Coldplay Chris Martin He was there for his friend Shakira In her time of need.
“Hips Don't Lie” singer, 47 years old Publicly separated From a football star Gerard Pique In 2022, she said her musician boyfriend was one of the people she turned to after ending their 11-year relationship.
“He was there for me when I broke up and I was heartbroken,” Shakira shared. Rolling Stone In a new profile of Martin published on Thursday, December 19.
“He would check in with me every day to see how I was doing, and send me words of support, strength and wisdom,” the Colombian pop star added.
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 the needs of others and very empathetic and very compassionate,” she said.
Shakira and Pique have sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9. Announce They separated in June 2022. “We regret to confirm our separation. “For the well-being of our children, who are our top priority, we ask that you respect their privacy,” they said in a joint statement.
Shortly after their breakup, Pique moved in with him Spanish girlfriend Clara Shea Marty25.
In a September 2022 interview with deer Shakira magazine She opened up about her painful split From retired football player.
“It's really hard to talk about this personally, especially since this is the first time I've addressed this situation in an interview,” the “She Wolf” singer explained. “I stayed calm and tried to process everything. … It's hard to talk about, especially since I'm still suffering from it, because I'm in the public eye and because our breakup is not like a normal breakup.”
“It was difficult not only for me, but also for my children,” Shakira said. “Incredibly difficult. …I have tried to hide the situation in front of my children. I try to do that and protect them, because this is my first mission in life. But then they hear things at school from their friends or they come across some bad and unpleasant news online, and it affects They just have to, you know?
Shakira said in June 2023 I have been betrayed While her father William Mebarak Chadidwas admitted to the hospital.
She said: “(My father) went to Barcelona to console me after I was overwhelmed by sadness due to my separation.” People in Spanish at that time. “While (my son) was at his first communion in Milan, he was seriously injured in an accident. Everything happened at once. My house was falling apart. I found out through the press that I had been betrayed while my father was in the intensive care unit.”
Shakira said she thought she “would not survive” these hardships. “The man I loved most in my life, my father, left me when I needed him 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 eventually overcomes his health fears.