‘My Home Crumbled’: Shakira Shares How Gerard Piqué ‘Betrayed’ Her During Her Father’s ICU Stay
Shakira strolls on the grid before the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 07, 2023 in Miami. Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Shakira has actually been extremely open and also straightforward concerning the death of her connection with previous specialist footballer Gerard Piqué, and also the “Hips Don’t Lie” vocalist is proceeding her display of susceptability.
In a brand-new interview with People en Espanol released Monday (June 26), Shakira shared the mitigating situations that made the split a lot more destructive for her. “Everything was happening all at once, my home was falling apart,” she stated. “I was finding out in the press that I had been betrayed while my father was in the ICU. I thought I wouldn’t survive so much.”
The previous set announced their split in June 2022 with a joint declaration. “We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect our privacy,” the declaration checked out. Shakira and also Piqué were with each other for 11 years and also have 2 youngsters with each other: Milan, 9, and also Sasha, 7.
Over the previous year, numerous reports around completion of both’s connection have actually made the rounds — from cheating allegations to a jar of strawberry jam. For Shakira — that in April was called Billboard‘s Woman of the Year at the first Latin Women in Music — her father’s problem increased the discomfort of the split. “The man that has loved me the most, my father, wasn’t by my side when I most needed him,” she informed People en Espanol. “I couldn’t speak to him or receive the advice from my best friend that I so needed.”
Despite the dramatization of the separation, Shakira has actually been pressing onward with a stable stream of brand-new songs launches. This year, she has actually currently racked up 2 leading 10 appeal the Billboard Hot 100: the Bizarrap-generated “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53” (No. 9), in which she takes aim at her former partner; and also the Karol G duet “TQG” (No. 7).
The Colombian songs symbol is wanting to her daddy as “the biggest example of resilience.” Speaking of her moms and dads’ connection, the “Waka Waka” vocalist mused to the magazine, “They have both been a reflection of that dream that didn’t come true for me. But I hope they are role models for my kids of love, of patience in relationships, of absolute devotion and zest for life.”
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