Shakira said she's not quite ready for a 'formal relationship' but suggested she may be open to a fling — two years after her split from longtime partner Gerard Pique.

The Colombian hitmaker, 47, and the Spanish football star, 37, were together for 11 years and welcomed two children — sons Milan, 11, and Sasha, nine — before separating in 2022.

It was rumored that Gerard had cheated on Shakira with his now-girlfriend and former employee Clara Chia, 26.

'I'm not thinking about that. What space do I have for a man right now?' she told Rolling Stone this week when asked about her dating life.

She continued: 'What can I tell you, I like men. That's the problem. I shouldn't like them with everything that's happened to me, but imagine how much I like men that I still like them.'

Shakira said she's not quite ready for a 'formal relationship' but suggested she may be open to a fling — two years after her split from longtime partner Gerard Pique; seen in May

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Since parting ways with Gerard, Shakira has been romantically linked to the likes of A-list actor Tom Cruise and racing champ Lewis Hamilton.

Most recently, Shakira has been spotted with Emily In Paris hunk Lucien Laviscount, 32, who starred in the sexy music video for her song Puntería in March.

A source told DailyMail.com in April that she and Lucien 'are seeing each other but are not heavily involved yet.'

But Shakira insisted to Rolling Stone that she isn't interested in a relationship at the moment as the well-being of her children is her primary focus.

'I think my kids would have to be very prepared for that, and their emotional and psychological well-being is the priority,' the She Wolf hitmaker admitted.

But she appeared to hint that she isn't opposed to a future fling. 'Hey, I'm not opposed to having friends,' the mother-of-two told the outlet. 

Shakira also declared that she's got her 'sexy back.'

'More swag. I got my swag back. And I got my sexy back,' she said.

It's a remarkably positive turnaround from the pain Shakira endured two years ago, when she split from Gerard and was embroiled in a tax evasion legal battle in Spain.

Her father, who was 90 years old at the time, had also suffered a terrible fall. He is now on the mend following six surgeries.

Speaking of that time, she said: 'The suffering I felt was probably the greatest I had ever experienced in my entire life, and it kept me from functioning at times.'

'It felt like someone had stabbed a hole in my chest. And the sensation was so real, almost physical. I physically felt like I had a hole in my chest and that people could see through me,' she added.

The music icon then vulnerably described the sacrifices she made during her relationship with Gerard and how she has begun to find herself again since their split. 

'When you leave a relationship of many years, there are things about yourself that seem to have been lost along the way,' she told the publication.

'There's things about yourself that you change for the other person or give up. When that relationship breaks down, you feel like you're left with nothing and you have to heal, search for yourself, and travel back toward the center of yourself.'

Shakira made Gerard and their children her top priority during their relationship and even moved to Barcelona for him, as he played soccer for FC Barcelona.

But during her time in Spain, Shakira noticed certain things about her were changing.

'I was in sweatpants in Barcelona!' she told the outlet. Referencing the glossy pants she was wearing, she added, 'I mean, these are sweatpants, but they're Amiri. In Barcelona, I was wearing sweatpants from the Gap, with my hair in a bun.'

Shakira has since moved to Miami with their children and is happy to report her Caribbean accent is beginning to return. 

'My accent! My Caribbean accent is back now that I'm out of Spain,' she gushed. 'Now I'm hanging out with Barranquilleras from my kid's school and surrounded by Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians. Yeah, my accent is back, thank God.' 

Back in April, Shakira said she still believes in love and is holding out hope of finding a romance like that of her parents, who have been together for 50 years, with the star describing monogamy as 'uptopia'.

Shakira told Marie Claire: 'I was in search for that man like my dad, who I'd have kids with and then make plans to be with forever – like my parents, who are still so in love.

'I made many sacrifices for this. I was loyal. But sometimes things don't go as planned. You move on.'

Insisting she still believes in love, she added: 'I cannot say that I don't believe in love because I see the example of my parents after 50 years together; how they look into each other's eyes and hold hands and can't live apart from each other.

'I've witnessed love, I just haven't been that lucky myself. Monogamy is a utopia.'