{"id":4502,"date":"2026-06-03T16:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shakira-details-heartbreak-after-ex-gerard-piques-alleged-affair\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:54:23","slug":"shakira-details-heartbreak-after-ex-gerard-piques-alleged-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/shakira-details-heartbreak-after-ex-gerard-piques-alleged-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakira details heartbreak after ex Gerard Piqu\u00e9&#8217;s alleged affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129607423-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Shakira, Shakira, is opening up about the heartbreak she experienced after her ex <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/18\/shakira-allegedly-discovered-gerard-piques-cheating-over-jam\/\">Gerard Piqu\u00e9\u2019s alleged affair in late 2021. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\">\u201cI always thought that I was more fragile or weaker than what life proved me to be,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shakira-30-years-in-music-new-beginnings-world-cup-halftime-show-exclusive-11988977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artist told People<\/a> in an interview published Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/04\/shakira-announces-split-from-soccer-star-gerard-pique\/\">The end of Shakira\u2019s 11-year relationship in 2022<\/a> inspired the track \u201cShakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53\u2033 one year later.<\/p>\n<p>The song \u2014 which detailed the retired soccer player\u2019s alleged infidelity \u2014 became the Grammy winner\u2019s first Top 10 hit on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100 chart in over a decade.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Shakira (pictured here in 2025) got candid about the heartbreak she experienced following her ex Gerard Piqu\u00e9\u2019s alleged affair in 2021. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Global Citizen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The end of the artist (pictured here with her ex in 2024) and the soccer player\u2019s 11-year relationship inspired her 2023 song \u201cShakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\">\u201cIt was just pure catharsis. I really needed to write about what I was going through and not have any censor,\u201d Shakira mused. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\">As the \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d crooner put it, songwriting is \u201clike going to a shrink, only cheaper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shakira \u2014 who shares sons, Milan, 13, and Sasha, 11, with Piqu\u00e9 \u2014 recalled leaning on pals and family after the alleged indiscretion. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\">\u201cLife is a bitch, but it\u2019s so worth living because friends are there for you,\u201d she said about going through heartbreak.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Shakira (pictured here in 2019 with Piqu\u00e9) called the process \u201cpure catharsis,\u201d adding that she \u201creally needed to write about what I was going through and not have any censor.\u201d<br \/>\n <span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cHips Don\u2019t Lie\u201d hitmaker (pictured here in 2019 with her ex) said songwriting is \u201clike going to a shrink, only cheaper.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Europa Press via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shakira added that you have to have gratitude for the lessons in life. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven for the people that leave you with scars,\u201d she stated, \u201cbecause they just make us better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After separating from the athlete, the mom of two moved forward for her sons. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen your world collapses, you have to get up and pay the bills and still prepare breakfast and take your kids to school. Life needs to go on,\u201d Shakira <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shakira-says-sons-got-her-through-breakup-motherhood-makes-you-strong-exclusive-11989102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elaborated to People<\/a>, adding that \u201cmotherhood makes you strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe moment I became a mother, I saw life through a different perspective, and my kids are not only the best thing that happened to me, but I\u2019ve learned so much from them every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Grammy winner said she had to be strong for her and Piqu\u00e9\u2019s sons, Milan, 13, and Sasha, 11, (pictured here together in 2025). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Disney<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe moment I became a mother, I saw life through a different perspective, and my kids are not only the best thing that happened to me, but I\u2019ve learned so much from them every day,\u201d the pop star (pictured here with her sons in 2025) gushed. <span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite being previously linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/13\/shakira-nba-star-jimmy-butler-fuel-dating-rumors-in-london\/\">Miami Heat player Jimmy Butler<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/05\/shakira-cozies-up-to-f1-driver-lewis-hamilton-in-barcelona\/\"> Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, Shakira is happy with the two <em>current<\/em> boys she has in her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just thinking of raising my kids. I don\u2019t see that for now,\u201d Shakira admitted about a future relationship. \u201cMaybe when they\u2019re older.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trio has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/08\/shakira-kids-moving-to-miami-after-gerard-pique-breakup\/\">since relocated from Spain to Miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Columbian star first met the soccer player on the set of her music video for \u201cWaka Waka (This Time for Africa),\u201d which was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The songstress (pictured here with the retired footballer in 2019) first met her ex on the set of her music video for \u201cWaka Waka (This Time for Africa).\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In 2022, the pair (pictured here in 2013) announced they had split. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/06\/04\/shakira-announces-split-from-soccer-star-gerard-pique\/\">Shakira and Piqu\u00e9 <\/a>announced their separation to the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret to confirm that we are separating,\u201d the pair said in a statement released by the pop star\u2019s rep at the time. \u201cFor the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect our privacy. Thank you for your understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months later, Shakira <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/21\/shakira-breaks-her-silence-on-gerard-pique-split\/\">revealed just how difficult the breakup was<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In 2023 rumors surfaced that Shakira (pictured here with her ex in 2014) was devastated over his alleged affair with now-girlfriend Clara Chia Marti. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for DCP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Shakira (pictured here with her ex in 2014) has since relocated to Miami with her sons. <span class=\"credit\">Europa Press via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to talk about it, especially because I\u2019m still going through it, and because I\u2019m in the public eye and because our separation is not like a regular separation,\u201d she told Elle in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, reports surfaced that the \u201cWhenever, Wherever\u201d songstress <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/06\/shakira-devasted-over-gerard-piques-alleged-cheating\/\">was \u201cdevastated\u201d to find out her husband had allegedly been unfaithful<\/a> with his now-girlfriend Clara Chia Marti.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, rumors swirled that Shakira allegedly discovered her ex was cheating when she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/18\/shakira-allegedly-discovered-gerard-piques-cheating-over-jam\/\">realized her favorite jam was disappearing<\/a>\u00a0from their fridge.<\/p>\n<p>However, she has since discredited that rumor. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/celebrity-news\/shakira-details-heartbreak-after-ex-gerard-piques-alleged-affair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakira, Shakira, is opening up about the heartbreak she experienced after her ex Gerard Piqu\u00e9\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129607423-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}