Shakira is still pregnant! Gerard Pique's announcement of 'baby boy's arrival' is revealed as 'Dia de los Inocentes' prank

It's a funny thing to joke about.
Yesterday, the internet was ablaze with reports that Shakira had welcomed a son with partner Gerard Piqué after he Tweeted the 'happy news' in Spanish.
'Ya ha nacido nuestro hijo! Estamos muy felices! Gracias a todos por vuestros mensajes!,' wrote the Barcelona soccer ace.

Prank: Gerard Pique was joking when he said Shakira had delivered their first child; a son

In English, that translates as: 'Our son was born! We're very happy! Thank you all for your messages.'
But a source confirmed to E! News that the Twitter prank was simply Gerard taking part in Dia de los Inocentes, which is the Spanish equivalent of April Fool's Day, they also confirmed it with her spokesperson.
Gerard seemed to confess his joke just hours after the initial posting.
However, later on Thursday, the 25-year-old wrote: 'It has a name! His name is Innocent! Happy Holy Innocents Day to all!'
Shakira, 35, herself did not comment.
Only days before Christmas, Shakira was pictured looking heavily pregnant shopping for gifts in Barcelona.

Feeling good: Shakira, seen heading to the studio on December 14, has plans to release a new album and has signed up as a judge on The Voice

She is thought to have been due to give birth early next month.
This is the first child for the Addicted To You singer, who emerged on the Colombian and Latin America music scene in the 1990s before making it big among the English-speaking crowd in the U.S. and Europe in the early Noughties.
Shakira announced the pregnancy in mid-September on her blog.

What's going on? First Gerard thanked fans for their messages, before saying 'his son' was called Inocencio - after the Day of the Holy Innocents

Footballer Piqué recently confirmed in a radio interview that his girlfriend was not planning on slowing down work wise and is even about to release a new album.
'The album will be released after the baby is born because she’d need to go on tour and she can’t do that now,' FC Barcelona’s centre-back said.
'And it’s very likely that there will be a song in Catalan, it could even be ‘Boig per tu’ (‘Crazy for you’).'

Handsome couple: Shakira and Gerard at the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2011 in January

The couple confirmed previously they were expecting a son, even sharing an ultrasound image of the child.
But Piqué said they had not picked a name for their firstborn.
Gerard said: 'Concerning the name, we just haven’t been able to decide. There are ridiculous names, like Ulisito, that came out of the press's need to report nonsense.
'There was also Biel, which we like, but I don’t think it will be that one either, or Gerard. We’ll see.' 
Meanwhile, the Colombian superstar was recently named as the newest judge on the U.S. edition of The Voice, replacing Christina Aguilera.