Christina Aguilera upset about poor sales of baby pictures, fires staff

**sharon_b** · February 25th, 2008, 05:08 PM

Christina Aguilera has baby rage

Baby mama drama!

Spinning the media on a celebrity's stint in rehab used to be a publicist's biggest headache. But now the folks who manage the images of the stars are witnessing the birth of a new nightmare that we'll call postpartum panic.
Driven by the booming market for baby photos, young starlets want to get top dollar for pictures of their tots from the hyper-competitive glossy mags.
With millions of dollars and fragile egos on the line, someone has to take the fall when the mothers' expectations aren't met.

After giving birth to her son, Max, Christina Aguilera threw a tantrum, according to a source close to the pop star, and fired her day-to-day manager, one of her assistants and her publicity firm BWR.

Christina was quite possibly peeved that the photos of her son did nothing to improve the newsstand sales of the People magazine. Maybe she was jealous that she only pocketed $1.5 million for the tot shots — less than the $1.7 million paid for photos of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn.
Regardless, X-tina went bananas. "She went crazy," says an astonished source. While BWR also reps J.Lo, the source said, the firm wasn't part of the team that secured Friday's $6 million payout for photos of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's twins.

New mom Nicole Richie is also showing symptoms of PPP, but she is sparing her beleaguered publicists at BWR, placing all the pressure on her longtime manager Benny Medina to find her the biggest possible baby-pix payday.
A source close to the action said Richie is acting "cheap" and trying to wring every cent she can out of the deal.
BWR rep Nicole Perna reports that Richie is busy being a mom and will rejoin the firm's roster this summer as she gets ready to launch her fashion line.
For the sake of the publicists and managers on both coasts, lets hope PPP doesn't prove too contagious.

Christina Aguilera has baby rage

**Grimmlok** · February 25th, 2008, 05:11 PM

aww poor things, only 1.5 mil? However will you survive.

**aabbcc** · February 25th, 2008, 05:11 PM

Why not just enjoy your kid and be happy?

**Trixie** · February 25th, 2008, 05:27 PM

She didn't get paid as much as because her magazine covers don't SELL as much as some other stars.

People just aren't all that into you, Christina. Or your baby. It's not your manager, assistant or PR firm's fault.

**Grimmlok** · February 25th, 2008, 05:28 PM

.. or your last album...

**Beeyotch** · February 25th, 2008, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by Trixiebelle

She didn't get paid as much as because her magazine covers don't SELL as much as some other stars.

People just aren't all that into you, Christina. Or your baby. It's not your manager, assistant or PR firm's fault.

Fer real. Like a toddler throwing a tantrum, all because people don't like you as much as you want them to? Pffft.

**Rondette** · February 25th, 2008, 05:40 PM

what a prick....prickess?

**MissVenus** · February 25th, 2008, 07:36 PM

It's just disgusting to see these people pimping their kids out when they are only days old.

Shut the fuck up bitches and enjoy your children. They are a blessing - not a cash cow.

**SweetPea** · February 25th, 2008, 07:40 PM

Somebody's jealous of Jlo.

**Laurent** · February 25th, 2008, 08:15 PM

Christina is talented as hell, and I'll own up to owning her albums, but her pics don't sell because 9 times out of 10 you know she's going to show up looking like a tranny-in-training with bleached out hair, red lipstick and her boobs hanging out. What's new?

And not to be mean, but her husband is not over-the-top good looking. Magazines aren't going to fly off the shelves to see Christina looking like she always does and her average looking hubby.