It seems that these days the footballer is retired Gerard Pique He is not the most loved man in Latin America, having reportedly cheated on his ex-wife and mother of his children, the singer Shakira He left her for someone 22 years younger than her. At the end of the week, the former football star sat down for an interview with Gerard Romero, There they talked about how Fika has been dealing with criticism since his separation from the Colombian singer in June 2022.
“In the beginning it was bad and it got to the point where if I let things get to me, I would jump off a cliff,” he confessed in Spanish, adding that it was his nonchalant attitude that saved him. Fika also talked about how “95 percent” of people’s problems arise when they “tend to worry about things that aren’t that important.” In his opinion, the only things worth worrying about are “serious health problems, family and relationships.”
However, his relationship proved to be a sticking point when he and Shakira, 46, called it quits after 11 years together. Following the news of his alleged affair with the model Clara Chia Marty, fans were quick to attack Pika on social media. “For example, my ex is Latin American… You can’t imagine the [התגובות] I received on social media from her fans. Millions of barbarities!” he told Romero during the interview.
“But I don’t care about any of that. Honestly, not at all. Because I don’t know them. These people have no lives and why should I care? I’ll never meet them, they’re robots, you know?”. The 36-year-old Pique added that his nonchalance “is healthy, because if you care about people’s opinions, you’re dead. You have to show them that you don’t care because that makes them angrier,” he added.
Following his interview, many people attacked Pique for being xenophobic after he implied that Latin Americans were “barbarians” for criticizing him. One person tweeted in response to the interview: “Why the hell did you have to mention that your ex is Latina? Do you think Latinas are more insulting or disturbing than people from other countries? Why did you say that? Plus Shakira has fans all over the world. You’re really digging your own grave.” Shortly after, the singer tweeted that she was “proud to be part of Latin America” along with dozens of Latin American flag emojis.