Reality vs. Fantasy
This is why Suzanne has such issue with Rod’s highly romanticized version of their relationship. In Brighton Beach, he sings: “I swear to God, I could not have loved you any more… I sit here playing with my kids and wonder where you are in this world… do you ever stop and think about me?”
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However, Suzanne was kicked out of her apartment and ended up in a house for teenage mothers. Her parents were no longer talking to her and she had zero support, including from the baby’s father. She gave birth alone on November 6, 1963, at London’s Whittington Hospital.