Daily Star October 12th   UK  1995

Is this a she ( or could it really be a sneaky he?).

MUSCLE-BOUND Karen Freeman has clubbers in a spin trying to work out if she's a man or a woman! She keeps everyone guessing when she turns up at gigs anti clubs all over the country. She has been setting the dance floors alight by dirty dancing with pop heart-throb Prince, but is often chatted up by girls as well the guys. “I’ve always been into Crosse dressing, mystery and intrigue,’ says Karen. “I like to keep people guessing about my sexuality because it’s to easy to just flaunt what you've got these days. Karen, who releaser her debut single Magic Fly next month, is the the daughter of Johnny Freemas — the first black Rugby League player for Halifax. She left her Yorkshire home at 17 to begin a career as a singer in London. Karen got her first taste of fame as a backing singer. with D:Ream on their chart smash Things Can Only Get Better. But she also learned that the pop music world can be cruel after designing a series trendy outfits for some of the best-known faces of pop in Britain. “1 didn’t realise it’s such dog-eat-dog world out their that I wouldn’t even get paid,” she says. It was Karen’s stints the nightclub dance floor that finally made her realise she had what it took to make the big time. She bumped into heartthrob Seal at hip London club Legends, and for four weeks in a row the couple left onlookers stunned by their sexy dancing. ‘For four weeks we danced together but the weird thing was we never actually spoke,” says Karen Magnets
“I’ve never known anyone like Seal,” says Karen ‘When we danced it was like we were magnets. “It’s Seal I’ve really got thank for giving me the confidence to realise that could make it as a pop star ‘I just hope people will give my single a good listen . I hope they will all realise all the hardship I’ had to face to get when am today. “When I lived up North, people used to insult me because I was black. When I moved to London black people used to insult me saying I acted like I was a white person. I've had to put up with this sort of thing all my life.



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