Armando Perez is certainly a number one his amongst the popstars after he was spotted earlier the week cosying up to Ellie Goulding during her holiday to Costa Rica.
And it isn’t the first time the hunky surf instructor has captured the attention of a chart topping superstar after he previously taught Shakira to surf last summer.
Armando and his brother Gero are licensed instructors and run La Puente Surfhouse on Playa Hermosa beach, offering accomodation and lessons.
The Whenever Wherever singer, 47, received a helping hand from her surfing instructor after getting thrown off a wave while holidaying in June 2023.
Despite initially looking shaken after her wipeout, the Colombian singer, who was wearing a black helmet over her wavy blonde hair and a Hurley wetsuit, quickly got back up.
If he’s good enough for Shakira! The hunky surfer Armando Perez is a number one hit with both pop sensations Shakira, 47, and Ellie Goulding, 37
The Whenever Wherever singer received a helping hand from her surfing instructor after getting thrown off a wave while holidaying in June 2023
As she returned to the shore, the star smiled as she was joined by Armando who carried both their boards back to their car.
While Armando keeps his social media private, he has been surfing since he was a child after growing up with his family at the Playa Hermosa in Costa Rica.
Since 1989 the family have lived at La Puente Surfhouse, and Armando ensures guests that he is ‘a very good host’.
His bio on the surf camp’s website reads: ‘The waves of Playa Hermosa are my home and I am a very good host.
‘As a surf instructor I will lead you step by step to the line-up and guarantee you at least one “wave of the day”. Together we read the sea until you understand it for yourself.’
And it seems that after Shakira learnt to surf in his capable hands, Ellie too decided to try her luck with the instructor.
Earlier this week the singer, 37, was seen packing on the PDA with Armando during her Costa Rica getaway.
Hitting the beach this week, Ellie showed her marriage was over as she enjoyed a surfing session with Armando.
As she returned to the shore, the 46-year-old smiled as she was joined by Armando who carried both their boards back to their car
Ellie Goulding showed her surf lessons are paying off as she flaunted her washboard abs in a tiny bikini after kissing young instructor during Costa Rica getaway
Back in June is was reported that Ellie and her art dealer husband Caspar, 31, had been living separate lives for at least six months (pictured in June 2023; Ellie is seen without her ring)
The duo frolicked on the beach together, sharing kisses and cuddles, in photos obtained by The Sun.
An insider told The Sun: ‘Ellie and Armando seemed very into each other.
‘When Armando wasn’t teaching Ellie, he couldn’t keep his hands off her and pulled her in for a hug and a kiss.
‘Ellie looked blissfully happy and was laughing and joking with him as they messed around in the sea.’
MailOnline has contacted Ellie’s representatives for comment.
Back in June is was reported Ellie and her art dealer husband Caspar, 31, had been living separate lives for at least six months, despite trying to stick together for the sake of their two-year-old son, Arthur.
The exes were last seen together in October during a family day out, after the musician ended her friendship with Tory peer Zac Goldsmith to ‘focus on her marriage.’
Ellie and Caspar married in August 2019 at York Minster with A-list guests including Sienna Miller, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry.
Their split was first rumoured in June 2023, when sources claimed they were ‘living apart’.
After weeks of discussions about how they would reveal their separation, the pop star’s team finally revealed they had been spending time apart – blaming their ‘hectic schedules’ for the demise of their marriage.
Meanwhile Shakira split from her husband of 11 years Gerard Piqué in June after learning he’d allegedly been unfaithful
The Colombian singer confirmed that she was no longer with former FC Barcelona and Spain international Gerard (pictured with their children Milan, nine, and Sasha, seven)
Meanwhile Shakira split from her husband of 11 years Gerard Piqué in June after learning he’d allegedly been unfaithful.
The singer realised her ex Gerard was having an affair when she discovered a jar of strawberry jam had been eaten while she was away.
Shakira then went onto reference this in a music video for her single Te Felicito in April, which featured a clip of a head of her collaborator Rauw Alejandro inside an open fridge.
According to ShowNews Today, Shakira knew that Gerard and their children didn’t like strawberry jam, and so she sussed that someone else had been staying at their home when she found the jar.
Gerard has since gone public with his new girlfriend Clara Chia Marti, with Shakira even taking a swipe at her in her new diss track, which has topped Spotify’s Global Charts.
Shakira also didn’t hold back in making digs at her former mother-in-law, setting up a terrifying life-size witch doll on the balcony of her Spanish home which reportedly looked over her former mother in law’s pad.
Shakira released a diss track aimed at her ex with producer Bizarrap, dubbed Shakira Bzrp Music Sessions 53, in Spanish back in January 2023.