Mel B
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Leeds, 29 May 2020
- Associated with: Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Mel C, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham
Mel is the second Spice Girl to put on her dancing shoes for TV. In 2006, Baby Spice Emma Bunton got to the last three in Strictly Come Dancing.
Mel B causes rehearsal chaos? - Nov 23 2007
Mel B has reportedly thrown the Spice Girls’ reunion tour rehearsals into chaos after making it to the finals of Dancing With The Stars.
The mum-of-two is desperate to win the show and has spent hours practising her moves with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy - and her dedication to the show has apparently caused problems in the Spice camp.
The band launch their tour in Vancouver on December 2, six days after Mel competes in the TV final next Monday, reports the Sun.
"The opening night is days away yet there hasn’t been much time for rehearsals," an insider told the paper.
"A lot of Mel’s time has been taken up with preparations for each Dancing With The Stars.
"The girls are really proud of her but at the same time they’re worried that Mel will give her all to the dance show and be exhausted for the start of the tour.
"Rehearsal time has been cut down a great deal because of Mel’s commitments to the TV show. It’s not ideal."
Mel furious with Eddie? - Nov 20 2007
Mel B is reportedly furious that Eddie Murphy has refused to reach an agreement over the welfare of her daughter Angel Iris.
Lawyers representing the pair were in court in Los Angeles last week attempting to reach a deal with regards to maintenance and access, acccording to The Sun.
However the Beverley Hills Cop star apparently told his lawyer that he has no interest in ever meeting his seven-month-old daughter by the singer - and the judge was forced to adjourn the hearing for another three months.
"Mel was furious," an insider told the paper.
"She had been planning to take Angel to the courthouse to meet her dad for the first time.
"But when she heard Eddie would only be sending along his lawyers she decided to do the same.
"Eddie is being totally selfish about the whole thing. To him it seems Angel is an inconvenience.
"It is so unfair on the little girl."
Mel B plans more kids - Nov 8 2008
Mel B is keen to have more kids with her new husband, movie producer Stephen Belafonte.
Asked by Newsweek if she would like to give daughters Phoenix and Angel another sibling, Scary Spice said: "Oh, yeah. Maybe another two. But not just yet, that’s for sure. I’m too busy."
Mel is currently competing in US TV’s Dancing With The Stars as well as rehearsing for the Spice Girls reunion tour, which kicks off on December 2.
"We’re kind of the same, except we’re 10 years older," said 32-year-old Mel of the girls. "We’re more classy. Between the five of us, we’ve got seven kids."
Mel also revealed she and Stephen often take Phoenix, eight, and Angel, six months, over to David and Victoria Beckham’s house for play dates with their kids.
However, the Spice Girl reportedly wouldn’t reveal anything about visitation arrangements with Angel’s father Eddie Murphy.
"I can’t talk about that," she said. "The situation is what it is - and I’ve got a beautiful daughter."
She added: "I’m too happy to be depressed about anything. My life is so fruitful. I’ve got a great husband. Things are all good."
Mel B angry at Spice no-show? - Nov 1 2007
Mel B is reportedly furious that none of the other Spice Girls have been to see her perform on the US series Dancing With The Stars.
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Mel moved to London in an attempt to break into the entertainment business. She answered an advert in entertainment publication The Stage, went to the audition and was selected because of her voice and good looks to be part of the Spice Girls who as we all know, went on to dominate the charts all over the world. Her up-front attitude and in-your-face style has won her a huge gay following.
Now more famous for her boob job (removed after leakage) and pierced tongue (removed when the hole got too big) than her musical talents, Mel’s post-Spice Girls career is in freefall and she’s now desperate to become a TV presenter before it splats. A former Spectacle Wearer of the Year who bites her toenails and detests all forms of salad, Mel says her ideal man would be ’zany’. Let’s hope she chooses more wisely than ex-husband Jimmy ’Gold Card’ Gulzar, her former backing singer who is said to have tearfully serenaded a close male friend with I Will Always Love You at their wedding. She is however the proud mother of baby daughter Phoenix Chi.
Mel B has boughgt her mum a home in Headingley, and to be even closer to her roots, Mel is considering buying herself a home in Alwoodley.
Written in 2002
November 2007