Pop sensation Shakira from Colombia has opened up about her fears about finding love again after her breakup with former Barcelona player Gerard Pique.
After 11 years together, the couple announced their split in June 2022. Shakira allegedly found out about Pique’s alleged infidelity.
In an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, the singer said she believed she would fall in love forever.
“One of my broken fantasies is that I believed love would be there for me forever. I’m not sure if I would want to locate that once more. Most likely not, Shakira remarked.
She went on to say that she is putting “friendship” first in her life going forward after ending her 12-year relationship.
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Her words: “I think friendship lasts longer than love. Though I still think experiencing love, fully experiencing it with all its peaks and valleys, it’s so essential to the human life.
“I love love, but I think I even love friendship a little bit more. Because I thought love would be there forever for me. And that’s one of my, you know, broken dreams. Perhaps I will. I don’t know if I’ll like find that again. Probably not. Well, I don’t know. But friendship, I have.
Shakira revealed that she had not always valued friendship and had frequently put being in a relationship before it.
“I wasn’t one of those people who valued friendship as much. I’ve always valued family and having a partner in a couple. I’ve always been in a couple,” she explained.
“But then when that wasn’t there, and when I lost my boys and when I had to face the darkest and the hardest moments of my life, friends were there and they kept me together.
“Those who did really showed me the true, the true meaning of life. I might not grow old with a partner, but I will grow old surrounded by good friends.”
Together, the two had two kids, Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9.
