Shakira’s friends fear that Emily in Paris star Lucien Laviscount, could be dating her for the wrong reasons, Radar reports.
The duo sparked romance rumors after they put on a steamy display in her music video Punteria. While sources have confirmed Shakira, 47, and Lucien, 31, are dating, they are allegedly not “heavily involved.”
Shakira’s friends are allegedly shaken up over her latest romance, with insiders sharing they’re worried the British actor “is a player and she is going to get burned.”
The Whenever, Wherever singer’s inner circle is also allegedly fearful she’s an easy target, considering how her last relationship with Gerard Piqué ended.
“Shakira is desperate to fall in love, but her friends are concerned because Lucien has slowly crept his way up the celebrity ladder while dating women who were all less famous than Shakira,” an insider spilled to Daily Mail.
Radar reported that the pal admitted, “The women he has been with are all very different,” and voiced concern that “now he is seeing Shakira – and she wants love.”
Shakira’s friends “fear he just wants people to know his name and she provides that,” said the source. They also claimed that she’s “not over her ex” and that everyone “knows” the younger actor “is a rebound.”
Lucien’s reputation, their 16-year age gap, and Shakira’s ex are all a recipe for disaster, claimed the insider.
“She is dating someone who they fear is a player and she is going to get burned,” they concluded.
Lucien isn’t the first man Shakira reportedly had her eye on since being single. She was linked to Tom Cruise, Lewis Hamilton, Jimmy Butler, and Drake after her bitter breakup with Gerard in June 2022 after 11 years together.
Shakira shares two sons with the former Spanish football star. The two didn’t have a clean breakup, with Gerard allegedly cheating on her with his current girlfriend, Clara Chia Marti.
While Shakira needs no introduction, Lucien gained traction when he starred alongside Lily Collins’ character Emily Cooper’s love interest, Alfie, in Netflix’s Emily in Paris. He’s also Snatch, Supernatural, and The Bye Bye Man so dating Shakira will raise his status.