Anna Kournikova & Enrique Iglesias Welcome Child No. 3!
You possibly can run, you possibly can conceal, however finally there is no escaping Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova‘s love.
Although apparently a few of his extra amorous followers neglect about it after they get near the “Hero” singer whereas he is performing, even when the mom of his three kids is proper…there.
“I really like embracing and kissing and simply hugging my followers. I like getting shut up,” the 49-year-old mentioned throughout a Might 8 look on Hits 1 Miami with Mack & Jen. And Kournikova, 42, has instructed him, “‘I at all times get this look from a number of the women and a number of the girls. Are you okay with it?’ It is like, ‘Yeah, I am completely cool. He is on stage.'”
The Grammy winner and the champion tennis participant met in late 2001, when Kournikova performed Iglesias’ love curiosity in the steamy music video for his hit “Escape.” And whereas there have been some issues to type out earlier than they might be collectively endlessly…
It was recreation, set, good match.
“After we met—though she got here from the sports activities world—in a means, we form of obtained one another,” Iglesias instructed Folks in October. “She knew what my world was like. I form of knew what her world was like. In order that understanding helped so much.”
And sooner or later, they agreed that theirs can be a world unto themselves.
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“She’s stunning, gifted, nice tennis participant,” he mentioned appreciatively of his “Escape” costar in a 2001 Making the Video characteristic, including, “It would not take actor to kiss Anna and attempt to make it plausible.”
And so started their custom of taking part in coy—although after they began having infants, it was an indication that their super-private life collectively was going effectively.
“It is unimaginable to look at her be such an amazing mom,” Iglesias instructed The Solar in October 2018, when twins Nicholas and Lucy have been 10 months outdated. “It is unimaginable to look at a mother do what she does, when a mom’s intuition kicks in.”
Requested whether or not turning into mother and father had put a damper on their alone time, the singer knowledgeable the tabloid that “the intercourse has not diminished.”
Daughter Mary was born in January 2020.
On the time, Kournikova added Iglesias to her identify on Instagram, sending hypothesis into overdrive (contemplating she already had been sporting a wad of sparkly jewellery on that finger for years) that she had married the singer after beforehand insisting she by no means deliberate to stroll down the aisle.
Over time they might have gone from teasing whether or not or not they have been nonetheless collectively to sharing cute images and movies of their kids on Instagram, however they nonetheless aren’t ones to overdo it relating to dishing the small print of their romantic life.
Maybe when it kicks off with kissing in a video, you’re feeling you’ve got given the general public sufficient for awhile.
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Although she did share a teaser for Iglesias’ “Subeme la radio” video in February 2017, Kournikova’s Instagram web page pre-babies primarily revealed that she was deeply dedicated to understanding and in a severe relationship together with her beloved canines. Identical for Iglesias, whose pre-fatherhood account was dedicated to touring, music, followers—and the canines.
He and Anna respectively wished their canine son Jack a pleased birthday on Oct. 9, 2017, two months earlier than their twin people have been born on Dec. 16 with out the couple having let on that they have been anticipating (although, as they later revealed, they have been snapping photos alongside the best way).
To today, they continue to be as low-key about their partnership as ever—canines nonetheless issue prominently—however they will shout one another out on particular events.
On his birthday in 2022, Kournikova posted a uncommon photograph of all 5 of them, calling Iglesias an “superb dad” and writing “we tremendous love you!!!”
Equally, on Mom’s Day that yr, Iglesias posted a video of Kournikova having a mommy-daughter dance celebration of their (very large) yard. (With a canine within the foreground, in fact.)
However in regards to the issues that wanted checking out earlier than they settled down…
When Kournikova and Iglesias first met, she was barely 21 and had been linked to 2 much-older Russian hockey gamers, Pavel Bure and Sergei Federov, off and on since she was about 16.
She and Federov have been mentioned to have first met in Moscow when she was 15. Kournikova moved to Florida for tennis and, as she improved as a participant and her mannequin appears to be like made her an on the spot endorsement darling and lad-mag pinup, Federov was usually within the image.
