Shakira And Lucien LaviscountThe steamy music video interaction led to a real connection, a source reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us weekly.
“She meets with him occasionally,” the insider says, noting that “the chemistry started” when they worked together on Shakira’s “Puntería” music video set.
The 47-year-old musician was “pleasantly surprised at how charming and funny he was,” the source shares, adding that Shakira and Laviscount, 31, aren’t committed to anything serious yet.
Meanwhile, a second source tells us Us that Shakira is “happy” with how things are turning out between her and the Emily in Paris Actor. “Shakira and Lucien are having a slightly playful affair – and he’s really into her,” says a third insider.
Shakira and Laviscount met while filming their 2024 music video, which was released last month. In the “Puntería” visual, Laviscount plays a centaur with toned abs and horse hooves. After Shakira wounds him with an arrow, she sensually tends to his injuries. Once healed, Laviscount becomes attached to Shakira, kissing her shoulder and almost touching her lips.
A few days after the video was released, Shakira was spotted with the actor in New York City on March 26.
The singer’s budding romance with Laviscount comes after a “tough year” following their split Gerard Pique, says the second source. “But she has moved on and is feeling better than ever,” the insider adds.
Shakira and Piqué, 37, were together for 11 years before splitting in June 2022. Their breakup made headlines after reports emerged that the former soccer player was unfaithful and allegedly cheated on Shakira with her current girlfriend Clara Chia Marti.
“It was hard not only for me but also for my children,” Shakira said Elle in September 2022, referring to her and Piqué’s two sons, Milan, 11, and Sasha, 9. “Incredibly difficult. … I tried to hide the situation from my children. I try to do it and protect them because that is my most important mission in life.”
She described the last few months as the “darkest hour of my life” as the separation came against a backdrop of her father’s failing health and a tax evasion investigation.
Shakira was accused in 2018 of defrauding the Spanish government of more than $15 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014. In July 2022, prosecutors announced that the government was seeking an eight-year prison sentence and a €23 million fine if Shakira was found guilty.
While her representative denied the IRS’s claims in 2022, Shakira reached a deal in November 2023 to avoid prison time. She was forced to admit to six counts of tax fraud and pay a fine of seven million euros ($7.6 million). AP.
Since then, Shakira has focused on releasing new music and raising her two sons. She has also started to dip back into the dating pool.
After a brief romance with an NBA player Jimmy Butler in the summer of 2023, a source said exclusively Us in September 2023: “Shakira has a lot to do. … But she’s definitely optimistic about finding love again.”
Before her connection to Laviscount, an insider told exclusively Us in March that Shakira was “not ready for a relationship” but that the Grammy winner was “very open to a bit of casual dating.”
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