NEWLY single Wanda Nara has brushed aside Argentina’s shock World Cup loss to Saudi Arabia as only she can – by eating ice cream in a sexy swimsuit in the Maldives.
The Argentine beauty, 35, split from footie star Mauro Icardi in September.
And she’s enjoying the single life, getting back into TV presenting work while also continuing to travel the world.
Wanda was also spotted kissing rapper L-Gante, more than a decade her junior, in a bowling alley and has posted images of the pair cosying up on social media.
But with Argentina contesting the World Cup, Wanda is instead cooling off in the Maldives, where she enjoyed an ice cream.
The model was wearing a sexy pink swimsuit as she walked the beaches, while Argentina lost 2-1 to Saudi Arabia in their World Cup group stage opener.
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Argentine great Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the first half from the penalty spot.
But a second half flurry stunned Argentina, who were considered one of the favourites for the tournament.
Former partner Icardi is NOT in Qatar playing for his country, with the striker now on loan at Galatasaray from Paris Saint-Germain.
Wanda has lifted the lid on why she split from the 29-year-old, who she first met aged 18.
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In an interview with magazine Vanity Fair, Wanda explained: “I didn’t expect it, Mauro had never given me reason to be jealous.
“It was bad, but then I realised that we don’t live in a Disney fairytale and that certain things can happen.
“I met Mauro when he 18 years old, he wasn’t experienced. I think that’s why. In fact, after the fact, he realised even more how much he loved me. I forgave the mistake, the problem was something else
“We have already signed the separation. Mauro didn’t want to and it was very difficult, because I still love him very much.
“But things weren’t working out, the atmosphere was bad at home and at one point I told him: ‘Let’s stop’. We made love until the end, then I went to Argentina.
“I did advertising campaigns and hosted TV shows. I was away for two months. The distance didn’t help.”
Wanda says after raising five children, she wanted to get back to her old line of work.
She continued: “The truth is that I had five children, I breastfed them all, raised them and devoted myself to them for 10 years.
“I had recently told Mauro that I wanted to go back to work, and he didn’t like it. It’s rare for a footballer’s wife to work.
“For a long time I only took care of my children and my husband, but now I want to get my time back. And I’m going back to my profession: in Argentina they keep offering me programmes to host and I really like television.
“He doesn’t like the idea that it takes attention away from the family. Whereas for me independence is fundamental: it is the path to freedom.
“So every now and then he tries to win me back, the other day he came to pick me up at the airport with a car full of flowers, then he took me out to dinner and said, ‘I’m not giving up’.
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“Alright, but I know that if we get together again and in two months I mention a new job offer, we’ll be back to square one.
“My mother was an actress when she was young. She met my father and quit. And I, in 2022, I can’t let history repeat itself.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
