 Aguilera's new image was so widely rejected by the public that it began to overshadow her music. Tim Walker from The Independent wrote: "[Aguilera] simulated masturbation while wearing little more than a pair of leather chaps." Entertainment Weekly described Aguilera's image in the video as "the world's skeeziest reptile woman," and The Village Voice captioned her as a xenomorph from the Alien series. Several of Aguilera's contemporaries, such as Shakira and Jessica Simpson, expressed disapproval of her image and the sexuality of the video. Time magazine commented that "she appeared to have arrived on the set ... direct from an intergalactic hooker convention." Writer Emma Forrest remarked: "What she's depicting is subcultures within sexuality, and to say that this is normal young woman's sexuality is just not fair. ... Even Madonna never did that to girls." Aguilera told Blender in response to the criticism:
