Singer Shakira said she believed she would live happily ever after with former midfielder Gerard Pique until rumors surfaced that he was having an affair.
“My priority is my home, my family. I believed in the saying that only death can separate us. I believed in that dream and I had that dream for myself and for my children”, Shakira shared in an interview with Billboard published September 21.
Shakira on the cover of Billboard. Photo: Instagram Shakira
The Colombian singer added that she hoped to have forever love like her parents, who have been together for 50 years. “My parents love each other like the first day, with a unique love. So I know that it is possible. Parents’ love is always a model and that’s what I want for myself and my children, but it didn’t happen,” the beauty said.
Recalling her love affair with Pique, the female singer born in 1977 admitted that she had to put her music career on hold after living with the former midfielder 10 years younger than her in Spain. “The problem is that I gave everything to him, to my family. For me it was difficult to focus on my career while at Barcelona. I can’t leave my children at home and go somewhere outside to make music. It’s difficult to maintain that rhythm”, Shakira said.
Shakira and Pique were still together. Photo: Shakira Instagram
But since breaking up with Pique and settling in the US, singer Waka Waka went to the studio to record a new song and released it. plans to tour in 2024. As for her two sons Milan and Sasha, Shakira said life in the US is more comfortable than in Spain. “In Barcelona, the media makes it difficult for them. Paparazzi are outside our house every day. Here, they are normal kids, enjoying simple things and being able to be themselves,’ she said.
Shakira and Gerard Pique announced their love in 2011 after secretly dating since the 2010 World Cup. In the summer of 2022, the pair released a joint statement confirming their separation. . When the two broke up, there were many rumors that the former Barca star cheated on Shakira and had an affair with his current girlfriend Clara Chia Marti. While her old love is happy with her new lover, the Colombian singer is still single despite being entangled in dating rumors with actor Tom Cruise, Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton or basketball star Jimmy Butler.
