They fall for J Balvin for dropping Shakira from a video about Columbia
Singer J Balvin is back in the news, this time for the way he celebrated Colombia’s Independence Day.
Through his social networks, J Balvin shared a spectacular video of almost one and a half minutes, where he wrote: “Proud to be Colombian as a HP!!” (sic).
The video features many prominent and famous people from Colombia, including soccer player James Rodriguez, actress Sofia Vergara, singers Maluma and Carol G, and an episode of the telenovela ‘Betty, La Fia’.
Proud HP to be Colombian!! 🇨🇴💛💙♥️ pic.twitter.com/RegInkXDV1
— Jay Balvin (@JBALVIN) July 21, 2022
However, it’s the ones who don’t get the most attention from their followers on social networks. Netizens highlighted the absence of renowned author Gabriel GarcĂa Márquez and world-renowned Shakira.
With the latter, Jay Balvin had harsh comments, and at the time, fans of the “I congratulate you” interpreter were not amused.
The “What’s the Purpose” singer even posted a segment of her presentation at the 2020 “Super Bowl,” in which she appeared next to Jennifer Lopez, but didn’t include pictures of her colleague and fellow countrywoman Shakira. Key person in that presentation.
“The time we did the 2,500-kilometer field goal from Medellin to the ‘Super Bowl,'” he said.
Immediately, social media erupted, labeling Jay Balvin as a “machista,” among other qualifications.
“You can tell J Balvin is very hurt that a woman full of compassion opened up for him”, “J Balvin forgot when he opened for Shakira”, “Shakira is Columbia and Columbia is Shakira”, some comments. .