{"id":287564,"date":"2020-02-03T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1118703"},"modified":"2020-02-03T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T12:21:00","slug":"why-shakiras-boyfriend-gerard-pique-was-mia-from-the-2020-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/why-shakiras-boyfriend-gerard-pique-was-mia-from-the-2020-super-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Shakira&#8217;s Boyfriend Gerard Piqu\u00e9 Was MIA From the 2020 Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"35.911410018553\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202013\/rs_634x1024-200203035042-634-Shakira-Gerard-Pique-LT-020320-GettyImages-1173013345.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Shakira, Gerard Pique \" alt=\"Shakira, Gerard Pique \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"26.274881516588\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/shakira\">Shakira <\/a><\/strong>absolutely rocked the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/2020_super_bowl\">2020 Super Bowl<\/a><\/strong> Halftime Show last night.<\/p>\n<p>She and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jennifer_lopez\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a><\/strong> lit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1117172\/see-jennifer-lopez-and-shakira-s-fabulous-looks-from-the-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the stage up<\/a> with a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1118478\/shakira-s-tongue-was-the-real-mvp-of-the-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performance that celebrated<\/a>, as she said in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8F9Zt_pXRE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;post following the show, &#8220;how much Latinos have to offer,&#8221; and it was one of the most entertaining halftime shows to date.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s attendees included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1118640\/cardi-b-offset-paul-rudd-and-other-celebs-spotted-at-super-bowl-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">star-studded list of celebrities<\/a> like&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/beyonce\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jay_z\">Jay-Z <\/a><\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/blue_ivy_carter\">Blue Ivy Carter<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/cardi_b\">Cardi B<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/demi_lovato\">Demi Lovato<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(who sang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1112612\/demi-lovato-s-comeback-continues-with-2020-super-bowl-national-anthem-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Anthem<\/a>), <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/paul_rudd\">Paul Rudd<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/emily_ratajkowski\">Emily Ratajkowski<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jeremy_renner\">Jeremy Renner<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/miles_teller\">Miles Teller<\/a><\/strong> and of course, J.Lo&#8217;s love&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/alex_rodriguez\">Alex Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong>. But Shakira&#8217;s longtime love, soccer player <strong>Gerard Piqu\u00e9<\/strong>, was absent.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, funnily enough, both celebrated their birthdays on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1117473\/how-jennifer-lopez-and-shakira-honored-kobe-bryant-during-the-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Super Bowl Sunday<\/a> (the singer turned 43 and the athlete turned 33), but they unfortunately couldn&#8217;t be in Miami together because of work conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, Gerard couldn&#8217;t make it to football&#8217;s biggest night because he had a futbol game to play himself! The FC Barcelona player competed against&nbsp;Levante last night in Barcelona&#8217;s&nbsp;Camp Nou stadium.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.071868583162\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.338809034908\">\n<p>And good news, Barcelona won! So this couple\u2014who shares sons&nbsp;<strong>Milan Piqu\u00e9 Mebarak<\/strong>, 7, and&nbsp;<strong>Sasha Piqu\u00e9 Mebarak<\/strong>, 5\u2014really did slay all around yesterday. Suffice it to say they had memorable birthdays and are undoubtedly proud of each other.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian singer was the first up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/ca\/news\/1118670\/lady-gaga-and-more-stars-react-to-jennifer-lopez-and-shakira-s-2020-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Halftime Show stage<\/a>, appearing in a glittering red costume and matching boots. She breezed through some of her biggest hits, like&nbsp;&#8220;She Wolf&#8221; and &#8220;Hips Don&#8217;t Lie&#8221; before J.Lo came out for her turn.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.898843930636\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13.959537572254\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Hustlers<\/em> star paid tribute to the film by incorporating some pole dance choreography as she performed hits like &#8220;Waiting For Tonight,&#8221; &#8220;Jenny From The Block&#8221; and &#8220;On The Floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/j_balvin\">J Balvin<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Bad Bunny<\/strong>&nbsp;and J.Lo and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/marc_anthony\">Marc Anthony<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s daughter <strong>Emme&nbsp;Maribel Mu\u00f1iz<\/strong>&nbsp;also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1115555\/jennifer-lopez-s-daughter-joins-her-and-shakira-during-the-super-bowl-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made appearances<\/a> before&nbsp;the two iconic women&nbsp;joined forces on stage together. Don&#8217;t worry, the undying hit &#8220;Waka Waka&#8221; was performed as well.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, Gerard will be rewatching the videos from the performance all day today, just like the rest of us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Watch <i>E! News<\/i> weekday mornings at 7 a.m. and don&#8217;t miss our <i>2020 Oscars: E&#8217;s Inside Guide<\/i> special Friday, Feb. 7 at 11 p.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1118703\/why-shakira-s-boyfriend-gerard-pique-was-mia-from-the-2020-super-bowl?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Glikas\/WireImage Shakira absolutely rocked the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show last night. She and&nbsp;Jennifer Lopez lit the stage up with a powerful performance that celebrated, as she said in her Instagram&nbsp;post following the show, &#8220;how much Latinos have to offer,&#8221; and it was one of the most entertaining halftime shows to date. The game&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-01 16:18:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}