Shakira, 45, and Piqué, 35, met at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, won by the Spanish team in which the Catalan footballer played. The Colombian singer starred in the opening concert of the sporting event, where she performed her “Waka Waka,” a theme that was the official theme song for the World Cup.
The release of a photo with Piqué on February 7, 2011 confirmed the couple’s romance during that World Cup. As a result of this relationship, their children Milan were born on January 22, 2013 and Sasha on January 29, 2015.
Shakira previously maintained an 11-year relationship with Antonio de la Rúa, son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa. Rumor has it that she started her affair with Piqué while she was still having an affair with De la Rúa. For the latter, one fan slammed Shakira with this message: “Moral, as the one from ‘Two and a Half Men’ says, ‘It’s funny you’re looking for loyalty in someone you met when he was unfaithful was'”.
Life in Spain was not easy
After meeting Piqué, the Colombian settled in Barcelona, where she lived for these 12 years. During this time he has had problems with the Spanish Ministry of Finance and is awaiting trial for alleged tax fraud.
In April 2021, the Spanish Tax Agency confirmed that the singer had defrauded €14.5 million between 2012 and 2014 by pretending not to be a resident of the country and hiding her income through a network of companies.
last May, The Barcelona court advocated trying her on tax fraud charges – even though she had already paid her debt to the Spanish Treasury – what is still pending.
This won’t be her first contact with Spanish justice, as Shakira was forced to testify alongside Colombian singer Carlos Vives in a Madrid court in 2019 after Cuban singer Liván Castellano Valdés filed a lawsuit alleging plagiarism of the song ‘The Bike’. The lawsuit was dismissed.
It’s all over today
After days of rumors in various publications, the Colombian singer Shakira announced this Thursday that she is splitting up with her partner, the Spanish footballer FC Barcelona Gerard Pique, With whom he has shared his life for twelve years and has two children, Milan and Shasha, aged 9 and 7 respectively.
Shakira today confirmed what was already an open secret with a brief statement from her communications agency asking for “respect” for her family’s privacy.
“We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the sake of our children, who are our top priority, we ask that you respect their privacy. Thank you for your understanding,” the statement said.
In recent days, various publications had alluded to the media couple’s split, reporting that Piqué had left the family home in the Barcelona town of Esplugues de Llobregat, in northeastern Spain, to return to his single home.
Some media also pointed out that as a result of this separation process, which according to certain publications is due to infidelity of the footballer, The Colombian singer recently suffered an anxiety attack for which she had to be transferred by ambulance from his apartment to a hospital.
In this regard, sources of the aforementioned communication agency clarified that this episode had nothing to do with the breakup and that it is related to “an incident of his father, for which he is in a hospital in Barcelona and recovering”.
Shakira herself had clarified this matter on her social networks with a message in which she explained that her father had suffered one “big decline”
“That day I personally accompanied him in an ambulance to the hospital, where he is recovering well. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support and love forever,” the Colombian wrote.
Meanwhile, with the Spanish soccer championship already over, the FC Barcelona international defender is enjoying a few days off after a year in the sport marred by injuries and physical ailments.
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