Shakira got candid about everything she gave up during the 12 years she was in a relationship to professional footballer Gerard Piqué.
‘For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to Gerard, so he could play football,’ Shakira admitted during an interview with The Sunday Times.
The Hips Don’t Lie singer continued: ‘There was a lot of sacrifice for love.’
Previously, the Colombian bombshell, who shares sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, nine, with her former partner, elaborated on the sacrifices she was willing to make for her children and Piqué.
‘My priority was my home, my family. I believed in ’till death do us part.’ I believed that dream, and I had that dream for myself, for my children,’ the Waka Waka songstress told Billboard.
She grew up in a family with parents who have been in love for 50 years.
‘My parents have been together, I don’t know, 50 years, and they love each other like the first day, with a love that’s unique and unrepeatable, the former Super Bowl Halftime Show performer said.
‘And it has always been my example. It’s what I wanted for myself and my children, but it didn’t happen. If life gives you lemons, you have to make lemonade.
‘That’s what I’m doing: making lemonade,’ she said in September 2023 in a cover story for Billboard.
At the time, it had only been about a year since she and her partner split.
‘I’m still in a reflective period,’ she said. ‘I’m still exorcising some demons. The last I have left,’ she added.
Shakira and Piqué met in 2010 on the set of the songstress’ Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)’ music video. 1
They took their relationship public in May 2011 and welcomed son Milan in 2013 and Sasha in 2015.
‘I think that nothing can compensate for the pain of destroying a family,’ she told the outlet last year.
‘Of course, I have to keep going for my children’s sake; that’s my greatest motivation. But my biggest dream, more than collecting platinum albums and Grammys, was to raise my sons with their father. Overcome obstacles and grow old together. I know I’m not getting that now,’ she added wistfully.
Shakira has moved on with NBA star Jimmy Butler.
The Grammy winner is releasing her new album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran on March 22.
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