Although she denied a July 2001 rumor that they secretly obtained married in Russia (ring watch is timeless, individuals), Federov claimed to The Hockey Information in 2003 that that they had been married, “albeit briefly, and we at the moment are divorced” (in addition to not in contact). She was additionally rumored to have been engaged to Bure—who knew Federov from the Russian nationwide workforce—as late as 2000. She and Bure each denied being engaged.
What an internet.
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“Whereas I do not sometimes touch upon my private life, let me verify as soon as once more that I’m not married,” Kournikova said on her web site. In line with the Telegraph in 2003, she later responded to a request for remark with, “Why do not you go and discover out? I actually do not need to speak about it.”
Federov mentioned but once more in 2005, speaking to ESPN.com, that he and Kournikova have been briefly married—and that their relationship was, for one factor, misunderstood, and that it had its highs and lows.
“The most effective factor was that we have been each Russian. There was no romance for a very long time. She was only a child once we met the primary time,” mentioned Federov, who’s 11 years older than Kournikova. “Our households obtained alongside. We had so much in frequent, we lived comparable lives, we understood one another. So our friendship developed ‘trigger we have been in the identical place professionally and socially.”
In line with Federov, the development to romance got here as a shock to him.
“We spent fairly a number of days collectively,” the athlete instructed ESPN. “Anna expressed that form of curiosity, I used to be form of stunned as a result of I used to be a bit of bit older and wilder than her and I used to be getting in a unique route. However I regarded on the scenario and mentioned she was an amazing particular person, so why not? So, then we began courting. It was powerful as a result of her schedule had her based mostly everywhere in the world and I performed video games in so many various cities.”
So after that drama so early in her profession, it is no surprise Kournikova and Iglesias—the son of an internationally famend entertainer who’s conversant in tabloid tales—don’t splash their romance throughout social media or courtroom extra consideration than they might naturally obtain as a star couple.
“I believe it comes with the territory,” Iglesias instructed E! Information in March 2014. “I perceive why individuals ask, ‘Are you married? Do you’ve a girlfriend? Do you’ve youngsters? Do you’ve youngsters that we do not learn about?'”
He defined, “After I return dwelling, I need to make it possible for no matter goes on in my home, it is only for me and my family members which might be with me proper there. I would like that.”
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Whether or not she and Federov ever tried marriage on for dimension or not, Kournikova and Iglesias had met by the tip of 2001. The attractive “Escape” video premiered in January 2002 (“We’re making an attempt to get as a lot intercourse on this video as doable,” Iglesias mentioned within the making-of video) and they attended the MTV Video Music Awards collectively that August.
The stars merely aligned for the pair, who adopted Miami as their hometown. They cherished sports activities, the solar and being on the water—and understood what it was prefer to be focused by tabloids and on the highway for weeks or months at a time.
Suffering from accidents, Kournikova retired from aggressive tennis in 2003 (she by no means gained a singles championship however had 16 in doubles, together with two Grand Slam titles), although she’d proceed to play in exhibitions and different associated occasions for years to return, and she remained one of the vital talked-about personalities in sports activities.
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“I do know what it is prefer to be judged, dissected, picked aside for all of my life,” Kournikova instructed the Los Angeles Occasions in 2011, when she joined The Largest Loser as a coach. “It was so painful. I used to be only a child on the time. I used to be being judged over right here for being too fairly, or over there for not trying adequate. And God forbid I gained a pound. I heard about it. After which I used to be being criticized for not being a adequate tennis participant and but I knew—I knew—I used to be giving it every little thing I had.”
In 2004 she and Iglesias sparked secret-marriage rumors (denied) and in April 2007 he instructed Folks en Español that he wasn’t positive if he foresaw marriage, and even fortunately ever after, for them. “The one factor I can say is that, in my view, Anna, whether or not we’re collectively or not, can be an excellent mom,” he mentioned.
The next month he additional mystified individuals, reportedly telling Sweden’s Aftonbladet that not solely did they break up… “We’re divorced. I’m single now, however that is okay,” he was quoted as saying. “I do not thoughts being alone.”
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However Kournikova’s rep mentioned the singer had been joking and they have been nonetheless collectively after 5 years of courting. In the meantime, the athlete did have her personal ideas on the topic, which she finally turned comfy sharing.
“I am by no means getting married,” Kournikova instructed Folks in 2008, however added that “every little thing is nice” on the private entrance.
