How Did Shakira And Pique First Meet?

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The couple met while Shakira was filming the video for the Fifa World Cup(2010) song..

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"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)."

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The video featured Gerard, a Spanish football player.

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In an interview in 2020, Shakira said...

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"I wasn't a soccer fan, so I didn't know who he was."

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"When I saw the video, I was like, 'Hmm, that one's kind of cute. 'And then someone decided to introduce us," Shakira said.

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Pique said of their first meet, "It all started when we were together in South Africa and I wrote to her."

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Pique recalled Shakira was already present there as she sang in the opening ceremony.

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Pique said, "I asked her what the weather was like. It's the typical stupid question, and the normal answer is to tell me to bring a jacket."

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But she started telling everything in detail to Pique to the point where he had to tell her that..

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"we [Spain] would have to get to the World Cup final to see her again — she was singing at the final."

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Shakira stated in a June 2013 interview with Elle that meeting Gerard restored her faith in God.

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also,

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