Gerard Piqué has returned to his homeland, where he spent so many years with Shakira, for the first time since the release of the song that tore him apart. It was there, but nothing else was left: closeness, love, memories.
At the end, when the spotlights go out and the records that have sold millions of copies disappear Shakira and the trophies won Gerhard Pique, what’s left? What remains of this fairytale love between the world-famous singer and the successful footballer, born on the sheet music of the 2010 World Cup song? The answer is given by the rags, who now fly between the two unchecked, without sparing new companions, parents-in-law and so on: the ruins of a couple devastated by betrayal remain, just as happens to many people on this earth every day.
Gerard Piqué with his new partner Clara Chía Martí
You want to be rich and famous, but when it comes to strong feelings, love turning to hate, the desire to cry in the dark of night, no difference in status matters. The dynamic is the same for everyone, the rich and the poor, the VIP and the anonymous passenger on the 7 o’clock train. We suffer, we delude ourselves and sometimes fall back on it, but then comes the moment when we understand that a broken plate is a broken plate, albeit with a golden design. The split between Piqué and Shakira is no exception, as evidenced by the story’s final episodes, marked by the 45-year-old Colombian’s song of “revenge” and the sarcasm-laced retorts – between Casio and the flamboyant Twingo – of the former Barcelona footballers.
And just like in the stories of millions of couples who have separated and will separate, children are often at the heart of it: In this case there are two, Milan and Sasha, 9 and 7 years old. They are the thin chain that still keeps the two in touch after they broke up and went their separate ways. Yesterday, Piqué had to return to his old home of Barcelona, where he lived with Shakira for years, for the first time since the song that tears him apart and near where his parents live: he had to fetch his children.
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There has been no contact, not even visual, with his ex-partner, who has been kicking him out for months and not letting him in, without Piqué objecting: this is no longer his homehe has moved his body, mind and heart elsewhere where his new flame is Clara Chia Marti. The 35-year-old Catalan was then spotted waiting for his children near the house in an exclusive residential area of Barcelona. Sitting in his car (not the Twingo of the other day, but his usual luxury car…) he refused to answer any questions from the journalists stationed outside.
Cameras caught the former footballer talking on the phone in his car, where he stayed for a few minutes until his children arrived. No sign of Shakira, she stayed at home while her ex-partner walked away with a serious expression, hoping that time would pass quickly and the phone call would give him an attitude that would get him out of the embarrassment: this time different than in the past, under analogous circumstances, he didn’t even go to the door. Where there was love and home, now there is only distance. It’s life, whether you’re Piqué or Shakira or anyone else in this world who gets up every morning.