There are a lot of things I like about theChristina Aguilera interview in the August issue of Glamour (on newsstands July 8th)*. In it, the singer comes across as someone you might want to hang out with, especially if you were a new mom and just really in love with your husband and kid. And I feel like—unlike a lot of spoiled, annoying stars—Aguilera has one of those hard-working, rags to riches stories that makes her success seem especially sweet. Read the interview’s highlights. You’ll like her too.

1. As a new mother to 6 month-old Max, Aguilera talks about getting back into pre-baby shape and actually manages to sound honest and cool about it. She exercises for 90 minutes a day, five days a week, butkind of begrudgingly: 
“I hate working out…I have to mentally push myself through it. I get very whiny, saying things like ‘I can’t do it!’ I can’t deal with having someone barking at me.” 

2. She did enjoy some curves that came with motherhood: 
“I was OK with the booty and the boobs!” 

3. She was once kind of wild and self-destructive— and she’s super happy she never got caught on camera partying: 
“[I couldn't get away with that now]. It wasn’t until the wave of reality TV that our culture’s obsession with celebrity got so crazy. I think a lot of people thrive on that stuff.”

4. On her son Max influencing her upcoming album: 
“My little boy breathes new life into me.”

5. Being a mom has made her more laid back (Aguilera showed up to the interview with a messy ponytail and undone nails):
“My mom was so giving that she almost forgot about herself many times over. So I’m careful to make time for myself…[but] before I became a mom, if I had an interview lined up, my nails would’ve been done.”

6. But she still makes time for her marriage:
“We make sure we have Mommy and Daddy nights out. Once we know [our son] is in good hands, we go out and have a few drinks. Then we’ll come home, dim the lights and do our thing.”
You can read the whole story by clicking HERE.
*Also, in case you’re confused, as I was, the picture is of Christina and her dog Stinky, whom she calls “one of my babies.” I will not allow this to make me like her less.

Christiana Aguilera has caught some flack for frequenting hot spots with husband Jordan Bratman since the birth of the couple’s son Max in January. 

Still, the 27-year-old defends herself, tellingGlamour magazine, “We make sure we have Mommy and Daddy nights out.”

Adds Aguilera:  “Our child comes first, obviously, but there are certain things you can do: Once we know he’s in good hands, we go out late at night and have a few drinks.”

After a night out on the town, the sexy singer says, she and her hubby “dim the lights and do our thing.”

And while Aguilera has been very vocal in the past about her intimate relationship with Bratman, she coyly tells the magazine, “I’m not going into any more detail than that.”

http://www.celebtv.com/celebrity_gossip/christina_aguilera_defends_her_late_nights_on_the_town