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Shakira Says She Put Her Career ‘on Hold’ for Ex Gerard Pique: ‘A Lot of Sacrifice for Love’


Shakira is speaking candidly about the career sacrifices she made during her 11-year romance with soccer star Gerard Piqué.

In a new interview with The Sunday Times, published Saturday (March 16), the 47-year-old Colombian superstar spoke out about the sacrifices she made during her relationship with the soccer star, 37. “For a long time I put my career on hold, to be next to Gerard, so he could play football,” said Shakira, whose first new album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran(Women Don’t Cry Anymore), arrives on March 22. Meanwhile, Shakira has been outspoken on her side of the breakup, taking hard-hitting aim at Piqué on her Bizarrap collab “ BZRP Music Sessions #53,” which rocketed to No.

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