Five Takeaways: Spice, Shaggy And Sean Paul Bring Dancehall To ‘The Wendy Williams Show’
Jamaican Dancehall hitmakers Spice, Shaggy, and Sean Paul appeared in arguably their best Go Down Deh performance yet after a flawless appearance on the Wendy Williams Show this morning.
Performing the hit single for what feels like the umpteen time on an international television network series, Shaggy and Spice jetted to New York City for an in-person appearance while Paul arrived in-style via telepresence.
It was the first time during the promotion of Go Down Deh that the artists (well 2/3 of the Big S’s) gave an in-studio overseas interview. Paul explained to Wendy that he was still apprehensive about flying these days but seeing him on the screen of a telepresence robot was certainly a good look…. well, Wendy seemed to think so.
Our five takeaways from the show start here:
1. When Wendy hit on Sean Paul
Oh yes, she sure did! Wendy told Sean Paul he was once considered “the King of dancehall” after dropping his smash hit Temperature back in 2005. She asked the deejay if he still loved performing or just does it for the people. Paul responded, “Ofcourse I still wanna perform …” but a very distracted and dreamy-looking Wendy decided to shoot her shot and cut the Dancehall superstar mid-sentence to ask him if he was involved with anyone.
“You are sexy! Are you involved?” Wendy said while clearly trying to stop herself from drooling. Paul appeared to not hear her the first time, so Wendy made sure he did on her second attempt.
“So you wanna perform, Dancehall is making a comeback. I didn’t think it went anywhere (now she had his attention)… but my question was are you involved? Are you in love? Are you married?”
Paul, who seemed quite unmoved by the drool-filled probe, told the host he was married with two kids.
2. Then she hit on shaggy too
Disappointed but still driven, Wendy dribbled over to the other Jamaican stunner.
“Shaggy?” … she asked, slightly tinged in desperation but was again given some hapless news.
“He’s married too!” blurted out Spice. “With multiple kids,” added Shaggy as a family photo popped up in the backdrop to show him posing with his wife and three kids.
“I’m sorry Wendy”, said Spice tickled by the humor of it all.
3. Where’s Rasta? Spice says she’s single
Next on the hot seat was Spice who knew exactly what Wendy was going to ask, so before she could, the Dumpling singer jumped the gun and said she was “single” with no ring on the finger
Although Wendy commended her for staying unhitched especially now as she takes these strides in pushing her career forward, Spice neglected to inform the TV host that she was rather dating a particular someone, and who we’ve all come to know as Justin Budd.
After all, the Queen of Dancehall publicly declared that she was ‘in love and happy‘ with her film-producer boyfriend, whom she is supposedly still seeing, from back in December last year.
4. The performance
The trio had a sizzling performance of their track Go Down Deh on Wendy’s stage. Though Paul’s appearance was streamed on a bot from his hometown in Jamaica, the three showed great chemistry and got the crowd on their feet and swaying to the beat.
Shaggy and Spice even tweaked some of the lyrics, as they repped “Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica” on the hook of one of Sean’s verses.
5. Spice delivers a message from Erica Mena
What’s The Wendy Williams Show without a little bit of drama, and that Spice brought when she delivered a message to Wendy straight from Erica Mena, who co-stars with Spice on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.
Unknowing of the details behind the message she bore, Spice said, “Oh I got a message from Erica to give you.”
After confirming with Wendy that it was a pretty recent request from Erica (3 days ago) she proceeded to say, “She said to tell you, you were right… I don’t know what you said about Safaree or whatever.”
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A surprised Wendy thanked Spice and wasted no time to divulge exactly what Erica (who is pregnant with Safaree’s second child and getting a divorce) was referring to. “I said, don’t have him (Safaree) in the birth room with you when you deliver, divorce him, and go on with your life while you’re still young …”
“Why did I deliver the message!” exclaimed Spice, who is good friends with Safaree, but evidently had no clue what she was getting herself into.
Wendy went on to say she “likes” Safaree but “he’s trouble.”
Watch the full interview with Spice, Shaggy and Sean Paul on The Wendy Williams Show here: