London, Dec 3 (IANS) Pop star Christina Aguilera has accepted her much speculated relationship with Matt Rutler saying she was happy and having fun for the first time ‘in a really long time’.

The singer had been linked to Rutler, a set assistant from the film ‘Burlesque’, soon after she filed for divorce from then husband Jordan Bratman in October.

‘Once I filed for divorce, we started dating. Matthew is a special person. He’s the kind of person you could spend hours with on the phone and all of a sudden it’s daylight,’ femalefirst.co.uk quoted Aguilera as saying.

‘I’m not trying to jump into anything. I just left a five-year marriage, I’m taking it slow and trying to be happy,’ she added.