Shakira was left speechless when she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in a sexy black swimsuit.
The Whenever, Wherever singer, 47, worked her magic in a low-cut swimsuit adorned with gold detailing as she ran her hands through her bright blonde waves.
Her beautiful complexion glowed with mascara, blush, and a coat of lip gloss.
Shakira opened up about her life after splitting from her long-term partner Gerard Piqué, with whom she shares children Milan, 11, and Sasha, nine.
The music icon vulnerably described the sacrifices she made during their relationship and how she began to find herself again since their split.
Shakira was left speechless when she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in a sexy black swimsuit.
“When you leave a long-term relationship, there are things about yourself that seem to have been lost along the way,” she told the publication.
‘There are things about yourself that you change for the other person or give up. When that relationship breaks down, you feel like you are left with nothing and you have to heal, search for yourself and travel back to the center of yourself.’
Shakira made Gerard and their children her top priority during their relationship and even moved to Barcelona for him as he played soccer for FC Barcelona.
But during her stay in Spain, Shakira noticed that certain things about her were changing.
‘I was in sweatpants in Barcelona!’ he told the outlet. Referencing the shiny pants she was wearing, he added, “I mean, these are sweatpants, but they’re Amiri.” In Barcelona she was wearing Gap sweatpants and her hair was up in a bun.
Shakira and Gerard began dating in 2011, but then split last year amid rumors that he cheated on her.
She has since moved to Miami with her children and is happy to report that her Caribbean accent is starting to return.
‘My accent! My Caribbean accent is back now that I’m out of Spain,” he gushed. ‘Now I’m with Barranquilla girls from my children’s school and surrounded by Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians. Yes, my accent is back, thank God.
Shakira’s main concern during her decade-long relationship with Gerard was him and her children.
She has also gotten her “sexy back” back.
‘More loot. I got my loot back. And I got my sexy back back,” she says.
It’s a markedly positive change from the pain Shakira endured two years ago, when she split from Gerard and became embroiled in a legal battle over tax evasion in Spain.
His father, then 90 years old, had also suffered a terrible fall. He is now recovering after six surgeries.
Speaking of that time, he said: “The suffering I felt was probably the most I had ever experienced in my entire life, and at times it prevented me from functioning.”
“I felt like someone had punched a hole in my chest. And the sensation was so real, almost physical. “Physically I felt like I had a hole in my chest and that people could see through me,” she added.