Okay so picture this: youâre Shakira. Your hips donât lie, your hair looks like a shampoo commercial 24/7, and your accent is hotter than the sun. You move to America at 19, ready to vibe, thrive, and maybe drop a few iconic bops like âShe Wolf.â But instead of glitter and Grammys, you get stress, ICE vans, and Donald Trump yelling about walls. Cute!!
Queen of belly rolls and activism, Shakira La Legend just pulled a full mic-drop interview with BBC News where she got very real about what itâs like being an immigrant in America. Spoiler alert: itâs not giving âland of the free,â itâs giving âanxiety at every checkpoint.â
âLiving in the U.S. right now feels like hiding in a haunted house, but the ghosts are ICE agents,â she basically said.
Back in the day, teenage Shakira learned English by reading Leonard Cohen, Walt Whitman, and Bob Dylan. Yes, the woman who wrote âhips donât lieâ also read poetry like she was in an AP Lit class. Iconic behavior.
But fast-forward to now? Homegirl says immigrants are living in constant fear, thanks to policies that feel like they were written during an episode of The Purge. She’s watching what’s going down and sheâs not about to keep quiet while people are being treated like expired yogurt.
âA country can change its immigration policies,â she said, âbut people should always be treated with basic human decency. You know, like… humans?? Not gremlins??â
Oh, and remember when she scooped up a Grammy earlier this year? Did she thank her glam team? Her vocal coach? Nah. She dedicated it to immigrants everywhere, basically telling them: “Youâre magic. Youâre worthy. And yes, I will throw elbows for you if needed.”
Moral of the story? Shakiraâs hips donât lie, but neither does her heart. đ
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