Shakira relied on Chris Martin after her split from Gerard Piqué in 2022.
In the new one Rolling Stone Headlining the “Hips Don’t Lie” artist, 47, opened up about how the Coldplay frontman, 47, helped her through her split with her ex-partner, 37.
“He was with me when I broke up and when I was broken,” Shakira said of Martin after breaking up with the Spanish footballer. “Every day he checked on me, sent me words of support and strength and wisdom.”
She added about the “Yellow” hitmaker: “I see him as a person who sees life through a different prism, who is sensitive to other people’s needs and very empathetic, very empathetic.”
Chris Martin for Rolling Stone.
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Shakira Says Writing Music Helped Her ‘Mourn’ Split From Ex Gerard Piqué: ‘My Way Of Healing’
Shakira and Piqué were together for 11 years before they divorced in 2022, after which rumors of cheating surfaced. The couple has two children, sons Milan (11) and Sasha (9).
In the cover from July 2024. with Rolling Stonethe “Waka Waka” singer opened up about the emotional toll it took on her.
“The suffering I felt was probably the worst I’ve ever experienced in my entire life and at times it made it impossible for me to function,” Shakira explained.
The pain made her feel even more vulnerable, as she noted: “I felt like someone had punched a hole in my chest. And the feeling was so real, almost physical. I physically felt like I had a hole in my chest and that people could see through me.”
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Coldplay cover of ‘Rolling Stone’.
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In the October cover with GQ SpainShakira discussed the impact of her first album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women don’t cry anymore), had on her healing journey.
“For many months after the breakup, I was silent, trying to begin my mourning, but I couldn’t begin to grieve until I started writing music,” she told the newspaper. “It was my way of healing. And it continues to be. Grief is a process that is not linear. It is full of peaks and valleys.”
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