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Shakira pregnant with first child

It’s the first child for the 35-year-old pop star and her boyfriend, Spanish footballer Gerard Pique

  • AP
  • Published: 10:50 September 20, 2012
  • Tabloid

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  • Colombian singer Shakira with her boyfriend, FC Barcelona player Gerard Pique, during The Sun Comes Out World Tour concert in Barcelona, Spain. Shakira is pregnant with her first child. The 35-year-old posted on her website Wednesday that she and boyfriend Gerard Pique “are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby.” Pique, who is from Barcelona, is a soccer player for FC Barcelona. (AP)

Shakira is pregnant with her first child.

The 35-year-old pop superstar posted on her website Wednesday that she and 25-year-old boyfriend Gerard Pique “are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby.” Pique, who is from Barcelona, is a soccer player for FC Barcelona.

No more details were available.

The Grammy-winning Colombian singer is postponing promotional activities and won’t perform at Friday’s iHeartRadio Music festival in Las Vegas.

Shakira said in a 2009 interview that she was ready to reproduce, explaining: “I really would like to have a big belly.”

She dated Antonio de La Rua, the son of former Argentinian President Fernando de la Rua, for more than a decade. They split in 2011.

Shakira is due to be a judge on next season’s “The Voice.”

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