Shakira has formally entered her robust lady period as she embraces being “husbandless” after splitting from her companion of 11 years, Gerard Piqué.

Showing on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC on Monday, the Hips Do not Lie hitmaker, 47, seemed phenomenal in a studded mini dress and platform heels as she bared all about her former relationship. 

The Columbian star rocked an archival dress hailing from the noughties, embellished with paisley motifs and grungecore shapes crafted from vampy studs. With a sweetheart neckline, ragged hemline and thigh-skimming size, Shakira made a critical assertion in the putting quantity. 

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The mother-of-two wore her caramel-hued hair in her signature beachy waves, letting her curls fall to her waist. She rocked a daring make-up look consisting of bubblegum-toned eyeshadow, a golden bronzer and matching frosted pink lip. 

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Addressing her comeback after a seven-year hiatus from music, present host Jimmy requested Shakira why it had been so lengthy since she put out a document. “I used to be placing out songs right here and there but it surely was actually laborious for me to put collectively a physique of labor,” Shakira mentioned. 

“It was the husband. Now I am husbandless. Yeah, the husband was dragging me down. Now I am free. Now I can truly work.” 

Shakira and Gerard, who share sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, had been collectively for over a decade, however by no means legally married.

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It isn’t the primary time the newly-single star has blamed her ex-partner for halting her success. “For a very long time I put my profession on maintain, to be subsequent to Gerard, so he may play soccer,” she advised The Instances. 

“I used to be uncooked,” Shakira mentioned of writing her 16-track album. “I used to be coping with plenty of stuff. I felt at occasions with a knife between my tooth. I used to be selecting up the items of myself from the ground. I used to be attempting to rebuild myself. Music was the glue.”

Shakira known as time on her relationship with the Spanish soccer participant in June 2022 after an 11-year marriage. Reviews surfaced that Shakira was left “devastated” due to the rumors surrounding Gerard’s alleged infidelity, linking him along with his present companion, Clara Chia Marti.

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In a press release, she mentioned: “We remorse to affirm that we’re parting methods. For the well-being of our youngsters, who’re our highest precedence, we ask that you just respect their privateness.  Thanks to your understanding.”