Shakira just opened up about her split from Gerard Piqué, her partner of 12 years and father to her two sons, Milan, 9, and Sasha, 7; and it’s very hearrtbreaking to read! The 45-year-old “Hips Don’t Lie” singer didn’t hold back in her candid cover interview with Elle for its October 2022 issue, telling the pub that she is currently experiencing “the darkest hour” of her life.
The musician has had a lot to deal with in a very short space of time, as in addition to announcing that she had split up from her longterm partner in June earlier this year, she has also found herself at the center of a tax evasion lawsuit from the Spanish government. If found guilty, the “Waka Waka” hitmaker could face up to eight years in prison, but evading taxes is something she has always denied.
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Shakira actually discussed some of the lawsuit with the mag, in particular how she decided to fight these accusations instead of settling. She said: “I have to fight for what I believe; because these are false accusations.”
“I’ve paid everything they claimed I owed, even before they filed a lawsuit,” she continued. “So as of today, I owe zero to them. And finally, I was advised by one of the four biggest tax specialist firms in the world, PricewaterhouseCoopers, so I was confident that I was doing things correctly and transparently from day one.”
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Although she didn’t give anything away in terms of why she and the FC Barcelona player went their separate ways, Shakira didn’t hold back when it came to her emotions on the split. “This is really hard to talk about personally, especially as this is the first time I’ve ever addressed this situation in an interview,” she told the mag. “I’ve remained quiet and just tried to process it all. Um, and yeah, it’s hard to talk about it, especially because I’m still going through it, and because I’m in the public eye and because our separation is not like a regular separation.”
The “Te Felicito” singer then went on to say that splitting from the soccer player has “been tough not only for me, but also for my kids.” “Incredibly difficult. I have paparazzi camping outside, in front of my house, 24/7,” she continued. “And there’s not a place where I can hide from them with my kids, except for my own house. You know, we can’t take a walk in the park like a regular family or go have an ice cream or do any activity without paparazzi following us. So it’s hard.”
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“I try to conceal the situation from them as much as I can. It’s really upsetting for two kids who are trying to process their parents’ separation,” she continued. “And sometimes I just feel like this is all a bad dream and that I’m going to wake up at some point. But no, it’s real. And what’s also real is the disappointment to see something as sacred and as special as I thought was the relationship I had with my kids’ father and see that turned into something vulgarized and cheapened by the media.”
“And all of this while my dad has been in the ICU and I’ve been fighting on different fronts. Like I said, this is probably the darkest hour of my life. But then I think about all those women around the world who are going through hardship, who are going through a situation as bad as mine or as difficult as mine or worse.”
