Spanish footballer Gerard Pique has commented on his breakup with singer Shakira, which occurred in June 2022. The 37-year-old athlete told CNN in an interview that much of what was actively discussed during their breakup was not true.
“At the end of the day, the truth about what is happening or happened is not told the way it really happened. I can’t control that. I understand that everyone has their own point of view. Many people who don’t know me make assumptions about me. We have freedom of speech,” Pique shared. “The best thing is that I am surrounded by my loved ones, my family, my friends – people who really know me. They know who I am and what I do, and that gives me peace of mind.”
Gerard also noted that he is now very happy in a relationship with his 25-year-old lover Clara Chia , for whom he left Shakira. “I am very happy, having a great time and feeling chosen. The life I have lived, the opportunity to play for the club of my life for over twenty years, wonderful children, incredible family, lifelong friends, those from school, with whom I still communicate.”
Let us recall that Shakira and footballer Gerard Pique met in 2010 on the set of the singer’s video. They started dating, and their relationship was hotly discussed in the press due to the age difference: Shakira is 10 years older than Pique. In 2013, the couple had a son, Milan, and two years later, a second son, Sasha. In the summer of 2022, it became known about the couple’s separation, the reason for which was the footballer’s infidelity. He met his current girlfriend Clara Chia , who worked for the athlete’s event agency Kosmos, during his relationship with Shakira. The couple’s separation was loudly discussed in the press, the athlete was booed in support of the singer, and Shakira herself spoke many times about her ex-lover’s infidelity and publicly ridiculed him.
