34 of the Funniest Burns from the Week of April 1, 2024

After gaining a lot of goodwill in the wake of her infamous tax controversy and very public split from Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué, Colombian singer Shakira has watched much of that public support unravel the last few days. 

In an interview with Allure published earlier in the week, the Queen of Latin Music gave her months-late opinion on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, telling the beauty magazine that her two sons “absolutely hated” it because it “emasculated” them. The timeline was quick to point out that her 9- and 11-year-old sons definitely don’t know what it means to be emasculated, and speculated that the singer was using them to parrot her own thoughts on the film. Days later, in an appearance on Hot Ones, the “Whenever, Wherever" singer told host Sean Evans that she cringes at her older music, calling her signature yodeling “exaggerated” and “a little bit rogue.” 

All of which has had the timeline begging reporters to do one simple thing: stop asking Shakira questions. 

That said, Shakira’s odd press tour wasn’t the only thing raked over the coals this week. Other digital burn victims included a teacher’s conniving coworkers, men with less than sexy prose and a spam bot from Bikini Bottom.