Shakira on Gerard Piqué Opens up about split

Gerard Piqué "betrayed" Shakira when she learned that her father was in the ICU.

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Shakira released a statement to People en Español about her father, William Mebarak Chadid, in their cover story published on Monday.

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Shakira said "When I was overwhelmed with grief because of our separation, he went to Barcelona to console me."

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Shakira said Chadid, 91, was "severely injured" in a fall during her son Milan's first communion.

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"It all happened at once," said Shakira, 46. "My house was falling apart.

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I came to know through the press that I was cheated when my father was in ICU.

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Shakira shared, "The man I've loved most in my life, my father, was leaving me when I needed him the most."

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Shakira and Pique split last year amid cheating rumors.

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