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Shakira breaks the silence on her split with FC Barcelona star Gerard Piqué.
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In June 2022, the couple called it quits after an 11-year relationship.
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In an interview for Elle Magazine's October issue, she called this breakup "the darkest hour of her life."
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She said I've just tried to process it all while keeping quiet.
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I've made an effort to hide the situation from my children.
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She tells the magazine, "My number one mission in life is to protect my sons, so I try to do that and do it for them.
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Shakira said that It's hard to talk about because I'm still dealing with it.
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"Sometimes I just feel like this is all a bad dream and that I'm going to wake up at some point," she admitted. But no, it’s real.”
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Gerard is the father of my children, regardless of how our relationship ended or how I feel about him as an ex-partner, she declares to the magazine.
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To support him and watch him play football and win championships, she claims she put her career on hold and traveled to Spain.
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Even though she is still in pain, she is getting ready to release her first album in five years.
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Because it enables her to process and make sense of her emotions, she refers to writing as "therapeutic."
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