She defined her personal strategy to making an attempt to keep up her privateness to The Guardian in 2008, saying, “Women take a look at him. Guys take a look at me. It goes with the job, but it surely will get annoying whenever you really feel violated. Simply take the image and be accomplished.'” You may nearly hear the shrug.
“I am not married, not pregnant, did not have a boob job, no Botox. What else?” she provided.
That being mentioned, Kournikova wasn’t accompanying herself on a tiny violin.
“Hey, I took the cash,” she mentioned, referring to the perks that got here together with her tacit settlement to be within the public eye. “It is easy. If you don’t need the eye, do not take the cash.”
Kournikova reiterated on The Graham Norton Present in 2010 that she and Iglesias had no plans for marriage. “We’re positive—we’re good…Being eight years collectively, it is extra [like] being married [than most] Hollywood {couples}, or no matter.” (“Frequent regulation now,” agreed fellow visitor Katy Perry.)
However in 2011, Kournikova instructed Girls’s Well being that she did need to have kids, “whether or not I’ve my very own or undertake. I really like taking good care of individuals.”
“[Marriage] is not essential to me,” she continued. “I am in a contented relationship—that is all that issues. I consider in dedication. I consider in being open and trusting one another and respecting one another fully.”
Discovering a like-minded companion can also be key.
“I need my private life to be as personal as doable,” Iglesias mentioned in an interview with Australia’s At present Tonight in 2011. “And particularly whenever you’re with somebody that is additionally identified and within the highlight.”
“It isn’t that powerful,” he added. “You have to have a humorousness. I have been married about 28 instances, have youngsters everywhere in the world. In Australia…I believe I’ve obtained twins in Australia, in Perth. Actually, you simply chuckle at it.” (In 2014, he trotted out the divorce joke once more—he should be nice at dad humor—when he instructed reporters in Los Angeles, “I obtained a divorce three days in the past and I needed to present you guys the unique. I am severe. No, severely. Do not chuckle.”)
In the meantime, marriage apparently wasn’t on their to-do listing, regardless of the spectacular diamond rings Kournikova began sporting.
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“I’ve by no means actually thought marriage would make a distinction,” Iglesias instructed Parade in 2012. “Possibly it is as a result of I come from divorced mother and father, however I do not assume you like someone extra due to a chunk of paper.”
He reiterated as a lot to E! Information in 2016, although he added cryptically, “Who is aware of what the long run holds…or the previous…haha.”
The youngest of three born to Spanish super-star Julio Iglesias and his first spouse, Maria Isabel Preysler-Arrastía, he had a notoriously prickly relationship along with his father, who went on to have 5 extra kids along with his second spouse. Enrique instructed The Guardian in 2010 that the particular person he most admired in life was “Elvira, the woman that took care of me when my mother and father weren’t in a position to be there. She devoted her complete life to me and my brother and my sister. Now I care for her.”
In 2014, Julio instructed The Mirror that he had by no means met Kournikova, although he wholeheartedly authorized of the match.
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“My youngsters are very unbiased and it’s troublesome to see Enrique as a result of he’s everywhere in the world,” the singer mentioned. “However Anna may be very stunning—they’ve good style, my youngsters.”
Iglesias’ mom, siblings, stepmom and step-siblings had met her, although, Julio mentioned, and he was assured that his son was doing effectively. In the meantime, Igelsias’ mother, sister and brother all expressed their pleasure when the twins have been born.
“It was a superbly regular being pregnant, she did not must do necessary mattress relaxation at any time,” the infants’ grandma Isabel Preysler instructed Hola! “Anna hasn’t needed to conceal. She has a quite simple and homey life.”
Iglesias wasn’t a daily within the crowd whereas Kournikova was nonetheless taking part in, presumably not desirous to be a distraction, however they did like to look at tennis collectively. They have been photographed within the stands on the Los Angeles Tennis Middle in 2004, and then popped up at what’s now the Miami Open, held yearly in Key Biscayne, to look at Serena Williams play in 2009.
Requested in 2007 if he might Kournikova at any sport, Iglesias confidently instructed Sports activities Illustrated, “Something besides tennis and wrestling. Her reflexes are disturbingly good. You throw something at her, and she catches it.”
