The curse of Shakira? Gerard Pique has been trolled over his new partner, told his greatest rival is a better match for his ex and he’s even fallen off stage… as his businesses flop, the ‘Queen of Latin Music’ is having the last laugh after their split
After 22 years at the top of her profession, countless awards, several number one hits and a title like ‘Queen of Latin Music’, there isn’t much that Colombian singer Shakira has yet to achieve.
In the public eye, the 46-year-old has provided iconic songs such as Hips Don’t Lie, Beautiful Liar and Waka Waka (This time for Africa) over the past forty years.
Her time in the spotlight has also extended to her romantic life, with the singer dating former Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique for 11 years until their divorce in June 2022.
Shakira and Pique have two children together, with the former Barcelona favorite now dating Clara Chia Marti.
However, things have not been smooth sailing for Pique since their split, with the 36-year-old – considered one of the greatest defenders of all time – retiring last year after falling down the pecking order. in the Nou camp.
Gerard Pique and Shakira dated for eleven years before splitting last summer
Shakira has consistently teased her ex-partner over the past year, including launching a new ‘diss track’ about the former Barcelona defender
Pique has since gone public with his new partner, 24-year-old Clara Chia
His business interests have also been affected, while he is constantly being attacked by his ex-partner.
This included a tune she developed that recently won best pop song at the Latin Grammy Awards in Seville last week.
The song, called ‘Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53’, is also called a ‘diss track’ towards Pique.
This also targeted his new 24-year-old lover Clara Chia by claiming that Pique had traded a Ferrari for a Twingo and a Rolex for a Casio, while the text read: ‘I’m too good for you – and that’s why you’re with Somebody like you.’
To make matters worse, the award was presented by Pique’s former Spain teammate Sergio Ramos, with the pair forming a formidable partnership as La Roja won the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship.
Ramos then posed with his arm around Shakira, leading to the singer’s lawyer claiming she would have saved herself ‘over £100 million’ if she had fallen in love with the former Real Madrid star instead of Pique , after agreeing to pay £6.4. million fine to settle a tax fraud case in Spain.
After receiving the aforementioned award, Shakira – who moved from Barcelona to Miami following their divorce – thanked her fans for their support, while also directing a subtle jab at Pique.
“I also want to share these (awards) with my Spanish audience,” she said.
‘You have been there to guide me in good times and bad times, in difficult moments.’
Pique was also embarrassed last month when he fell into a hole near the stage at the start of his Kings League Americas competition – a seven-a-side tournament set up by Pique.
Although the Kings League enjoyed success during its launch in Spain, another of Pique’s entrepreneurial projects fell apart catastrophically.
In 2018, Pique offered the International Tennis Federation (ITF) $3 billion (£2.4 billion) over 25 years to take control of the Davis Cup – which is effectively the Tennis World Championship.
He implemented a new model that was unpopular with traditional fans of the tournament, while several of the major sponsors also dropped out.
There was also little attendance for the new format, with other major players not participating.
Kosmos, the company that Pique founded, subsequently began struggling to justify the investment, with reports claiming they lost tens of millions of dollars on the 2019 event alone.
Pique – who is a huge fan of the sport and idolizes Rafa Nadal – then saw the deal collapse in January, with the Times reporting what the former Barcelona star is like in the middle of a legal battle with the ITF at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Considering all the crimes Pique has suffered, this has led fans to wonder if Shakira has cursed him.
Sergio Ramos – Pique’s former teammate – posed with Shakira after she won a Grammy award
The former Real Madrid captain presented the Colombian pop star with her award that evening
Pique also fell into a hole in a stage at the launch of his Kings League Americas competition
He retired from football last year and has seen several business interests struggle similarly
This comes after fans speculated that the singer – who left Barcelona earlier this year to start a new life with her two children – has a history of swearing.
For example, at the 2022 World Cup, Spain performed poorly and exited the tournament in the last 16 stage after losing to Morocco.
La Roja dominated the match with 77 percent possession but could not find a way out before losing on penalties. Spain failed to even score a penalty in what was an embarrassing exit.
After the tournament, Mhoni Vidente, a renowned psychic, claimed that she had been paid by the Colombian singer to do a ‘ritual’ on Luis Enrique’s side.
“The one that completely worked was Shakira’s curse, a curse she placed on the Spanish team,” Vidente said. Marca magazine.
“Shakira, the ritual you paid me for worked so they wouldn’t do it right,” she added.
Shakira ignored these reports and others suggesting she had a new partner, insisting she was solely focused on caring for her family.
“Out of respect for my children and the vulnerable moment they are going through, I ask the media to stop the speculation,” she said.
‘I have no partner and nothing but my full commitment to my children and their well-being.’
Other reports about Shakira’s alleged curse also come from her former mother-in-law.
Reports claim that the singer – who lived opposite Montserrat Bernabeu, Pique’s mother – is said to have placed a witchy mannequin on her balcony at her home.
It turns out that her house in Barcelona is opposite the house of Bernabeu, who was also mentioned in Shakira’s diss track.
Bernabeu told reporters in Barcelona that a doll dressed in black and with wild gray hair, a pointed hat and mounted on a broomstick – similar to a witch’s design – stood on Shakira’s terrace.
According to reports in Spain, the Bernabeu had asked Shakira to remove or invert the statue, fearing it would be used for other reasons, such as a curse on her.
There are claims that Shakira has a history of swearing and is responsible for Pique’s struggles
A psychic claimed she was paid by Shakira to perform a ‘ritual’ against Spain ahead of the World Cup
Her former mother-in-law Montserrat Bernabeu claimed that Shakira placed a witchy mannequin on her balcony at her Barcelona home, which was directly opposite Bernabeu’s home
A local reporter from Barcelona said the ex-mother-in-law was afraid the singer was doing something else with the doll.
“Weeks ago, I received information that Pique’s mother was concerned about an alleged ritual performed on her with a black witch,” said Marc Leirado Millan.
“(After initially ignoring the claims) I went to see if this information was true or not, and sure enough, there was a life-sized black witch with a white beard.”
Given these reports about Pique’s mother and Spain’s underperformance at the World Cup last year, it raises the question of whether the former defender is the latest to suffer from Shakira’s alleged curse.