Shakira begs for sons to be left alone after enduring 'incessant harassment'

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Shakira is leveling with the public, asking not as an artist, but as a mother, to please leave her young sons alone. In an emotional statement shared to her social media, the Colombian singer implored "respected friends, journalists and media outlets" to stay away from her children as interest in the pop-star continues to amass.  "In this period of change in my life as a public figure, it's understandable that there is a permanent curiosity on behalf of the press around me and my family.

However, my children, Milan and Sasha, have endured a very difficult year, suffering incessant harassment and persecution without relief by the paparazzi and several media outlets in Barcelona," she wrote, referencing their recent move from Spain to the United States. "Now that they are beginning a new life I implore the media on behalf of my children to please respect their right to privacy.

I beg you to abstain from following them to the entrance and exit of their school, wait for them at the door of our home, or follow them to their extracurricular and recreational actives as the media did in Barcelona with the intent of capturing photos or boosting ratings," she shared of her wishes for the family's new life in Miami.

She continued: "I trust that the journalists and photographers here will be sensitive to the situation that Milan and Sasha are facing and can behave in the most humane way possible with them, keeping in my that this is about the physical and emotional health and safety of two minors just 8 and 10 years of age, who only want to be able to go out in public and attend school feeling safe and tranquil that they aren't being followed or subjected to the constant scrutiny of cameras." The boys' parents are both.