Colombian star Shakira announced today, Saturday (June 4, 2022), with the heart of the Barcelona football club, Gerardo Pique, that they are separating after more than a decade of a relationship that produced two children. “We regret to confirm our divorce. We ask that privacy be respected for the sake of our children, who are our top priority,” the duo said in a joint statement.
Social networks have been ablaze in recent days because of Pique’s possible betrayal, and the Spanish newspaper “El Periodico” published a report about “betrayal with a student in her twenties.” The two stars met before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, at Shakira’s recording of the famous song “Waka Waka”, and they have Milan (9 years old) and Sasha (6 years old).
Reports suggested that Shakira had health problems due to the split, but she made it clear on Saturday on her platforms, commenting on a picture of her hanging out with her father, who wore a bandage on his forehead: “I received messages expressing concern that I recently seen in an ambulance in Barcelona. I want to inform you that these pictures go back to last weekend (May 28th) when my father unfortunately fell and I accompanied him in the ambulance to the hospital where he is now recovering.”
The news of the divorce comes more than a week after the Spanish judiciary responded to a request filed by Shakira, who is accused of involvement in a 14.5 million euro (about $15.5 million) tax evasion operation related to her income between 2012 and 2014, which means that her trial is close. Shakira (45) is one of the most prominent names in world music, and in her career she has sold more than 60 million records.
Pique (35 years old) has been wearing the colors of Barcelona since 2008, he has won the title of domestic champion eight times and the European Champions League three times, and he also crowned his country with the titles of the World Cup in 2010 and the European Cup. in 2012.
And last March, Shakira Pique was classified as “the best centre-back in the world,” after his part in his team, Barcelona’s big win over Real Madrid, 4-0, in the Clasico of the Spanish league. And then she wrote on social networks: “Gerrard does not allow me to speak publicly about these things. But only with his courage can he do the same, overcoming every injury and pain always giving his best.”
And the singer of Lebanese origin, who has 53 million followers on Twitter and 73 million on Instagram, continued: “Not because he is my husband, but because he is the best center back in the world.”
MAH/AJM (AFP, Reuters)
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
Shakira was born in 1977 and is considered one of the most famous artists in Latin America. She released her first album at the age of fourteen, but the breakthrough that made her famous happened in 1996 when she managed to mix Latin American music with rock music and directed it in Arabic. style.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
In 2000, Shakira won her first Grammy award for the best Latin pop album, after which she released her first album called “Laundry Service”, and in 2001 this album took third place at the Song Contest, and thanks to it she won the second “Grammy”, and in 2001 she won the MTV award in 2006 for the best song “Hips Don’t Lay”.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
With Colombian, Italian and Lebanese roots, the songs “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Oral Fixation” are among Shakira’s most famous songs. In 2009, she released her album entitled: “The Wolf Woman”, which enabled her to win the MTV European Music Award.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
If we go back to the World Cup in 2010, which was held in South Africa, we will remember the phrase “Waka Waka”, a song that Shakira sang and brought joy to the hearts of the participants of this world cup.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
Shakira was married to “Antonio de la Rua”, the son of the former president of Argentina, for ten years, but they separated in 2010 after mutual differences. In the photo: Shakira with her husband Antonio in Las Vegas in 2007.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
Also in 2010, Shakira’s love affair with Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, who plays for FC Barcelona, was discovered, and the two partners have two children, Milan and Sasha.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
It seems that the two-time Grammy award did not satisfy her ambition, and in 2011 her name was engraved on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Shakira owns homes in Miami and the Bahamas, as well as in her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia and Spain.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
Shakira named the charity association she founded “Barefoot Association”, and this association aims to provide education to children in her country, “Colombia”. In the photo: “Shakira, in the company of many children, at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for a school in the Colombian city of Cartagena.”
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
In the fourth season of 2013, Shakira was appointed to the jury of the famous amateur singing show “The Voice” under the auspices of NBC, and she showed her wit and won the enthusiasm of the participants of the program. Shakira will not participate in the fifth session of “The Voice”, but will participate in its sixth session.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
This picture of Shakira was taken last year during the filming of the 3D animated film “Zootopia”, in which she will voice the gazelle Zootopia in the English and Spanish versions, and will perform the song “Try Everything” in the Golden Globe-winning animated film.
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Spiral singer Shakira – an international star with Arab roots
Shakira is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. She recently visited the Davos Forum to contribute to the supply and demand for education. It cooperates with different parties to provide resources for the educational process. The Schwab Foundation awarded her the Crystal Award, which is usually given to artists who work to improve the human condition. Kate Moyer/Galia Dagestani
