Shakira Makes Rare Comment About "Darkest Moment" of Gerard Piqué Breakup
Shakira is ready to talk about her breakup from Gerard Piqué whenever, wherever.
The “Whenever, Wherever” singer—who shares kids Milan, 13, and Sasha, 11, with the retired professional soccer player—opened up about the pair’s 2022 split following 11 years together.
At the time, Shakira, 49, shared she was living through “the darkest moment—when I saw the dissolution of my family,” she told The Times in an interview published May 22, “the family that I had dreamt to keep forever.”
While coping with the breakup, the Grammy winner was also supporting her father, according to the outlet, who suffered a severe fall shortly after flying to Barcelona to be by his daughter’s side following the split.
“I’ve been through so much pain, but it has made me perhaps in an unforeseen way a wiser person—or stronger, at least,” Shakira (born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll) explained. “They say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and it is true. It’s amazing to learn that humans have a resilience that we can resort to at any moment in our lives.”
“Sometimes through hardships and through pain is how we discover how strong we can be,” she added. “Suffering sometimes makes you a better person, makes you value friends and support.”
Some of those friends who stepped up included Chris Martin and Adele. Chris, for his part, sent the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer a photo of a broken vase glued together with gold, per the outlet, which read on it, “Kintsugi—you’re going to be so much stronger once this is over.”
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“Life sometimes can be a b--ch, but it’s also beautiful and made of light and shadows,” Shakira said. “So I thank life for every single moment, the bright ones and the dark ones, the people who have made me suffer because they have become my masters who have taught me lessons, very valuable lessons.”
As for how she feels about her ex four years after their breakup?
“I will always have that gratitude in my heart for the father of my kids,” she said, “and [for] turning me into the mother that I am today.”
Shakira also shared an update on her love life.
“No romance for me for now,” she said. “There’s no space or time in my life for that. My plate is quite full.”
“My kids are my priority,” she added. “And my career. Strangely enough, I’m in love with my career like I’ve never been in my life. I’m enjoying my time alone as well.”
For more on Shakira and Gerard’s relationship, read on…
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These two lovebirds met on the set of Shakira's "Waka Waka," which was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Piqué later revealed that he told her, "I am going to win this World Cup so that we can see each other at the finals." And so he did and that's how it all began.
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By 2011, Shakira and Gerard were publically an item and fans couldn't get enough of this couple.
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In 2012, the Colombian singer and Spanish soccer star announced that they were expecting their first child.
Their son Milan Piqué Membarak was born on January 22, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain.
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"I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love," Shakira told ELLE in 2013. "I even had lost my faith for a while...I started to think that there was no God. And suddenly I meet Gerard, and the sun comes out."
"We already have what's essential, you know? We have a union, a love for each other, and a baby. I think that those aspects of our relationship are already established, and marriage is not going to change them. But if I'm ever going to get married, he's the one," Shakira said to Glamour magazine in 2014.
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In 2014, Shakira announced that she and her beau were expecting their second child together.
Sasha Piqué Membarak was born January 29, 2015.
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The family appears at the Los 40 Music Awards in Barcelona in 2016.
In 2017, Shakira released El Dorado and in her song titled "Me Enamoré", she paints the picture of the day the two fell for each other.
"He liked the song, he got really emotional. He knows that there are other songs on the album that are also about him," she reveals.
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Shakira, Gerard, Milan and Sasha attend the New York Knicks-Philadelphia 76ers game at Madison Square Garden in December 2017.
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Shakira and Gerard attend the Davis Cup Presentation in 2019.
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Shakira, Gerard, Milan and Sasha appear at the event in Spain. Piqué and Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos organized the event, based on a series of viral TikTok videos where two brothers were seen competing among themselves so that a balloon did not touch the ground.
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The two celebrate the holiday together.
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Shakira and her partner ring in 2022.
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In February 2022, Shakira shared a happy Valentine's Day message on Instagram alongside this photo of herself with her partner.
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"With one kiss they can cure it all and make it worth your while to keep fighting for them. Happy Mother's Day!" Shakira wrote on Instagram in May 2022.
On June 4, 2022, Shakira and Gerard announced in a joint statement that they had split.
(Pictured: The former couple together in a 2020 Instagram pic.)
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