Why the Internet Is Talking About Shakira, Gerard Piqué and Strawberry Jam
The jam jar don’t lie. Shakira fans are reeling thanks to her epic new breakup track, “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” which seemingly revolves around her 2022 split from her ex, Gerard Piqué.
In the English translation for the Spanish song, Shakira sings, “Good luck with my so-called replacement,” going on to say, “I’m worth two 22 year olds. You traded in a Ferrari for a Twingo. You traded a Rolex for a Casio.”
The lyrics are seemingly a direct call out to her soccer-playing ex, who is now in a relationship with 23-year-old Clara Chia Marti.
ET has reached out to Shakira’s rep for comment.
But thanks to some new theories online, the plot thickens. According to Show News Today, Shakira first became suspicious that Piqué was being unfaithful after noticing that her jar of strawberry jam had been eaten while she was away. The site claims that Piqué himself didn’t care for the jam and neither did their kids, indicating that someone else was eating it while she was away.
Adding fuel to the theory is a moment in Shakira’s “Te Felicito” music video from April 2022, where she opens the fridge to find the head of her collaborator, Rauw Alejandro, on a platter. In an interview for the British show This Morning about the song, which was also deemed a split track about Piqué, Shakira is questioned about why she is seen going to the refrigerator.
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At the time, she replied, “To find out the truth, so I go to the refrigerator.”
These fan theories have sparked a frenzy online, with many people outraged by Piqué’s alleged actions and others amused by the whole thing.
Here’s how people are reacting to the strawberry jam theory:
Shakira when her band mates ask her if she wants to join a jam session. #shakira pic.twitter.com/c9ijROq6gW
— Domino's Pizza ROI (@Dominos_ROI) January 17, 2023
Shakira inside the jam jar investigating how much was missing pic.twitter.com/fUGouZEgm2
— Tyler 🍋 (@fagfetchd) January 17, 2023
The moment Shakira saw that jam bottle as she opened the fridge, she knew it was over for her.
Piqué had a mistress in the house, eating that strawberry jam, and wearing her clothes and sleeping in her bed.
It was at this moment… pic.twitter.com/7fdTgc4CRI
— Holene (@kewchiy) January 17, 2023
But then… I could not help but recollect that he does not choose to indulge in strawberry jam… pic.twitter.com/PXz8lk3Ao8
— Ben Yahr (@benyahr) January 19, 2023
The half eaten strawberry jam jar piqued her curiosity
— K vos S 🤔 (@khalooo) January 19, 2023
shakira when she found out somebody ate her strawberry jam: pic.twitter.com/cKCG40wsbs
— cunt•ry gworl 𐚁 (@heatedszn) January 17, 2023
shakira coming back home hungry asf for some strawberry jam pic.twitter.com/RSOLSgP4Ui
— MuqiBaba 🖕ANTI-SWEDEN ACCT 🚫 (@cloomf) January 18, 2023
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Back in a September cover story for Elle, Shakira opened up about her split from Piqué. She said that the relationship once felt “sacred” but had been “turned into something vulgarized and cheapened” by the scandalous headlines surrounding the split, calling it “probably the darkest hour of my life.”
Shakira and Piqué are parents to 7-year-old son Sasha and 9-year-old son Milan.