The 'Whenever Whenever' hitmaker issues a statement on Twitter in which she asks the public to give her family some space following her split from the former soccer player.
- Apr 12, 2023
AceShowbiz - Shakira puts her kids in the top priority. On Monday, April 10, the "Hips Don't Lie" hitmaker issued a statement in which she asked the public to give her family some space amid their new chapter following her split from ex Gerard Pique.
"In this period of change in my life as a public figure, it's understandable that there is a permanent curiosity on behalf of the press around me and my family," Shakira wrote on her Twitter account in both English and Spanish. "However, my children, Milan and Sasha, have endured a very difficult year, suffering incessant harassment and persecution without relief by the paparazzi and several media outlets in Barcelona."
The Columbian singer went on to say, "Now that they are beginning a new life, I implore the media on behalf of my children to please respect their right to privacy." The "Waka Waka" hitmaker added, "I beg you to abstain from following them to the entrance and exit of their school, wait for them at the door of our home, or follow them to their extracurricular and recreational activities as the media did in barcelona with the intent of capturing photos or boosting ratings."
Of her sons, Shakira said that the boys just want to be able to feel "safe and tranquil" in public and at school. "I trust that the journalists and photographers here will be sensitive to the situation and that Milan and Sasha are facing and can behave in the more humane way possible with them, keeping in mind that this is about the physical and emotional health and safety of two minors just 8 and 10 years of age," she noted.
Concluding her lengthy message, the "Whenever Whenever" singer noted that she made the plea not as an artist, but as "a mother who wishes to protect and care for the psychological and emotional well-being of my children so they may live a happy and healthy life, as all children deserve to do."
Prior to this, it was reported that the former couple had settled their custody arrangements before she moved to Miami for a new chapter with her kids, Sasha and Milan. "In order for the Colombian composer to leave Barcelona, Spain, where she had established herself, she had to request to her former partner full custody of their children, which was granted without major issues," People En Espanol claimed.
