Shakira experienced ‘darkest hours’ of her life after devastating split from Gerard Piqué | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
Shakira, 45, was in a relationship with Barcelona player Gerard Pique, with whom she shares two children, and has admitted she had been writing music as a form of “medicine” to help her heal after the break-up. The Hips Don’t Lie singer’s ex-boyfriend is reportedly now dating PR executive Clara Chia Marti, who, at 23.
The glamorous singer revealed her pain in a new interview, declaring that writing music has become a “tool for “survival” in “extreme conditions”.
“In this moment of my life, which is probably one of the most difficult, darkest hours of my life, music has brought light,” she explained.
“I think that writing music is like going to the shrink, only cheaper… it helps me to heal.”
She added sadly: “I put everything I had into this relationship and my family.”
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Shakira has explained that the “private details” of her break-up are too “raw” to share at the moment.
However, she has been more open about the therapy she has been administering to herself ever since.
“I think [music is] the best medicine, and along with the love of my family and my kids that sustains me, music and writing music is definitely one of those tools.
“It’s one of the few tools I have for survival in extreme conditions,” she added to Elle magazine.
She and Gerard had first hit it off after he appeared in her music video, ‘Waka Waka’, which was released for the football World Cup in 2010.
During their relationship, Shakira gave birth to two boys – nine-year-old Milan and seven-year-old Sasha.
She has been vocal about her adoration of them, saying that they too, like music, have been her “medicine”.
However, Gerard is now in a new relationship with a PR girl he met when they worked together on events for his sports investment company Kosmos.
The pair were recently seen attending his best friend’s wedding together on the Costa Brava.
Shakira feels she has been left bereft after their split in June, which took place after 12 years together.
However, she has thrown herself into work, which has also included judging alongside Nick Jonas on the TV talent show Dancing With Myself.
Meanwhile, she is also expected to release her 12th album later in the year.
