Mel B is a judge on The X Factor in the UK along with Cheryl Cole (now she’s Cheryl Fernandez-Versini) and Simon Cowell. As part of promotion for the show, Mel has a new extensive profile in The Guardian. It’s a long piece that is worth reading if you have some time and interest. I came away with more respect for Mel an for her hustle. She doesn’t have an unkind word to say about anyone, and she comes across as fearless. There’s also the fact that she’s somewhat full of herself, but it seems more like strong self esteem than unchecked ego.
Many outlets are focusing on Mel’s admission that she had a long term relationship with another woman, whom she met when they both had children going to the same school. (Mel’s oldest daughter, Phoenix, is 15.) The time frame is before her brief relationship with Eddie Murphy, when she fell pregnant with daughter Angel, who is almost eight. Mel doesn’t label herself as bisexual or gay, which is her prerogative, and which she’s also refused to do in past interviews. Here’s some of her interview, with much more at the source:
On if The Spice Girls will reunite again
“I don’t think we were meant to go on for years and years. I do think at some point we will get back together. For what, I don’t know… Well, I’ve said it enough, and it happened at the Olympics.”Is Victoria Beckham the holdout?
“I don’t know. I haven’t actually heard that from her mouth and I wouldn’t want to speak on her behalf.”Is she still in touch with all the other Spice Girls?
“Yes, they are all in my phone… I just saw Emma recently. I went to Mexico with her. Then I was talking to Mel C the other day. I guess I am least close to Victoria, because she has a whole empire to run and that girl is bu-u-usy.”Is she surprised at Victoria Beckham’s success?
“No. She’s very savvy when it comes to business. She was the one who was, ‘Let’s look at this contract’ and ‘We’re going to get this percentage here and that’s going to go there’. Very savvy. She taught us all. I mean, we all taught each other stuff, but she taught us all.”On Eddie Murphy questioning the paternity of his daughter Angel when she was pregnant
“It really tore me up, because I didn’t want to blab my side of the story, and I haven’t and I still won’t, out of respect for Angel and out of respect I still have for him. I wouldn’t want to do that to anybody. So I got really down. Stephen, who I’ve known for 15 years, stepped in as a really good friend and said, ‘It’s fine, you’ll get through this.'”On her relationship with Eddie Murphy now
“We go over there as a family, we have dinners together, everything is fine… now. He’s a great guy. Look, we fell in love with each other, we had a gorgeous child together. Some of my friends don’t even see their exes and they’ve got kids together.”On her past relationship with a woman
Before her relationship with Murphy, she had a relationship with Crista Parker, a woman with children at the same LA school as Phoenix. I tell her she once came out with one of my favourite quotes about sex. What’s that, she asks, warily. “People call me lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual, but I know who’s in my bed and that’s it… I have a huge libido and a great sex life.”“Which is true,” she says. “Well, I did have a four-year relationship with a woman. But I’ve been very happily married for seven years to a pen-s. Ha ha! An amazing guy.”
“Well, you know what I mean. But I’ve definitely not been shy or been one to hold back. If I wanted to try something, I did. I had a girlfriend. So what?” Last year the former Playboy model Luann Lee claimed Brown followed her into a disabled lavatory for an “intimate moment” while Belafonte waited outside.
The journalist asks Mel if she’s in an open relationship with her husband and she says denies that they are, claiming they’re “very tight and solid.” She also says that she regularly compliments women in front of Belafonte. Whatever works for them, although it was pretty rude to call him a p-nis. That just seems to be the way she talks. As for her ego, she claims “I am in love with myself. Because if you don’t love yourself how can anybody love you back?” Not bad advice.
Here’s Mel B at Jonathan Ross’ Halloween party. She dressed as herself, as Scary Spice. She really did. Her husband’s costume is scarier though.
photo credit: WENN.com
I swear this is old news.
Good for her, seriously. She seems fun, confident, and relatable. I can’t imagine having a man question the paternity. It seems like such a betrayal. However, there is a logic behind it because if you find out down the road that the kid isn’t yours it’s not like you get the money back. I just feel like most men use it as a last string of hope to try and shirk their responsibility.
Atleast in most western countries you get ordered by court for a DNA test, its terrible for less developed countries,the men9in such cases) refuse to take any responsibility AND get away with it.
how do you think men feel that have been made to believe that the child is theirs? or how the child feels once they find out what kind of person their mother is?
the betrayal you talk about is nothing compared to that.
What you’re talking about is paternity fraud which is obviously extremely deceitful. However, I’m not sure if a lot of men are requesting DNA tests out of fear raising (and paying) for someone else’s child; or, as I said, as a last ditch effort/miracle to avoid taking responsibility for their actions.
Wait, you mean a man can end up paying child support for years and years for a kid that isn’t even his and when the truth comes out, you can’t even get the money back by suing? That sucks. I would have thought the guy would have at least been able to legally get his money back. I wonder why that is.
@Otaku Fairy – That’s correct. I mean, there have recently been cases of men suing (unsure of the outcome), but for lawyers to even take on the case they have to feel that they have a really strong case of paternity fraud (i.e. the woman *knowingly* deceived the man) and it’s always tough to prove someone’s intentions.
I never know what to think about a celebrity when they start revealing things about their sex life. Whether she’s bisexual or trisexual is really nobody’s business. As for her relationship with Eddie Murphy ,she seems like a very forgiving person. He denied paternity and for awhile he didn’t have anything to do with their daughter. Good for her that she put all the anger she must have felt aside and can get along with him.
perhaps she revealed a relationship and what she enjoys in her relationship, and it was perceived as a conversation about sex?
I do agree about celebrities discussing sex lives. I just don’t think that is necessary information. Any comments about a LBGT relationship is often turned into a conversation about sex because that is what our culture pinpoints as the defining aspect of the relationship – it isn’t about what interests a couple has together, how they negotiate disagreements, how they split time between families at holidays – all questions that heterosexual or asexual couples get more regularly because LBGT are still defined by the bedroom (and I know Mel didn’t specify her orientation, it is more about the sex life comment). Then again, there are always those people who explicitly talk about their sex lives, and who they with for the sake of attention.
I kinda loved everything about this interview, her, her slamming bod and her openness
OK then!! Good for you Mel B!
Her body is sick!
She was the best Spice Girl – she had the best voice and stage presence I always thought.
I liked her too but she could be a little too loud at times, i think Mel C and Emma were the decent and I use that term very lightly singers of the group Mel B,Geri and Victoria HORRIBLE!
Good for her. I like her attitude. She is also the best of an annoying bunch on the X factor uk. She comes across as real.
Beautiful woman! I’ve never paid attention to her but this interview was nice and she seems genuine.
I love her on America’s Got Talent. She always comes across as a genuinely kind person.
How can she stand to share a space with Cheryl Whoever-She’ll-End-Up-Divorcing?
She is utterly obnoxious. Bye bye Felicia.
She strikes me as being classless, obnoxious and uneducated. Nothing worse than an empty headed loudmouth.
I liked this interview, Mel B seems like a lovely, intelligent and strong woman, and looks amazing on top of it all!