William Levy Fires Back At Shanik Berman For Calling His Kids 'Bastards'

William Levy has fired back at entertainment reporter Shanik Berman after she called his children "bastards" in her weekly column. The "La Tempestad" actor fired up a storm and posted a message directly to Berman on social media. "You can say anything about me, but not about my kids," the message read. "Don't get confused. A little more respect." Attached to that message Levy wrote a lenghty statement asking for a public apology from the television personality. "I don't usually respond to things that they say about my personal life," he said in a statement posted on Twitter. "I dedicate myself to working for my kids, my family, my fans and all the people that deserve my time and my attention. Things that are said in magazines with no sense don't make me loose sleep. This time I will make an exception. Paper or no paper and under whatever circumstances my beautiful kids have lived in a happy home with parents that loved them above anything else. This is for all those reporters that talk with no education."

"The first definition of 'bastard' in the Real Academia dictionary is those that degenerate from their origin and it's a word that is used as a synonim for illegitimate, false, abominable and others. That is why our kids are not 'bastards' in no sense of the word. I think that using a word like this in any context, is not only offensive to my family, but hurtful for countless children and their mothers that deserve our love and respect. I think you should offer a public apology, not only to my kids, but to those children that you could have offended and hurt referring to them in this degrading manner." Levy made it clear that he was referring to the column on tabloid newspaper Diario Basta and not a tweet in a follow-up tweet. "To clear things up, I was not referring to a message on Twitter, I was referring to an article from a magazine where the word 'bastard' is reference to my kids," he wrote. "I hope nobody else makes use of this insensitive word. Before speaking, think about what you're going to say. Don't judge because you will be judged."

Previously, Elizabeth Gutierrez was outraged because there was a tweet on Shanik's account with a nasty message. "I hope Elizabeth Gutierrez's bastard children also die soon," the now deleted Berman tweet read. Shanik later back-pedaled and said her Twitter account was hacked and she didn't know how that message was posted. Gutierrez raised a very good question after that explanation surfaced: "I don't understand much about this, but can they hack your account for only one tweet and then have the hacker delete it? Can someone explain that to me?"

With no more room to make up excuses, Shanik later posted an apology. "Before anything I offer my more sincerest apology," she wrote. "I am embarrassed for having used the word 'bastards' without trying to offend or hurt anybody. I can have many defects, but I would never wish for someone's death, let alone innocent children. I know the pain of losing a child and I don't wish that on anybody. They are using my name and picture to harm people and that's not right."