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This Wednesday (20), Shakira opened up about being a single mom, in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.

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The Colombian explained that while she was learning to be a partner to her ex-husband Gerard Piqué, with whom she dated for 11 years, and learning to be a mother to her sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9, she struggled to find the right balance.

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“It was kind of like a sometimes a love-hate relationship because every time I had to be pulled into the studio to do my work, I failed. I felt that I was leaving my family unattended. There were times when I really didn’t enjoy it. You know, I felt guilt. I felt torn”, she explained.

Shakira also explained that now that her kids are older, and she has been living in Miami, it’s different. “Even though, it’s more challenging because now I’m in charge of these two kids, these two babies that depend on me so much”, she said.

“And I’m a single mother, I don’t have a husband at home to help out with anything. In a way, it’s kind of good not to have a husband because that…I don’t know why it was dragging me down, man”, added Shakira, saying that now she “feel like making music”.