Mel B reveals she may have taken her own life if she'd still been with her ex during Covid lockdown
03.10.2022 - 12:25
/ msn.com
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.
Mel B finalised her divorce from TV producer Stephen Belafonte in 2017 after leaving what she has described as an abusive relationship. He has strongly denied allegations he subjected the singer to physical and emotional abuse during their 10-year marriage. Mel B this afternoon appeared at a panel event at the Tory conference, during which she described how a promise to her dying father saw her finally leave her marriage.
She also admitted she had feared how speaking about her experience would 'ruin my career'. 'As a Spice Girl, I'm the embodiment of girl power,' she said. 'And for 10 years, I was completely powerless over this man and the situation I found myself in.
'At one point during the Covid lockdown, Women's Aid had 21,000 women waiting on their helpline. Sharing her own feelings about the impact of the pandemic on those suffering domestic abuse, Mel B said: 'I had this horrible feeling during lockdown for women that were in abusive relationships. 'I literally felt suffocated at the thought, if I was with my ex then, I think I would have died.
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