Coldplay’s Chris Martin he was there for his friend Shakira in her time of need.
The 47-year-old “Hips Don’t Lie” singer, who publicly separated from a football star Gerard Pique in 2022 said her musician boyfriend was one of the people she turned to after ending her 11-year relationship.
“He was there for me when we broke up and I was heartbroken,” Shakira shared Rolling Stone in a new Martin profile posted on Thursday, December 19.
“He checked in every day to see how I was doing, sent me words of support, strength and wisdom,” added the Colombian pop star.
Since Shakira and Gerard Pique announced their split after 12 years together, she has been open about dealing with heartbreak. “It’s really hard to talk about this in person, especially since it’s my first time dealing with this situation in an interview,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer told Elle in a September 2022 profile. (…)
According to Shakira Martin, also 47, is a natural empath. “I see him as someone who sees life through a different lens, who is sensitive to other people’s needs and very empathetic, very empathetic,” she said.
Shakira and Pique, who share sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, announced their separation in June 2022. “We regret to confirm that we are separating. For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect their privacy,” they said in a joint statement.
Soon after their split, Pique moved on with spanish girlfriend Clara Chia Marty25.
In a September 2022 interview. with El magazine, Shakira opened up about his painful breakup by the retired footballer.
“It’s really hard to talk about it in person, especially considering it’s the first time I’ve dealt with this situation in an interview,” the “She Wolf” singer explained. “I kept quiet and just tried to process everything. … It’s hard to talk about, especially because I’m still going through it and because I’m in the public eye and because our breakup is not like a normal breakup.”
As it was. Shakira and soccer player Gerard Pique were together for 12 years before announcing their eventual split. “(Gerard is) with me because he wants to be with Shakira, the person, not the celebrity,” Shakira, who was first linked to the professional athlete in 2011, previously told Latina magazine in 2014. “There is true love, there is no (…)
“It was difficult not only for me, but also for my children,” Shakira told the publication. “Incredibly difficult. … I tried to hide the situation from my children. I try to do it and protect them because that is my number one mission in life. But then they hear things at school from their friends or come across some nasty, nasty news online and it just affects them, you know?’
In June 2023 Shakira said she was “betrayed” while her father William Mebarak Chadidis hospitalized.
Soccer star Gerard Pique has moved on from ex-girlfriend Shakira with Clara Chia. The two were first linked in August 2022 when they were spotted packing PDA at a Dani Martín concert in Puigcerdà, Spain, according to photos obtained by Spanish outlet Telecinco. The “She Wolf” singer and retired FC Barcelona athlete had (…)
“(My father) went to Barcelona to comfort me after I was overcome with sadness over my breakup,” she told People in Spanish at that time. “While at (my son) Milan’s first communion, he was seriously injured in an accident. Everything happened at once. My home was falling apart. I found out from the press that I was betrayed while my father was in the intensive care unit.
Shakira said she thought she was “not going to survive” the ordeal. “The person I loved the most in my life, my father, left me when I needed him the most. I couldn’t talk to him or go to my best friend for the advice I needed so badly,” she said of her father’s “very difficult and slow” recovery process. Her father was eventually able to overcome his health scare.
