‘I feel like this is all a bad dream’: Shakira opens up on ‘incredibly difficult’ split from Gerard Pique and wanting to ‘shield children’

Shakira and Gerard Pique
Shakira and Gerard Pique referred to as time on their relationship in June (Image: EPA)

Shakira has spoken publicly about her break up from Gerard Pique for the primary time, and the influence it has had on their youngsters.

The Hips Don’t Lie singer introduced her break up from the Barcelona footballer, 35, in June, after 11 years collectively.

The previous couple, who share youngsters Milan and Sasha collectively, shared the information in a joint assertion, requesting ‘privateness’ for his or her youngsters.

In a wide-ranging new interview, the 45-year-old mentioned what led to their ‘very tough’ choice to separate, vowing that she put ‘the whole lot’ into the romance.

‘Generally I simply really feel like that is all a nasty dream and that I’m going to get up sooner or later. However no, it’s actual. And what’s additionally actual is the frustration to see one thing as sacred and as particular as I assumed was the connection I had with my youngsters’ father and see that became one thing vulgarized and cheapened by the media,’ she started to Elle Journal.

‘I feel that these particulars are someway too personal to share, at the very least at this very second – the whole lot is so uncooked and new. I can solely say that I put the whole lot I had into this relationship and my household.’

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Shakira and Gerard dated for greater than a decade (Image: Getty)

Shakira and Gerard Pique with children
The previous couple share youngsters Milan and Sasha collectively (Image: Getty)

Shakira defined that, previous to beginning a household with the athlete, she had a ‘nomadic life’, which modified after she grew to become pregnant for the primary time.

Reflecting on their relationship, the Wherever, Each time star stated that she put her personal profession on the backburner to be a help system for her family members, a call she made when her son began college, on the finish of 2014.

‘One of many two needed to make that effort and that sacrifice. And I did it. I put my profession in second gear and I got here to Spain, to help him so he might play soccer and win titles. And it was a sacrifice of affection. Because of that, my youngsters have been in a position to have a gift mother, and I've this superb bond with them that's unbreakable and that sustains us,’ she continued.

Talking of how their youngsters had reacted to their break up, Shakira stated that she had tried to ‘conceal the state of affairs’ and defend them from it, which has been tough because of the consideration that their break up has acquired within the media.

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Shakira spoke of the ‘tough’ break up in a brand new interview (Image: Jaume de Laiguana / Elle Journal)

Shakira Elle Magazine
She defined that she needed to ‘defend’ her youngsters (Image: Jaume de Laiguana / Elle Journal)

‘It’s arduous to speak about it, particularly as a result of I’m nonetheless going by way of it, and since I’m within the public eye and since our separation is just not like an everyday separation. And so it’s been robust not just for me, but additionally for my youngsters. Extremely tough,’ she stated of the stories, insisting that her youngsters ‘don’t should really feel watched each second’.

‘No matter how issues ended or how Gerard and I really feel about one another as ex-partners, he's the daddy of my youngsters. We have now a job to do for these two unbelievable boys, and I've religion that we'll work out what's finest for his or her future, their very own desires in life, and what's a good answer for everybody concerned. And I hope and would admire if we got the area to do this privately.’

Shakira and Gerard first met in 2010, when she filmed a music video for her World Cup anthem, Waka Waka.

They dated for 11 years and welcomed two youngsters collectively, however by no means married in that point.

In June, after intense hypothesis over their relationship, they confirmed that that they had gone their separate methods in a joint message.

‘We remorse to verify that we're parting methods,’ it learn. ‘For the well-being of our kids, who're our highest precedence, we ask that you simply respect their privateness.  Thanks to your understanding.’

Following the break up, the Spanish ace has gone public with new girlfriend Clara Chia Marti, whereas his former associate has stored a low profile.

‘Gerard and Clara have been seeing one another for months,’ an insider instructed the Solar on the time.

‘She is a scholar who additionally works for him in his workplace, organizing occasions.’

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