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"Tony Lucca didn&amp;apos;t win season two of The Voice -- Jermaine Paul did -- but the finalist did walk away from the NBC singing competition on better terms with Christina Aguilera.\r\nAfter a whole season of catty back-and-forths between the former Mickey Mouse Club costars came to a head on Monday&amp;apos;s performance episode -- Aguilera charged that Lucca&amp;apos;s cover of Jay-Z&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;99 Problems&amp;quot; was &amp;quot;derogatory to women&amp;quot; -- the 31-year-old pop star was seen whispering apologetically to Lucca towards the end of Tuesday&amp;apos;s show.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She just wanted to clear the air a bit,&amp;quot; Lucca, 36, explained to Us Weekly of the private chat. The &amp;quot;Dirrrty&amp;quot; singer &amp;quot;apologize[d] that this became much more of a dramatic thing than she ever intended it.&amp;quot;\r\nLucca (who called Aguilera &amp;quot;pathetic&amp;quot; backstage on Monday&amp;apos;s show) responded in kind.\r\n&amp;quot;I said to her, &amp;apos;I hope that we can be cool moving forward,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; he told Us. &amp;quot;I take pride in the fact that my whole career has been a career of integrity, and sound relationships.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Nasty celeb feuds\r\nAlthough Aguilera initially didn&amp;apos;t recall Lucca from their days as Mouseketeers, not all of Lucca&amp;apos;s costars had the same amnesia. &amp;quot;I take pride in the fact that Justin [Timberlake] and JC [Chasez] and people will go to bat for me. Because of that integrity, I would hate to think that through this whole course that [Christina] and I would both suffer on the backside,&amp;quot; Lucca mused. &amp;quot;So, you know, water under the bridge.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd Lucca does not blame Aguilera&amp;apos;s harsh criticisms for his loss on the show -- but wondered whether their feuding turned voters off.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Her criticism for the most part has inspired me and led me to a higher plane than I might not have found otherwise,&amp;quot; he surmised to Us. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve tried to turn that all into positive and use it for creative inspiration but I don&amp;apos;t know . . . maybe this is America&amp;apos;s way of saying that they don&amp;#x2019;t want to reward this sort of petty back-and-forth kind of thing.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: Did the right singer win on The Voice?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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