Shakira Gushes About Not Having A Husband: 'It Was Dragging Me Down'

Shakira is getting candid about her views on marriage. 

Speaking with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 , the Colombian pop star, 47, opened up about how being married isnt ideal for her and her music career.  

The Hips Dont Lie singer was in a relationship with soccer player, Gerard Piqu, for 11 years before they announced their separation in 2022. The former couple share two sons : Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9.

In a way, its kind of good not to have a husband because thatI dont know why it was dragging me down, man, she said in the interview published Wednesday. Now I feel like working. I feel like writing songs. I feel like making music. Its a compulsive need of mine that I didnt feel before. 

Shakira, who moved from Spain to the U.S.  after calling it quits with Piqu, went on to admit that shes found being a single parent to be challenging at times.  

Its more challenging because now Im in charge of these two kids, these two babies that depend on me so much. And Im a single mother, I dont have a husband at home to help out with anything, she explained. 

The songwriter doubled down on the constant juggling single motherhood requires in an interview with Billboard back in September. 

Sometimes I think being a single mom and the rhythm of being a pop star arent compatible, she shared. I have to put my kids to bed, go to the recording studio; everything is uphill.

When you dont have a husband who can stay home with the kids, its constant juggling because I like to be a present mom, and I need to be there every moment with my children: take them to school, have breakfast with them, take them to playdates. And aside from that, I have to make money, Shakira added. 

In other news, Shakiras 12th studio album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Women Dont Cry Anymore), releases this Friday.