Shakira went to see the ‘Barbie’ movie with her two sons. So what did the singer think of it?
Tough crowd.
In a new interview with Allure magazine, Shakira was asked her opinion about the “Barbie” movie, and the pop star admitted she wasn’t a fan.
Neither were her two sons (with ex Gerard Pique), Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9,
“My sons absolutely hated it . ... They felt that it was emasculating,” Shakira told the magazine. “And I agree to a certain extent.”
The Oscar-nominated film, which stars Margot Robbie as the iconic Mattel doll opposite Ryan Gosling as Ken, was widely praised as both pro-feminist and fun. But the blockbuster, set in pink-tinged “Barbie Land,” also sparked controversy, with some haters calling it “woke” and anti-male.
Shakira’s opinion seems to fall somewhere in the middle.
The Colombian singer went on to tell the outlet that she believes both sexes have “a purpose in society” and “complement” one another.
“I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide,” said the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer.
Talk about empowered. The 47-year-old entertainer, who moved back to Miami from Barcelona last year, seems way over her ex, soccer star Gerard
Pique.
“I was in the mud,” admitted Shakira of their very public split amid cheating rumors. “I had to reconstruct myself, to reunite all the pieces that had fallen apart.”
Allure notes in the article that Shakira, long known for her lithe dance moves and dropdead gorgeous looks, is a “paradox.”
“Women deserve all the power, all the agency, and all the sexiness they wish to embody or express,” it says of its cover girl. “And yet it doesn’t betray her brand of feminism to expect men to man up.”
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