Shakira has opened up about split from soccer star Gerard Piqué for the first time

Shakira said the decision benefitted her children, as they were able to have a “present mom” and created an “unbreakable” bond, but it ultimately tore apart her long-term relationship.  The “Whenever, Wherever” songstress declined to share other factors behind the breakup, telling Elle it is too “raw and new.”  “Regardless of how things ended or how Gerard and I feel about each other as ex-partners, he is the father of my children,” she noted.