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“I’m still in a reflective period,” Shakira told Billboard, referring to her former relationship, which lasted 11 years. “I’m still exorcising some demons. The last I have left.”<\/p>\n
The breakup came amid rumors that Gerard Piqu\u00e9 had cheated on Shakira with then-23-year-old Clara Chia Marti while the songstress was out of town.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a joint statement in June 2022, the duo said, “We regret to confirm that we are separating. We ask for privacy at this moment for the well-being of our children, who are our maximum priority. Thank you in advance for your understanding and respect.”<\/p>\n
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After the breakup, things turned petty. At the time, the singer’s home in Barcelona was adjacent to the home owned by Gerard Pique’s mother, and some areas of the two properties were even connected. According to Spanish outlet Marca,\u00a0Shakira built a wall to separate the two. News of the wall build came just days after the “Hips Don’t Lie” songstress put a lifesize witch doll on her balcony to look over the home of Montserrat Bernab\u00e9u, Gerard’s mother. Shakira also blasted a diss track aimed at Gerard on repeat for the whole neighborhood to hear.<\/p>\n
Shakira made another track about scorned women with Karol G.<\/p>\n
“I feel like a cat with more than nine lives; whenever I think I can’t get any better, I suddenly get a second wind,” Shakira told Billboard.<\/p>\n
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Referring to her mindset after the tumultuous public breakup, Shakira says, “I’ve gone through several stages: denial, anger, pain, frustration, anger again, pain again. Now I’m in a survival stage. Like, just get your head above water. And it’s a reflection stage. And a stage of working very hard and when I have time with my children, really spend it with them.”<\/p>\n
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Having moved from Spain to Miami, Shakira has found more time to work on herself and her music \u2014 her family, though, is what really matters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“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,” she told the publication. “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. So I know it’s possible.<\/p>\n
“My mom doesn’t leave my [sick] father’s side. They still kiss on the mouth. And it has always been my example,” she continued. “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.”<\/p>\n
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