Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler met in 2009 on the set of Aguilera's movie Burlesque. It's not strange for celebrities to meet on a movie set, but the subject of the movie certainly made it easier for the pair to get acquainted really fast. Aguilera played Ali, a girl from a small town who goes to L.A. to chase her dreams, who finds a home at a burlesque club run by Tess, a former dancer played by Cher. Rutler was a production assistant on the film, and its nature meant that he may have seen his future fiancée in a host of compromising positions and risqué outfits within days of meeting her.
Aguilera was unhappily married at the time she met Rutler, and while it does not seem like this particular relationship was a reason for the split, the timing of it all is suspect. "We had a really strong friendship on the movie. He's the kind of person you could spend hours on the phone talking to and all of a sudden it's daylight," Aguilera told People in late 2010, just a few months after she filed for divorce from Jordan Bratman.
Whatever happened between Aguilera and Rutler, however, happened fast, because when asked if she was in love she said, "There's a love there, yes."
