Gerard Piqué has broken his silence and spoken out for the first time about his controversial split from Shakira

Two years after their controversial split from Shakira, Gerard Pique He broke the silence and, for the first time, gave his version of events.

In June 2022, the international artist had confirmed that he was no longer in a relationship with the former Barcelona player, amid rumors of a romance between him and a young woman named Clara Chia Marti.

Shakira and Piqué met in 2010, after the World Cup in South Africawhere he sang at the closing ceremony of the event. In 2013, with the birth of MilanShakira and Piqué have become parents for the first time. Then it arrived Sashain 2015.

“We regret to confirm that we are parting ways. For the well-being of our children, who are our top priority, we ask that their privacy be respected. Thank you for your understanding”, we read in the short but energetic writing that the Colombian singer published on that occasion, putting an end to twelve years of relationship.

Later, Shakira released a series of songs in which she explained her grief processes over the breakup, such as Monotony or the dispute Bzrp Music Sessions, Voltogether with the Argentine artist Bizarrap, where she was brutally honest with what had happened to her.

In the meantime, Piqué has made his relationship with the young Clara Chía official and he distanced himself from these scandals.

But, two and a half years later After that separation, Gerard broke the silence and spoke for the first time about what had happened and given his version of events.

In an interview with CNN en Español, the former footballer said: “I understand that everyone can have their own point of view and that a lot of people think differently about me.”

“I have always been very calm. I mean, I know the world we live in. In the end the media controls the message and in general terms everyone says what they want to sell, but in the end the truth, that is, what happens or what happens many times it’s not told as it was,” he revealed.

In this sense he vindicated his decision to stay away from scandals: “I can’t control it. I’ve always believed that The best thing is that in the end I’m surrounded by my parentsfrom my family, from my friends, from the people who really know me and “They know what I am like and what I do, and that gives me a lot of peace of mind.”

In closing he thanked for the gift: “I am very happy, I enjoy it very much. I feel privileged. I think that the life I had Well, the fact of being able to play for more than 20 years in the club of my life, which is Barça, of having two wonderful children, of having an incredible family, of having friends from school that I keep, makes me feel Every day I wake up in the morning and feel truly privileged.

Shakira’s word on her separation from Gerard Piqué

In March this year, during the presentation of his latest album Women don’t cry anymore, the singer opened her heart and was honest about how they went through their breakup after twelve years of romance.

““It was difficult to start this album because I was devastated” confessed the Colombian artist, who currently resides in Miami.

“Going into the studio, to work on ‘Monotonía’, which I remember was the first song that came out, when I heard that I had a hole in the middle of my chest.. And that’s why the image in the video is just this: you see me walking down the street with a hole,” he revealed about the first song he released after their split.

On how she got over the breakup, Shakira explained: “I went through an alchemical process transform pain, anger and frustration into creativityin productivity, in strength, in resilience”.