News: Mariah Carey VS. Christina Aguilera

According to Access Hollywood, the war of words started when Aguilera said that Carey was "never cool to me" in the June issue of GQ.

"One time, we were at a party and I think she got really drunk, and she had just really derogatory things to say to me," Aguilera told the magazine. "But it was at that time that she had that breakdown, so she might have been very medicated." (In 2001, Carey was hospitalized for exhaustion after several bizarre public appearances, including a near-striptease on MTV's TRL.)

In response to Aguilera's comments, Carey told Access Hollywood, "I had hoped that Christina was in a better place now than the last time I saw her, when she showed up uninvited at one of my parties and displayed questionable behavior.

"It is sad yet predictable that she would use my name at this time to reinvent past incidents for her promotional gain," Carey added. "It is in my heart to forgive and I will keep her in my prayers."

Aguilera, whose new album, Back to Basics, is due Aug. 15, seems ready for a truce. "I do not want any bad energy with anyone," she told when contacted for comment. "My intentions were not to upset Mariah with any statements that were published or taken out of context. I have all the respect in the world for her."

No one has taken off earrings or rubbed Vaseline on their faces just yet, but long-simmering animosity between songbirds Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera is definitely picking up steam following the latter's interview in the June issue of GQ.

In response to the GQ interview, Carey and her manager, Benny Medina, e-mailed Us Weekly with the following statement:

"I had hoped that Christina was in a better place now than the last time I saw her, when she showed up uninvited at one of my parties and displayed questionable behavior. It is sad yet predictable that she would use my name to reinvent past incidents for her promotional gain. It is in my heart to forgive, and I will keep her in my prayers."

With the ball back in Aguilera's court, she quickly issued a response to Carey and Medina. "At this point in my life," she said, "I do not want bad energy with anyone. My intentions were not to upset Mariah. I have all the respect in the world for her."

Aguilera a newlywed after marrying Jordan Bratman last year, says in the article that she's looking to clean up her "Dirrty" image.

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More Mariah Carey news: A former FBI agent claims that the singer allegedly dined with New York gangster Greg De Palma during her marriage to ex-husband Tommy Mottola.

Joaquin Manuel Garcia, who retired from the FBI in March, made the revelations during testimony in De Palma's racketeering trial in Manhattan on Monday. According to the New York Daily News, Garcia claims De Palma, 74, brought him into the mob and he secretly recorded conversations during his time with the criminal gang.

During one recorded conversation, De Palma claims he enjoyed a series of dinners with Carey and Mottola in the mid-1990s. De Palma described Carey as "very nice, very quiet, reserved."

Meanwhile, a rep for Mottola denies that he had spent any time with De Palma.