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FC Barcelona s Gerard Pique and his wife colombian singer Shakira during 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Quarter-Finals match.September 9,2014. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxPOLxDENxNORxSWExONLY (20140909327) FC Barcelona S Gerard Pique and His wife Colombian Singer Shakira during 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Quarter Finals Match September 9 2014 PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxPOLxDENxNORxSWExONLY 20140909327

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FC Barcelona s Gerard Pique and his wife colombian singer Shakira during 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Quarter-Finals match.September 9,2014. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxPOLxDENxNORxSWExONLY (20140909327) FC Barcelona S Gerard Pique and His wife Colombian Singer Shakira during 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Quarter Finals Match September 9 2014 PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxPOLxDENxNORxSWExONLY 20140909327
Shakira and Gerard Pique had one of the messiest breakups in 2022. The whole fanbase couldn’t believe their eyes. Nobody could believe that the most ‘perfect’ couple was breaking up. But the reports turned out to be true after the celebrity couple shockingly announced their breakup on social media.
Shakira had caught Pique cheating in the most bizarre way. Since then, various sources have suggested that things between the celebrity couple weren’t always the sweetest. In fact, major problems and arguments had already begun in 2017.
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At one point, the situation between the two of them got heated in public. After yelling at Pique in front of everyone, Shakira seemingly lost her voice and ended up postponing her tour.
Shakira was depressed after losing her voice
Since the messy breakup, 2017 was seemingly an extremely rough year for Shakira. The Colombian singer had to postpone her ever-famous El Dorado world tour after suffering from a vocal cord hemorrhage in her right vocal cord. Several years later, she opened up about her major injury. She described that experience as “unbearable”.

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Feb. 17, 2016 – Hollywood, California – Portraits of SHAKIRA during during an interview session in Hollywood for her latest movie Zootopia, where she sing Try Everything. Shakira has been a mom for the past 4 years giving two little boys (3 and 1) to Gerard Pique, center back of the Barcellona FC, probably the best football club in the world. Real football, that you call soccer!
She told the Guardian, “It was my identity. So, when I couldn’t sing, that was unbearable. There were times I couldn’t even get out of bed. I was so depressed”. Her children, Milan and Sasha, were too young to read and write. She had to communicate with them through sign language. Shakira continued, “I was not positive. I was so pessimistic. I was a bitter person to be around”.
.@shakira – Whenever Wherever, El Dorado World Tour. Los Angeles, California. August 28, 2018. pic.twitter.com/A1HqXmcvx2
— Shakira Daily (@DoseOfShakira) January 17, 2023
The Grammy Award winner revealed that she needed surgery. However, she wasn’t ready to take that risk at all. She ignored the doctor’s advice and tried spiritual methods to heal herself. She even tried holy water from the Lourdes, in France. Luckily, her voice came back after a few months.
This begs the question; how did Shakira actually lose her voice?
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Did she lose her voice after yelling at Pique?
Sources claim that Shakira picked up this injury while yelling at Gerard Pique. Just months before her tour, the celebrity couple was walking on the streets of Barcelona. All of a sudden, a heated argument sparked between the two of them. The former celebrity couple didn’t care about their surroundings and went on yelling at each other.

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BARCELONA, SPAIN – April 17: FC Barcelona Barca s football player Gerard Pique with his girlfriend, the colombian singer Shakira during the TurkishAirlines Euroleague playoffs round 2 basketball match between FC Barcelona and Olympiakos at Palau Blau Grana in Barcelona on April 17, 2015. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY
Barcelona Spain April 17 FC Barcelona Barca s Football Player Gerard Pique with His Girlfriend The Colombian Singer Shakira during The Euro League Playoffs Round 2 Basketball Match between FC Barcelona and Olympiakos AT Palau Blue Grana in Barcelona ON April 17 2015 PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY
Shortly after the argument, Shakira realized that she had lost her voice completely. After a medical diagnosis, she got to know that she suffered a hemorrhage in her right vocal cord. After regaining her voice with an operation, she called that “some kind of religious experience”. During her El Dorado tour, she considered every night on stage as a gift.
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