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Shakiramight be a musical superstar, but her two sons, Milan, 12, and Sasha, 10, take the spotlight at home.
The singer shares Milan and Sasha with her ex-partner,Gerard Piqué, whoannounced his retirementfrom professional soccer in November 2022. Shakira has saidparenting is the hardest thingshe’s ever had to do.
“It’s one of the most difficult things I’ve done in my life,” she told PEOPLE in 2015. “I’ve been on the most challenging stages performing in front of really demanding audiences and I’ve been meeting with world leaders who sometimes make you a little bit apprehensive, but nothing has made me so self-conscious as being a mom. … Every day I wonder if I’m doing the right thing. I just want to improve in the job, the hardest job on earth.”
Shakira and Gerard Piqué with their kids in 2018.Shakira Instagram
Though she and Piquésplit in June 2022, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer said she is doing what she can to “conceal” the situation from her kids. She toldELLE, “I try to do it and to protect them, because that’s my number one mission in life.”
Shakira has also been vocal about giving her sons as normal of a life as possible — and that includesnot playing her own music at home.
“I can’t deny they can’t escape the reality that I’m a public person, as well as their dad,” the star toldET Canadain 2021. “But we try to provide as much normalcy as we can, and live really as very simple people.”
In November 2022, Shakira and Piqué reached acustody agreementregarding their two sons. A few months later in March 2023, Piqué spoke publicly for the first time about his break up with Shakira. He told the Spanish publicationEl Paisthat he’sfocused on doing “what’s best for their kids"and “protecting them” from any harm.
Shakira, Milan and Sasha made the move from Barcelona to Miami in April 2023.
“I settled in Barcelona to give my sons stability, the same that we are now looking for in another corner of the world besides family, friends and the sea. Today we started anew chapter in the search for happiness,” the “She Wolf” singer wrote on Instagram.
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Milan and Sashamade a cameo in Shakira’s Acróstico music video, which dropped in May 2023. The boys were seen playing the piano and singing the track’s chorus.
“This year, Milan has written songs that have brought me to tears of emotion and Sasha has spent hours at the piano, finding his voice,” Shakira wrote on Instagram. “Milan and Sasha, it’s so nice to see how you spread your wings and follow your dreams! There is nothing that makes me more fulfilled than being your mother.”
Here’s everything to know about Shakira and Gerard Piqué’s sons, Milan and Sasha.
Milan Piqué Mebarak, 12
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Shakira and Piqué welcomed their first son, Milan, on Jan. 22, 2013.
In December 2021, Shakira revealed that Milan enjoys surfing and is a talented pianist. The singer shared a video of Milan playing piano alongside another boy playing the violin. “This virtual concert isMilan’s small homageto our dear Bela, who left teaching us both parents and children the love, respect and devotion for one’s work, and how to make our kids feel that what they do is the most important thing in our world,” she wrote. Milan has alsospent time in the studiowith his megastar mom.
Another of Milan’s talents? Dancing! In August 2021,Milan joined his momand brother Sasha in dancing toJ Balvin’s hit “In Da Getto” in an Instagram video.
While talking toZane Lowein March 2024, Shakira said that while both of her sons “share a love for music,” Milan has been writing songs to process his parents' split.
“I remember he wrote two beautiful songs during the whole separation process,” she said. “He wrote two songs on piano and lyrics. And whenever he feels a little down, he goes to the piano and he writes. And that also is his catharsis, his therapy. I think he’s probably going to be a producer, but he’s obsessed with football.”
Sasha Piqué Mebarak, 10
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In June 2021, Shakira posted an Instagram photo celebrating Sashataking his first surfing lesson. He wore a wetsuit in the snapshot and posed with his surfing instructors. The following summer, Shakirashared more picturesof her sons enjoying the water at Wavegarden surf park in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He has also taken up karate. In February 2022, Shakira shared a video of himwinning first placein a martial arts tournament. “Next time if they don’t want me to yell so much they’ll have to take me with a muzzle!” she joked. Months earlier, sheshared a videoof Sasha at another tournament, captioning the clip, “I’m the deranged woman screaming in the back.”
In February 2023, Shakira shared thatSasha created the artwork for her single “Monotonia"on his iPad.
“I didn’t like what the designers at Sony had created, and I asked Sasha what he thought about it,” the songstress said in an interview. “He said, ‘No mami, Iet me do it,’ and he started making it on his iPad. He sent it to me and I sent it to people at Sony. I think kids have a special sensibility and I listen to them.”
source: people.com
