Christina Aguilera: My Son Got Me “Excited” About This Election
Credit Christina Aguilera’s newborn son Max with getting her involved in this year’s election.
“Being a new mother, it was really important for me to get excited about this election,” she told Larry King during an interview Wednesday about her involvement with Rock the Vote.
This election “is such one of change and new development for our country and for the future of my son,” she added. “I want the best possibilities for him.”
Aguilera — who would not reveal which candidate she supported — told King, she registered to vote “as soon as I could” but admitted she didn’t “exercise that right until the last election.
“I grew up in a house where politics weren’t discussed,” she explained. “It was a hopeless situation.
“As a woman, that’s embarrassing that it took [me] so long [to vote] because we weren’t always given that right,” she said.
As she grew up, Aguilera said her interest in social issues increased (she has spoken out about surviving childhood abuse).
“Certain issues were brought to me where I felt I can voice my opinion,” she said.
As for why other young people don’t vote, she said maybe they feel politics “doesn’t affect them” and they think it will matter to them “later on down the road.
“But time goes quickly,” she cautioned. “I’m already 27.”
