Iglesias loves his fans, but misses family ‘like crazy’

TEL AVIV, Israel — Pop star Enrique Iglesias misses his newborn twins “like crazy.” But he said performing for his fans is the next best thing to being home.

While the Spanish singer traditionally has kept his personal life private, he and his wife, former tennis player Anna Kournikova, took to social media last week to share some rare photos and videos of themselves and their children. He said he wanted to open up to his fans because they have given him so much.

“I don’t mind sharing part of my life with them,” he told The Associated Press. “I always have, in a way, through my music.”

Iglesias performed to nearly 50,000 fans in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. The crowd cheered when Iglesias took to the stage, starting with his song “I’m a Freak,” accompanied by a laser show. Devoted fans wore T-shirts proclaiming their love for the 43-yearold pop star, and held signs declaring him the “sexiest father alive.”

“I miss my family like crazy,” Iglesias said. “But I love doing what I do, which is being on stage and just being surrounded by my fans. Those are the two things I love most in my life.”

It was Iglesias’ fourth performance in Israel. Artists, including Iglesias, often come under pressure from a grassroots pro-Palestinian boycott movement not to perform in Israel. But Iglesias said he never had second thoughts about coming to the country.