Shakira Poses With Her 2 Sons on the MTV VMAs Red Carpet

Shakira had the most effective dates for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards: her sons.

The 46-year-old shimmered as she stepped out on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, September 12, carrying a gold backless robe by Versace. She saved the colour scheme going with golden Piferi platforms and accessorized with gold jewellery.

Whereas Shakira dressed to impress on the pink carpet, it was her two youngsters who stole the present. Milan, 10, and Sasha, 8, posed beside their mother in matching black and gold tracksuits as she ready for her massive evening.

Shakira will obtain the Video Vanguard Award throughout the ceremony. She can be set to carry out on the present for the primary time in additional than 15 years.

Chatting with MTV throughout the pre-show, Shakira gushed that she felt “humbled” by the dignity. Teasing her “dynamic efficiency,” Shakira stated, “I attempted to synthesize my whole profession in, like, 10 minutes, so I did the most effective I may.”

Shakira shares her sons with Gerard Piqué, whom she dated for 12 years earlier than splitting in June 2022. She divulged three months later that the breakup was “extremely troublesome” on their youngsters.

“I’ve tried to hide the state of affairs in entrance of my youngsters. I attempt to do it and to guard them, as a result of that’s my primary mission in life,” she informed Elle. “However then they hear issues in class from their buddies or they arrive throughout some unpleasant, disagreeable information on-line, and it simply impacts them, you recognize?”

Shakira later opened up in June about coping with hypothesis that Piqué, 36, had an affair whereas her father, William Mebarak Chadid, was hospitalized. “[My dad] went to Barcelona to console me after I used to be consumed with unhappiness due to my separation,” she informed Folks en Español. “Whereas he was at Milan’s first communion, he was gravely injured in an accident. The whole lot occurred without delay. My residence was falling aside. I used to be discovering out by way of the press that I had been betrayed whereas my dad was within the ICU.”

For the reason that break up, Piqué has moved on with Clara Chia Marti. In April, the retired soccer participant made a dig at Shakira’s followers. “I’m very upset with what society is,” he stated in a clip shared by way of Twitter. “So my ex is Latin American … you don’t know what I’ve gotten on social media from her followers. These individuals don’t have any lives.”

Shakira seemingly responded to the jab on the time, tweeting in Spanish, “Proud to be Latin American.”

In Could, Shakira sparked romance rumors with Jimmy Butler when she posted a video of herself at one of many 33-year-old Miami Warmth participant’s basketball video games. Two months later, they have been noticed arriving at Novikov Restaurant & Bar in London.

“They’ve been out a number of occasions, however issues are very new and it’s too early to inform if there’s long-term potential there,” a supply informed Us Weekly on the time, noting that the duo’s 13-year age distinction “doesn’t hassle” Shakira.

The insider added that Butler “makes Shakira smile, and she or he feels pleased spending time with him.”

Final month, a second supply revealed that the pair had “been getting progressively nearer” and Shakira preferred that Butler is “completely different from different males” she has dated up to now. “She appreciates how he takes the lead within the relationship,” the insider stated. “He’s the one who makes plans together with her, pursues her, and it makes her really feel valued.”

Whereas Shakira and Butler are taking their romance slowly, she’s “positively open to seeing the place issues go,” in response to the supply.