In a statement, the couple said, “We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the well-being of our children, who are our upmost priority, we request respect for (our) privacy”
Pop icon Shakira and footballer Gerard Pique were among the most well-known celebrity couples on Earth. However, after 12 years, the two have decided to call it quits.
In a statement, the couple said, “We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the well-being of our children, who are our upmost priority, we request respect for (our) privacy”.
Two Spanish journalists have revealed the information this Wednesday, June 1 in the podcast “Mamarazzis” of the newspaper El Periódico. “The singer surprised him with another and they are going to separate”, assured Laura Fa, one of the hosts of the podcast. Emilio Pérez de Rozas, journalist for El Periodico, had already stated that “the Barça captain and the Colombian singer are going through a sentimental crisis.”
Still according to the media, the two personalities would now live under two different roofs since the player was asked to leave the house and return to his old apartment in Barcelona. The defender would take advantage of this to link the outings with the little nugget of Barça, the midfielder Riqui Puig.2010: Shakira and Gerard Pique met during the music video shoot for ‘Waka Waka’, the official song of the 2020 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. That year, Spain won the World Cup.
2011: Shakira made it official. She confirmed the relationship rumors by posting a photo of both of them. The caption read, “I present to you my sunshine.” The same year, Gerard Pique kissed Shakira on stage during a concert in Barcelona. Shakira was earlier in an 11-year-long relationship with Argentine lawyer Antonio de la Rua.
After making the relationship official, in an interview with Mundo Deportivo, a Spanish Sports Daily, Gerard Pique had said, “They [the paparazzi] travel in a pack and it is a question of getting used to this new situation where you are being followed in the street. I try to take it in my stride.”
2012: The couple made their first red carpet appearance together at the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala in Switzerland. Shakira also announced her pregnancy that year. Her caption read, “I could have another nine months like this.”
