“We remorse to verify that we’re separating. For the well-being of our youngsters, who’re our highest precedence, we request respect for (our) privateness. Thanks to your understanding,” the couple mentioned in a joint assertion on Saturday.
The 45-year-old “Hips Do not Lie” singer and 35-year-old FC Barcelona defender have two sons collectively: Milan, born in 2013, and Sasha, born in 2015. They’ve maintained a residence in Spain.
The 2 met 12 years in the past when the footballer featured within the music video for Shakira’s tune “Waka Waka,” the official tune of the 2010 World Cup. The video has over 3.1 billion views on YouTube.
Throughout a podcast look in February, Shakira mentioned that she and her “poor husband, slash boyfriend, slash child daddy” typically disagree about timeliness due to their completely different upbringings.
“Trigger Colombian time shouldn’t be the identical as Catalonian time, Spanish time,” she mentioned throughout an interview on “Planet Weirdo with Holly H.”