Here’s What Shakira Had To Say About The Viral Rumor That She Found Out Gerard Piqué Had Allegedly Cheated On Her Because Of A Jar Of Jam In Her Refrigerator

At the time, they released a brief statement announcing their breakup, asking fans to respect their privacy in the best interests of their two sons, Milan and Sasha.

Shakira also seemed to shade her ex at the Billboard Latin Women in Music ceremony last year, saying during a speech: “There comes a time in the life of every woman…when the desire to be perfect is replaced by the desire to be authentic, and where finding someone who is faithful is less important than being faithful to ourselves.”

As the story goes, Shakira loves jam, but Gerard and their sons hate it. Therefore, the fact that some of it had been eaten while she was away indicated that someone else must have been in her home.

Some outlets claim that Shakira first told the story herself on a Spanish TV show called Socialite, though there isn’t a ton of evidence to suggest that this actually happened.

“Everything happened at once. My home was falling apart. I was finding out through the press that I had been betrayed while my dad was in the ICU,” she told People en Español last year, admitting she thought she “wasn't going to survive” that period of her life.

“The man I have loved the most in my life, my father, was leaving me when I needed him the most,” she recalled of her father, who has since recovered. “I couldn’t talk to him, or go to my best friend for the advice I needed so much.”