Shakira’s two younger sons “completely hated” the ‘Barbie’ film as a result of they discovered it “emasculating”.

The 47-year-old pop famous person has revealed she took her boys Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, to see the Greta Gerwig film final summer time however neither of them loved it due to the movie’s themes of feminism and patriarchy – and the singer insists she agrees with them.

She instructed Attract journal: “My sons completely hated it [‘Barbie’]. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a sure extent.”

Shakira went on to elucidate her view, including: “I am elevating two boys. I need ’em to really feel highly effective too [while] respecting ladies. I like popular culture when it makes an attempt to empower ladies with out robbing males of their chance to be males, to additionally defend and supply.

“I consider in giving ladies all of the instruments and the belief that we are able to do all of it with out dropping our essence, with out dropping our femininity. I feel that males have a objective in society and ladies have one other objective as nicely. We complement one another, and that complement shouldn’t be misplaced.”

Shakira concluded: “Simply because a lady can do all of it doesn’t imply she ought to? Why not share the load with individuals who deserve to hold it, who’ve an obligation to hold it as nicely?”

It comes after the singer – who cut up from footballer Gerard Pique in 2022 – beforehand declared having a longterm companion was “dragging” her down.

Chatting with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, she stated: “In a manner it is sort of good to not have a husband as a result of it was dragging me down. Now I really feel like working, I really feel like writing songs, I really feel like making music, it is only a compulsive want that I did not have earlier than.”

Nevertheless, the mother-of-two admitted being a “single mom” means it may be “more difficult” making an attempt to steadiness her profession and private life.

She added: “I’m in control of these two youngsters, these two infants who depend upon me a lot and I am a single mom, I haven’t got a husband and residential to assist out with something.”