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She is nary mean Miami sports mom.
When Shakira watches her sons play hoops successful a organization halfway she wears yoga pants and tees — but rocks up successful a civilization Lamborghini.
Welcome to Shakira’s caller life successful Florida, wherever she has put disastrous years of infidelity, taxation evasion and a philharmonic drought down her, to motorboat a stunning comeback arsenic nan Queen of Latin Music.
The 47-year-old moved to Miami pinch her sons Milan and Sasha successful April 2023 to build a caller life arsenic a azygous mom, aft their begetter Gerard Piqué cheated connected her pinch a exemplary much than 20 years her junior.
She near down life pinch Piqué successful Barcelona, wherever she besides faced jailhouse for taxation evasion, wished to participate a caller era.
And it seems to beryllium paying off.
Last play she made a astonishment quality astatine Coachella opinionated successful beforehand of a motion saying “world tour,” past announced a 14-date circuit successful autumn to showcase her caller all-Spanish album, “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” — which translates to “Women No Longer Cry,” and features 16 eyebrow-raising songs, immoderate of which look to beryllium diss tracks astir her ex.
Much to nan delight of festivalgoers, Shakira joined Argentinean shaper Bizarrap for 2 songs, including “La Fuerte.” Clad successful a custom-dyed, fiery ombre silk chiffon knit dress by Natalia Fedner, knee-high limb warmers and 3-inch patent leather boots, Shakira slayed nan Indio, California scene.
The medium is her first grounds successful 7 years and takes listeners connected a philharmonic journey, pursuing her contentious 2022 divided pinch Piqué — who cheated connected her pinch exemplary Clara Chía Marti.
Shakira supposedly recovered retired astir nan matter from an quiet jar of jelly successful her fridge, though nan vocalist has disputed that account. Marti, 25, is now officially 37-year-old Piqué’s partner.
But nan vocalist has not disputed that she placed a witch-like mannequin connected nan pavilion of her Barcelona home, which faced that of her erstwhile mother-in-law, Montserrat Bernabeu.
And 1 of her caller medium tracks, “BZRP Music Sessions #53,” is intelligibly aimed astatine Piqué pinch nan lyrics, “You near my mother-in-law arsenic my neighbor, pinch nan property astatine nan doorway and nan indebtedness successful nan treasury.”
The indebtedness included millions successful unpaid taxes for which nan Spanish authorities was prosecuting Shakira, pinch nan threat of up to 8 years successful prison. She cut a woody to salary a $7.6m fine and judge a suspended condemnation successful November.
The medium is simply a return to euphony aft a agelong hiatus which she laid astatine her — now retired — master shot subordinate partner’s feet.
“For a agelong clip I put my profession connected hold, to beryllium adjacent to Gerard, truthful he could play football,” nan Grammy victor told nan Sunday Times. “There was a batch of sacrifice for love.”
But successful Miami, she has recovered her caller voice, pinch her caller medium already number 1 connected Billboard’s Top Latin chart, making her nan first female pinch number 1 albums crossed 4 decades.
And she has been connected a publicity blitz, including a pop-up performance successful Times Square, which attracted complete 40,000 fans, and appearances connected “The Tonight Show pinch Jimmy Fallon” and legendary euphony shaper Nile Rodgers’ podcast, “Deep Hidden Meaning Radio.” The world circuit will, of course, see a Miami date.
Friends property her occurrence to her settled life successful Miami Beach, wherever her parents William Mebarak Chadid, 92, and Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, 81, besides reside.
The “Hips Don’t Lie” vocalist is often seen zipping astir municipality successful her civilization matte purple Lamborghini Urus — nan world’s fastest SUV.
The car’s interior boasts civilization neon lime-green-and-white seats and matching steering wheel. Its apical velocity is 192mph.
Shakira uses nan $260,000 SUV to ferry her 2 sons, Milan, 11 and Sasha, 9, betwixt her $20m location and nan $46,000-a-year Miami Country Day School arsenic good arsenic nan adjacent organization halfway wherever nan boys play sports.
