Shakira rescued on set after rat nearly crawls on her head 

International pop star Shakira was recording her latest music video when an unwanted guest interrupted the shooting. 

For the shooting of the music video for “Copa Vacia,” Shakira was laying on a rocky beach full of trash, playing the role of a mermaid with long pink hair and a curvy green tail. As she was lying down, a rat almost crawled on her face, causing her to jump up and scream. 

Sharkira shared the video of the moment on her Instagram on Wednesday. "Things that happen even to mermaids," she captioned the post, along with a shrugging emoji. 

 

 

 

 

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The singer then shared a second clip from the music video, which shows her swimming around as a mermaid and then singing with her co-star Colombian singer Manuel Turizo.

However, the rat wasn’t the only mishap that took place during the music video shooting. Shakira, in her mermaid outfit, was put inside a fish tank, which apparently broke and began to flood the set. 

"The fish tank broke, the set began to flood, and they had to take me out of there. I couldn’t go out because I had a mermaid tail, and I couldn’t climb out," she told Univision’s Spanish language Primer Impacto.

The Colombian singer eventually had to be removed from the set with a crane. 

"Every man for himself. Good thing it was just an anecdote, and I’m here to tell it," she said, adding that Turizo had predicted the tank would break.

"He had told me that the fish tank would break," she said. "I thought it was impossible, believing we had impeccable safety standards. But, to my surprise, his prediction came true."