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Every fan once considered Gerard Pique and Shakira to be the best celebrity couple of this generation. However, everything between them has gone severely downhill in the last year. Last year, the celebrity couple shockingly announced their breakup on social media. The fans simply could not believe the fact that the ‘perfect’ celebrity couple was splitting.

Recently, a picture surfaced on social media that highlighted the stark age difference between Shakira and Pique. However, it’s popularly believed that ‘Age is just a number’, and the main reason why this couple split was after Gerard Pique’s infidelity.

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The age gap was never a barrier!

A Twitter user recently uploaded a collage of how Gerard Pique and Shakira looked back in 1990. While viewing the image, it’s important to remember that the age difference between Shakira and Pique was about 10 years. In the image, Shakira would have just entered her teens while the Spanish soccer star was a toddler.

Despite the age factor, the celebrity couple was together for about a decade. Gerard Pique and Shakira defied several societal norms about their stark age difference while they were in a relationship. The ‘perfect’ couple also gave birth to two lovely children, Milan and Sasha, in 2013 and 2015, respectively.

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Gerard Pique and Shakira continued to blossom in their professional careers as well. Shakira kept touring the world and releasing new albums. On the other hand, Pique continued to build his soccer legacy with FC Barcelona in Spain. The celebrity couple first met in 2010 on the sets of ‘Waka – Waka’. The Spanish soccer star was also featured in the ‘Waka – Waka’ official music video.

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Shakira once told CBS news that she wasn’t a soccer fan before meeting Gerard Pique. She revealed, “I wasn’t a soccer fan so I didn’t know who he was. But when I saw the video, I was like Hmm. That one’s kind of cute. And then someone decided to introduce us”. However, things are not the same anymore. The couple now lives separately and Shakira just released her new diss track that has light the internet on fire.

Shakira has finally found peace after recent hardships!

It seems like the Colombian singer has finally found peace after a year. While Shakira was still mentally coming to terms with her breakup, the Spanish authorities accused the Colombian star of tax fraud. Months later, Shakira opened up and called that entire phase the ‘darkest’ phase of her life.

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However, the Colombian star has moved on and her current diss track is breaking records daily on the internet. In less than two weeks, Shakira’s diss track has garnered close to 200 million views on YouTube. While Gerard Pique has tried to publicly reply to the Colombian singer, the fans are still on Shakira’s side. The Latin American singer has gained a massive amount of respect in the last month after she gathered the courage to speak about her personal struggles to the entire world.

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Let us know your favorite moment of the ‘Shakira – Pique’ controversy in the comments below.

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