Christina Aguilera talks about childhood hell at the hands of her violent father
Christina Aguilera has spoken for the first time about her suffering at the hands of her violent father. She has admitted her Army Sergeant father Fausto made life hell for her family and she used music as an escape from the trauma of her beatings. She said: 'I witnessed a lot of unpleasant things - a lot of pushing and shoving and fighting and quarrelling. 'Growing up I did not feel safe. Feeling powerless is the worst feeling in the world. 'I turned to singing as an outlet. The pain at home is where my love for music came from.'
Her mother Shelly recalled in the interview how she found Christina, then aged four, with blood pouring from her face. Shelly said: 'I scooped her up and said, "Oh my God. What's wrong?" She told me,
"Daddy wanted to take a nap and I made too much noise."'
Christina, 28, said she turned to singing to blot out the pain of the abuse. 'I turned to singing as an outlet,' she said. 'The pain at home is where my love for music came from.' Christina said her father had begged for forgiveness, but she wants nothing to do with him.
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