Mum reggae and waiting for Paul
SUPER-FAN NAMED DOG AFTER STAR
A MUM who named her dog after Sean Paul has met the Grammy Award-winning rapper and got a tattoo of his autograph.
Super-fan Suzanne Downs plays the Jamaican star’s music multiple times a day and has a collection of his memorabilia.
The 44-year-old has even named her 18-month-old German Shephard ‘Shauna Paul’ after the prolific hitmaker.
On Tuesday night, Paul performed his first UK date of his ‘Scorcha’ tour at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall. Suzanne, from Morpeth, Northumberland, attended the gig with her three sisters.
After the show, Suzanne and her sister Aimee, 27, were invited backstage to meet the global reggae star.
The mum-of-four asked him for a picture, two hugs and his autograph. She then spent Wednesday afternoon getting his autograph inked onto her thigh.
Suzanne, who works as a nursing assistant, said: “I wanted to just squeeze him. He was very chilled but he was lovely. I told him I’d named my dog after him and he just laughed.
“I tried to get his T-shirt off his back but he was having none of that. He said
yes to everything apart from taking his T-shirt off his back.
“The man who did my tattoo didn’t know who Sean Paul was. He thought it was going to be a loved one that had passed away. He is a loved one but he’s hasn’t passed away! It’s a memory, I will look at it and remember that night.”
Suzanne attended Paul’s gig wearing a T-shirt with his face on and the words: ‘Please take me home with you.’ Two of her sisters wore matching T-shirts which said: ‘Please take her home with you.’
She said she had been speaking to a member of Sean Paul’s team before the show and had asked if it was possible to get a picture with him. She said Aimee caught the attention of the two DJS supporting him when she threw her bra at them.
Suzanne said the DJS had asked people to throw clothes and told her sister that she would get to meet Paul. She said they were at the very front near the stage and Paul threw one of his towels at her.
When the gig came to an end, Suzanne and her sister were given back stage passes to meet Paul by a member of his team. She said: “I had a good time and I wish I could do it all again.
“When I got up this morning I thought ‘oh my god, I cuddled Sean Paul.’ It was definitely one of the best nights I have ever had – normally I just watch Netflix!”
I told him I’d named my dog after him and he just laughed. I tried to get his T-shirt off his back but he was having none of that. He said yes to everything apart from taking his T-shirt off his back.
SUZANNE DOWNS