Mel B MBE: The Truth Behind a Spice Girls Reunion, Learning To Trust Again, Being a Reiki Master and The True Definition of Girl Power

Olivia Attwood's So Wrong It's Right

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4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

TW: domestic violence / controlling relationships.

In this week’s episode, Liv speaks to the total powerhouse that is Melanie Brown MBE, or Scary Spice to the masses. They talk about the hotly rumoured Spice Girls reunion (will it be at Glastonbury?), her wedding to fiancé Rory at St Paul’s Cathedral (will the other Spice Girls be attending?) the close relationship she has with her daughters, her discovery of spirituality and the latest chapters in her book: Brutally Honest.

In 2018 Mel B released her account of domestic violence during her marriage to Stephen Belafonte, and earlier this year added more chapters recounting her experience of alleged financial abuse during her divorce. Now an ambassador for Women’s Aid, Mel shows huge resilience in the face of hardship and shows how we need to be having this conversation, especially when women in Mel’s position fall victim to abuse.

If you or anyone you know needs help or more information about domestic abuse, please visit: https://refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now/how-we-can-help-you/national-domestic-abuse-helpline/

Link to Mel’s book: https://www.penguinbookshop.com/book/9781837831562

For legal reasons we have to note that Stephen Belafonte denies all allegations of domestic violence and abuse.

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0:33.7	or tease and sees apply. I was like you. How are you?
0:44.0	How are you?
0:45.0	Good evening?
0:46.0	Yeah, she was like,
0:48.0	I was like you law.
0:50.0	I don't know what's going on.
0:51.0	But I'm doing it now, so I'm here. You're here? You look amazing.
0:54.4	The wedding? All the girls gonna be there? Well the fucking bed be, you know that's why?
0:58.3	Well, no one knows how O Jerry is. And I promise my dad on his deathbed that I would leave the abuser.
1:03.4	That means I've got to admit that to myself.
1:05.3	So you end up just staying in a situation that you think is going to get better
1:10.3	and it doesn't get better.
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