Fact Checking
Video doesn’t show Shakira’s home being moved off ex’s land
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CLAIM: A video shows the pop singer Shakira’s house being physically moved from her former partner’s property.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The video shows a historic home in Plano, Texas, being relocated to save it from demolition in 2018. There’s no evidence to suggest Shakira transported her house in response to her recent breakup.
THE FACTS: A years-old video of a historic house being trucked to a new location in Texas is being misrepresented as belonging to the Colombian pop icon in the midst of her public split from Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué.
The video, shared thousands of times this week, shows an entire wooden two-story house being towed down a street by a truck. While some social media users shared the video making a joke that the house was Shakira’s, others made comments suggesting it really was hers.
“Shakira physically moving the house from her ex’s land is a level of petty I can only aspire to,” reads one popular tweet.
However, a reverse-image search shows that the video was captured in 2018, long before the singer’s 2022 breakup with Piqué.
The clip shows the historic Collinwood House, constructed in 1861, being carefully moved to a new location to allow it to be restored, according to reports from The Associated Press. The video appeared in news reports at the time.
Plano voters rejected a 2017 bond issue with funds meant to restore the Collinwood House, according to news reports at the time. Plano officials then offered to pay anyone who would relocate the home and consider restoration and preservation.
Shakira previously lived in Barcelona with Piqué and their two children. Spanish authorities have charged the singer with six counts of tax fraud, allegations she has repeatedly denied. A trial is set to go forward, but no date has been announced.
A spokesperson for Shakira did not respond to a request for comment.
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This is part of AP’s effort to address widely shared misinformation, including work with outside companies and organizations to add factual context to misleading content that is circulating online. Learn more about fact-checking at AP.
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