Courting an athlete, Iglesias mentioned, had made him respect athletes 1,000-times extra. “In music you can begin each time, 18 or 19 years outdated,” he mentioned. “If you wish to be an athlete, it’s important to begin if you end up 4 or 5. There may be a lot dedication, so many hours, mentally and bodily. Generally your thoughts needs it a lot however your physique can not deal with it.”
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“Anna took to me the place the place she was introduced up in Russia,” he continued, “and if you happen to see the home she lived in, you possibly can open up your arms and contact it wall to wall. Out of there, she performed each single day for eight hours since she was 5 years outdated. For me, it is mind-boggling. To me, she is essentially the most superb particular person I’ve ever met.”
They have been everywhere in the world on trip like glamorous celebrities, however a part of their allure is that they normally preserve date night time native like common individuals, whether or not they’re catching a Miami Warmth recreation or simply going out to dinner, or taking their boat for a spin (which is taken into account common in Miami Seashore).
In reality, after they have been rumored to have damaged up in 2013, the inevitable rumor-quashing photos of them on the boat have been forthcoming.
Kournikova additionally mentioned on The Graham Norton Present that that they had their ordinary-couple points identical to anyone else. Requested if Iglesias left his moist towels mendacity round, she mentioned, “Yeah, and you discover underwear, you already know, all over the place and soiled socks and every little thing.”
“A minimum of it is Enrique Iglesias’ soiled underwear,” Norton quipped. “Put it on eBay.”
However that is as a lot soiled laundry as we must always anticipate to listen to about firsthand. “I preserve my private life as personal as doable as a result of I really feel that we want that,” Iglesias mentioned on CBS Sunday Morning in April 2014.
Requested about his previous feedback relating to marriage, he clarified, “I did not say that I do not need to get married. I do not know if I possibly got here out the flawed means. What I mentioned is that, ‘We’re extraordinarily pleased the best way we’re.’ I am not in opposition to marriage by any means.”
He continued, “I’ve not dominated it out, however if you happen to’re pleased, I do not assume it’s going to actually make a distinction. She’s the best woman on this planet.”
And there are some pics from their 22-year romance. Hold studying to see their love unfold in images:
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Blissful Trio
The couple’s twins Nicholas and Lucy, 3, and 19-year-old daughter Mary go for a journey on this video Anna shared in September 2021 to advertise Enrique’s album Closing.
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Fourth of July 2021
Enrique shared this cute pic of himself with twins Nicholas and Lucy.
Rising Up
The personal pair rejoice twins Lucy and Nicholas‘ third birthdays with uncommon snapshots of the tots shared to Instagram.
Child No. 3
The 2 welcome their third youngster, a daughter, on Jan. 30, 2020.
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Double the love
Anna Kournikova performs with the couple’s twins in 2018.
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All Wrapped Up in Every Different
A decade of courting and nonetheless going robust! The 2 have been noticed arm-on-arm out in Miami Seashore in 2011.
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Not All Black-and-White
Remaining mum about their futures, Anna and Enrique have been snapped on a sports activities date to the Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets recreation in September 2010.
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Sporty BFFs
The couple paid shut consideration as they watched Venus Williams play in opposition to sister Serena on the Sony Ericsson Open again in 2009. In the meantime, tabloids have been speculating the longtime pair had lastly gotten engaged.
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Candy and Delicate PDA
Paps snapped the pair sharing a treasured second collectively as they watch the New Jersey Nets tackle the Miami Warmth again in 2006. On the time, the rumor mill was buzzing with stories the 2 had secretly wed.
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Younger and in Love
The pair could not conceal their love for one another after they have been snapped leaving a Florida restaurant in 2006.
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As soon as Upon a Time
Solely a younger couple on the time, the style risk-takers stepped out to the New York premiere of As soon as Upon A Time in Mexico in 2003. Rumors started flying that the 2 had secretly wed, however each events continued to disclaim.
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Scorching Couple Alert!
The super-hot twosome stole the highlight on the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, only one yr after they first started courting.
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The place It All Started
Enrique and Anna began courting in late 2001 after assembly on the set of his steamy music video “Escape.”
(Initially revealed June 6, 2018, at 12:38 p.m. PT)