Several section moms revealed that Shakira often attends their hoops games successful nan low-key gymnasium, enthusiastically cheering her sons on.
When it comes to her kids’ extracurricular activities, nan fashion-forward vocalist seems to person adopted the
Miami mom look, eschewing her signature corsets and short skirts for yoga pants, tees, sneakers and a lightweight bomber jacket.
“Shakira comes to a batch of nan games,” 1 mom divulged. “She dresses down and wholly blends in. You wouldn’t cognize it’s moreover her.”
However, her flashy Lamborghini stands out, moreover successful a oversea of nan accustomed G-wagons and Ferraris driven by moms.
It besides made a caller quality connected Shakira’s Instagram feed, pinch nan Colombian belting retired her caller opus “Punteria” while driving pinch a friend.
And location is simply a imaginable romance pinch nan British “Emily successful Paris” prima Lucien Laviscount, 31, whom she met erstwhile he was formed successful Shakira’s video for nan opus “Punteria.”
In nan steamy video, Shakira and Cardi B, who besides sings connected nan track, are Amazonian women hunting a centaur pinch toned abs and hooves, played by a shirtless Laviscount.
Shakira wounds him pinch an arrow and past heals him. In nan video, their intersexual chemistry is palpable. Since then, nan mates was spotted having meal astatine Carbone successful New York City.
While Laviscount flew to Miami for nan video, nan hunky character lives successful England and films his deed show, “Emily successful Paris,” successful France.
Nevertheless, a friend told The Post, “It’s not serious. Every clip she goes retired pinch a man, they create a romance. That’s nan value of being a nationalist icon.”
The friend confirmed that Shakira is firmly entrenched successful Miami and is not looking for long-distance love.
Laviscount has besides been branded arsenic a societal climber pinch dalliances pinch female singers for illustration Kerry Katona and Jesy Nelson, arsenic good arsenic Kelly Osbourne. Laviscount and Shakira’s representatives did not respond for a comment.
Since her divided from Piqué, Shakira has besides been linked to F1 racecar driver Lewis Hamilton and, person to home, nan Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler. Neither of those relationships were ever officially confirmed.
Even Tom Cruise allegedly made a play for a date, during nan 2023 F1 Grand Prix successful Miami, but was rebuffed.
The “Wherever, Whenever” vocalist often pops up astatine Miami’s biggest events.
Page Six revealed that she attended Art Basel past December pinch her relative Tonino, wherever she inspected a coating by nan creator Mickalene Thomas, “High Priestess,” which had been antecedently sold for $500,000.
Shakira also visited nan Red Dot fair pinch her boy Sasha, to support Colombian creator and friend Yei Duran.
And past month, Shakira brought her kids to nan Miami Open, nan glitzy tennis tournament, for nan men’s last match, played betwixt Italian Jannik Sinner and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. Shakira, clad successful a cream-colored corset, mingled pinch fans earlier watching Sinner win.
The kids person besides go friends pinch Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s boy Benjamin, 14, and girl Vivian, 11, acknowledgment to their moms taking them to meal together. All 4 children be Miami Country Day.
Aside from being a devoted sports mom, Shakira besides takes her kids jet-skiing correct from nan dock of her $11.6m waterfront Miami Beach mansion.
Sasha and Milan besides bent retired pinch their celebrated mom while she’s signaling astatine Sony Music’s workplace crossed nan causeway successful Miami.
They are truthful comfortable astatine nan signaling studio, that Sasha and Milan made their singing debut connected nan track, “Acrostico.” According to Shakira, her children’s engagement happened organically.
“They started to singing nan opus connected nan microphone because they already knew it by bosom from listening to me,” Shakira told Nile Rodgers during her podcast interview.
“How could I resist?” she continued. “Their voices sound truthful sweet, and I consciousness for illustration they’re really bully singers. And they were successful tune pinch nan song, you know, pinch nan sentiment successful nan song.”
The proud mom told Rodgers, “I’ve had galore awesome collaborations connected this album, successful my career, but thing for illustration pinch my kids.”
