Shakira reveals she was ‘betrayed’ by Piqué while her dad was fighting for his life in ICU

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Shakira has had rocky months, and every day we learn more about what led to her separation from the father of her children, Gerard Piqué.

The singer and philanthropist recently recalled how she had to manage her father’s hospitalization, while the former soccer player was moving on with another woman.During a cover story for People en Español, the three-time Grammy winner said her father, William Mebarak Chadid, had to travel to Barcelona to “console me after I was consumed with sadness because of my separation” from Gerard—with whom she shares kids Milan, 9, and Sasha, 7.Shakira also revealed her dad was “gravely injured in an accident” during her eldest son’s first communion. “Everything happened at once,” she told the outlet. “My home was falling apart.

I was finding out through the press that I had been betrayed while my dad was in the ICU.”According to Shakira, she felt desolated and couldn’t “survive” everything she was going through.

The star said her dad is her “best friend,” and his recovery has been “very hard and slow.”“He has overcome COVID once, two accidents, one pneumonia and five surgeries—all of this at 91 years of age, in less than six months,” she revealed. “My dad is the biggest example of resilience, and my mother has been by his side day and night.