Shakira may be the pride of Barranquilla, but that doesn't mean she gets a pass from Colombia's unofficial moral police.
Politician Marco Fidel Ramirez is calling on Colombia's National Television Authority to ban the 37-year-old's "Can't Remember To Forget You" clip from being broadcast on any of the nation's channels, saying:
"Our Shakira with her erotic video is promoting tobacco usage and has become the worst example for our youth. Shakira's new video is a shameless case for lesbianism and immorality. It is a danger to children"
Also, because he knows what children like, he made up a hashtag: #PeligroVideoShakira...
Director Joseph Kahn is no stranger to putting two pop starlets on the same screen — see "The Boy Is Mine" which had Brandy and Monica teaming up — and also smart enough to know there's no need for narrative glue when those starlets are more than willing to purr and strut for the camera.