Mel B left feeling ‘completely powerless’ by her ‘abusive relationship’

Married At First Sight UK fans were left confused on Monday night as Kwame Badu "returned" to do a voiceover for the hit E4 reality series. Viewers will recall that Kwame left the experiment last week after Kasia London chose to leave their marriage while he had picked to stay at the final Commitment Ceremony.

Mel B today revealed how she 'felt suffocated' at the thought she could have spent the Covid lockdown with her ex-husband and admitted she may have taken her own life. Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, the Spice Girl told an audience how she 'would have died' if she had still been with her former spouse during the pandemic. The 47-year-old pop star is a patron of the Women's Aid charity, which campaigns on behalf of domestic abuse survivors.

Married at First Sight UK contestant Gemma Rose has confessed she was left feeling suicidal after her time on the show, as she accused E4 of “slut shaming” and “ignoring her concerns” about her husband Matt Murray. In a tell all interview with The Daily Mail, Gemma told the publication she had suffered from “multiple panic attacks” during her time on the popular dating show, and even alleges that she was “coerced” by producers into continuing with the experiment after she shared her desire to go home.

Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira & Letitia Wright opened up about honoring Chadwick Boseman‘s memory and the impending release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Married At First Sight UK was full of drama on Wednesday night during the tense commitment ceremony. As each couple made the decision to either stay together or leave, Jonathan Wileman, who is married to Sophie Brown, was confronted over some of his weight comments recently.

Mel C has said that Geri Halliwell’s claim, in an interview back in the 1990s, that Margaret Thatcher was “the first Spice Girl” left her “nervous about going home”, given the views that are commonly held about the former UK Prime Minister in her hometown of Liverpool.In a 1996 interview with The Spectator, Halliwell claimed: “We Spice Girls are true Thatcherites. Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology – Girl Power”.Asked now if she agreed with that sentiment at the time, Mel C – or Melanie Chisholm – tells The Independent: “Absolutely not! Geri, in the past, was very vocal about her support for Margaret Thatcher.

Mel C has given her view on comments made by her bandmate Geri Halliwell in 1996 in which she dubbed Margaret Thatcher “the first Spice Girl”.Halliwell told the Spectator 26 years ago: “We Spice Girls are true Thatcherites. Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology – Girl Power.”However, Mel C has now denied that the whole band felt the same way as Halliwell about the divisive figure. “Abbbbbsolutely not!” Sporty Spice told the Independent.

Stormzy has returned with his first solo outing in almost three years: an epic, seven-minute declaration of his legend status – featuring a guest verse from Stylo G and a striking monologue by Wretch 32 (narrated by actress Michaela Coel) – titled ‘Mel Made Me Do It’.The track stands out with its minimalistic, progressive instrumental, buzzing along with sharp 808 beats and modulated string-work while Stormzy’s vicious flow keeps in the spotlight. Wretch 32’s monologue adds an emotional weight to the track, as Coel intones with a poignant gravitas: “Today, we speak about foundation. Many great Black influential giants have touched people, from soul to soul, throughout many generations. “It’s often ‘greatness’ comes to mind, but footballing legends like make Ian Wright greatness come to sight.