Shakira's children hated the movie 'Barbie' because it was “castrating,” she said. The iconic Colombian singer said she partly agrees with them, suggesting that the film "robs men of the possibility of being men" The blockbuster directed by Greta Gerwig topped the 2023 box office with $1.4 billion worldwide and earned eight Oscar nominations, including best movie.
The fantasy comedy irritated some conservative figures during its premiere, with podcaster Matt Walsh condemning it as “the most aggressively anti-male feminist propaganda fest ever put to film” Bill Maher later called the film a “man-hater.”