 The music video for " Dirrty " was directed by David LaChapelle . It was filmed on September 8 and 9 , 2002 , in Los Angeles , at an abandoned newspaper print building . Aguilera took boxing lessons to prepare for the video , and more than 100 dancers auditioned . Aguilera wanted to make sure that she and LaChapelle had the same vision for the video , not wanting it to be " glossy or pretty . " A scene where Aguilera is lowered into a boxing ring in a cage and a dance segment in the ring were filmed on the first day . The following day , a foxy boxing scene , a table dancing segment , a party scene with Redman 's rapping his part , and a shower scene were filmed . The video premiered on September 30 , 2002 , on Making the Video , and was described as " a post @-@ apocalyptic orgy . " 
