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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Inga Parkel

Spice Girl Mel B reveals why she moved family from LA to northern England

Spice Girls star Mel B has opened up about her decision to move her family from Los Angeles to her hometown in northern England in 2019, following her divorce from her second husband, Stephen Belafonte.

The 50-year-old British pop star, whose real name is Melanie Brown, was married to film producer Stephen Belafonte from 2007 to 2017, a marriage she described in a new interview as “horrible” and “coercively controlled.”

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