I’ll admit it, of all of the Spice Girls, I only really pay attention to Posh. But “Scary” Spice – otherwise known as Mel B or Melanie Brown – does some stuff too. She had that thing with Eddie Murphy and now she’s married to Stephen Belafonte (no relation to Harry). She also appears on The X-Factor (UK) and her comings and goings are always news in the UK papers. I don’t know why I was drawn to this story, but I thought it was interesting. Probably because I vividly remember the ‘90s, when the Spice Girls were a thing. That was also back in the day when some girls experimented with their sexuality for, like, a semester in college. And Mel did that too – she says she had relationships with women. But she stops short of identifying herself as a lesbian or bisexual. Hm.

Mel B may be happily married to husband Stephen Belafonte—but that doesn’t mean the former Spice Girl hasn’t sexually experimented in her past. During a recent appearance on Alan’s Carr: Chatty Man, the America’s Got Talent and X-Factor U.K. judge revealed that she has previously had romantic relationships with women, although she insisted she is not a lesbian.

Speaking about straight women who have also had same-sex relationships, Mel B (via Daily Mail) said, “Yeah. I was one of those for a few years.”

Asked by Carr if she would consider herself a lesbian, the singer replied, “I would not call it that. I was just one of those ladies. Now I’m happily married.”

Mel also told Carr about the time when she had an impromptu business meeting with a half-naked Simon Cowell.

“His dressing room is stunning,” she said of the X Factor boss. “It is like what Liberace would have. He has got a bath, it is gorgeous. I was sitting there with a cup of tea and he walked out of his bathroom with his towel on and he said, ‘Oh, hello darling, I have just come out of the bath,'” she continued. “I said, ‘Can we talk about the show please?’ He just sat there in his towel.”

Last year, during an appearance on Howard Stern, Mel B—after admitting she has kissed all of her Spice Girls bandmates—was asked whether she considers herself to be a role model for gays and lesbians. The question prompted Eddie Murphy’s ex rip off her mic and storm out of her interview.

[From E! News]

First, in any other line of work, Simon’s actions would be considered sexual harassment. And he probably was hitting on Mel – she seems like his type. As for the “I was a lesbian for a few years” thing… I remember back in the day when it really was a TREND. I’m being serious. Back in the ‘90s, some girls followed the “trend” and tried out lesbianism for a short time. I would guess that most of those women do not consider themselves lesbians now. But the current thinking on LGBTQ issues is that sexuality is not a trend, that if you’ve had a woman-on-woman relationship for a few years, you are at the very least bisexual. So, did Mel offend anyone?

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