just, get a new gig. Have something else to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in March, Christina\u00a0reflected on the drama\u00a0that comes with being in the public eye in an interview with\u00a0Allure. 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\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201d someone else echoed: \u201call she said was that she couldnt fw him cause he was married and how he rapped about killing his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Eminem](\"https:\/\/img.buzzfeed.com\/buzzfeed-static\/static\/2023-07\/4\/16\/enhanced\/2fd3bbc275c1\/original-954-1688487183-8.jpg?crop=1243:829;0,0&resize=1250:830&resize=1200:*\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe TikTok ends with the awkward moment when Christina had to present Eminem with an award at the 2002 MTV VMAs \u2014 and it left people with a lot of thoughts.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201d someone else echoed: \u201call she said was that she couldnt fw him cause he was married and how he rapped about killing his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Eminem](\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/01\/COMP-KS-EMINEM.jpg?strip=all&w=960\")
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