Shakira’s friends fear British actor Lucien Laviscount is ‘only in it for fame’ after the pair began dating when singer fell for the Emily in Paris star on set of her new raunchy music video

Shakira has ‘fallen desperately in love’ since her split from footballer Gerard Piqué – but friends are concerned about her decision to get close to British actor Lucien Laviscount over his dating history, MailOnline can reveal today.

The 47-year-old Colombian singer fell for the British actor, 31, when they met on the set of the video for her song Punteria and were spotted having dinner in New York a week ago.

Lucien has been romantically linked to Jesy Nelson, Kelly Osbourne, Brooke Vincent, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Chelsee Healey over the years. His first high-profile relationship was with Kerry Katona in 2011, when he was 19 and she was 31, after they met on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK.

Insiders have confirmed they are together but not ‘heavily involved’, much to the relief of 47-year-old Shakira’s friends, who reportedly fear he will break her heart and are only in it for the dating fame with one of the world’s best friends. most famous women.

Lucien, who is best known for his role in Emily in Paris after a series of roles in British soaps, is a rebound for Shakira, who is still not over her bitter split with Gerard, with whom she has two children, according to her friends claim. .

“Shakira is desperate to fall in love, but her friends are worried because Lucien has slowly climbed the celebrity ladder while dating women who were all less famous than Shakira,” a source told DailyMail.com exclusively.

‘The women he’s been with are all very different. Now he sees Shakira – and she wants love. But her friends worry that he just wants people to know his name, and she gives them that. They see each other, but they are not really involved yet.’

They claimed that she is “not over her ex” Gerard Piqué and that everyone around her “knows Lucien is a rebound.” “She’s in a relationship with someone they fear is a player, and she’s going to be burned,” the friend said.

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Shakira and Lucien for comment.

Shakira, who shares sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, with Gerard, met the British-born star on the set of her video, in which he plays her love interest, in February.

The Hips Don’t Lie singer is seen wrapped in his arms, while another scene shows a topless Lucien sprawled across her lap with nothing but a loincloth covering his modesty as she dabs blood from his chest after kissing him shot with an arrow.

Days after the video came out, the couple was pictured enjoying dinner at Carbone Italian restaurant in New York City.

Shakira was dressed in a black corset and leather jacket, while Lucien complemented her in all black.

Prior to the Colombian beauty, Lucien was linked to former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona.

Lucien met Kerry in 2011 when he was 19 and she was 31 on Celebrity Big Brother. They were filmed kissing and cuddling during the show and were linked up after leaving the house.

Kerry recently addressed reports that she was dating Lucien, telling OK! magazine: ‘Lucien was very charming when I met him in the Celebrity Big Brother house and we had a good time, but he was never officially my boyfriend…’

He was also linked to Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson in November 2021 when they were pictured kissing on the back of a rickshaw in London.

Shakira, who struck a last-minute deal with Spanish prosecutors last year to avoid jail time for tax fraud, was with her ex Gerard for 11 years until their split in the summer of 2022 after rumors he was unfaithful.

He has since started a relationship with 26-year-old Clara Chia Marti.

Shakira recently discussed ‘rebuilding’ her life following her divorce from the Spanish footballer, revealing that she channeled her pain into her twelfth studio album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.

“There were so many pieces of my life crumbling before my eyes and I had to rebuild myself in a way, by picking up the bones from the floor and putting them all together,” she told the Times. “And the glue that held it all together was music.”

‘For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to Gerard, so that he could play football. Many sacrifices have been made for love.’

The singer came under fire yesterday after revealing her sons ‘hated’ the Barbie movie because it was ‘disheartening’.

“They found it disheartening,” she told Allure. “And I agree to some extent. I am raising two boys. I want them to feel powerful too (while respecting women).

“I love pop culture when it tries to empower women without robbing men of their ability to be men, to also protect and provide.

“I believe in giving women all the tools and the confidence that we can do it all without losing our essence, without losing our femininity.”

Produced by and starring Margot Robbie, Barbie grossed $1.4 billion worldwide and saw Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell take home best song at this year’s Academy Awards for their hit What Was I Made For.