Shakira’s sons, Milan (11) and Sasha (9), expressed their dislike for the 2023 fantasy comedy film Barbie at least according to their mother.
During an interview with Allure for a new cover story, the topic of the Greta Gerwig-directed epic came up. However, Shakira swiftly redirected the conversation to her sons, whom she shares with ex-partner Gerard Piqué.
“I watched it, yeah,”
“My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent. I’m raising two boys. I want ’em to feel powerful too [while] respecting women. I like pop culture when it attempts to empower women without robbing men of their possibility to be men, to also protect and provide,” she said.
“I believe in giving women all the tools and the trust that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity. I think that men have a purpose in society and women have another purpose as well. We complement each other, and that complement should not be lost.”
Thank you @Allure_magazine for such a fun shoot! A pleasure working with all of you and our amazing colombian photographer, Emmanuel Monsalve. Read the cover story here https://t.co/hEvanykcbo pic.twitter.com/6uZbE12qFu
— Shakira (@shakira) April 1, 2024
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“I think there's something refreshing about women when they get to be themselves and be unapologetic,” @Shakira says in her new Allure interview. “Because we’ve had to apologize so many damn times in the past.” She’s not apologizing anymore, but living her best life in Miami with… pic.twitter.com/KaEMhFzNSV
— Allure (@Allure_magazine) April 1, 2024
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“I was in the mud. I had to reconstruct myself. I had to reunite all the pieces that had fallen apart,” #Shakira tells Allure of the period following her 2022 split from Spanish soccer star #GerardPique, her partner of 11 years and father of her two sons. In her April cover… pic.twitter.com/D57uAkpwEz
— Allure (@Allure_magazine) April 1, 2024
According to COMPLEX although some think the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran might have lost the plot entirely, upon the release of Barbie last Jul., it was analyzed for its feminist themes, with some misinterpreting it as being anti-men. For context, the film’s screenplay was co-written by Gerwig and her husband, Noah Baumbach.
Last Aug, comedian and political commentator Bill Maher wrote on X that Barbie was “preachy” and “man-hating.”
“Barbie fights the Patriarchy. Right up to the Mattel board who created her, consisting of 12 white men! The Patriarchy! Except there’s a Mattel board in real life, and it’s 7 men and 5 women,” Maher wrote. “OK, not perfect even-steven, but not the way the board IN THE MOVIE — which takes place in 2023 — is portrayed. And not really any longer deserving of the word “patriarchy.” Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain — but this movie is so 2000-LATE.”
OK, "Barbie": I was hoping it wouldn't be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie – alas, it was all three. What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be…
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 7, 2023
