Mel B opened up about her five-year relationship with a woman, saying “she was and always will be open when it comes to her sexuality.”
The Spice Girl, 48, who is engaged to hairdresser Rory McPhee, admitted she was “in love” with her long-term girlfriend Christine Crokos before they split in 2006.
About being a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Mel said Attitude: ‘I feel like I am. I didn’t start my sexual journey saying, “I’m this, I’m that, I’m bisexual.”
“I was, and always will be, very open. I fell in love with a woman and was with her for five years. We still talk to this day.
“I don’t want to put a label on it, but I’ve always thought that women are beautiful.”
Mel B has detailed her five-year relationship with a woman and admits she “was and always will be open when it comes to her sexuality” (file image)
The Spice Girl, 48, admits she was “in love” with her long-term girlfriend, American producer Christine Crokos, before they split in 2006.
Mel, who announced her engagement to Rory, 35, in November 2022, recently hinted that the two had confirmed a wedding date.
Speaking about their relationship with Gay Star News in 2019, the singer said: ‘It wasn’t experimentation. I fell in love with a woman for five years. An experiment does not last five years.
Mel previously told Piers Morgan’s Life Stories that she and her Spice Girls bandmate Geri Horner had previously slept together.
In the clip, Piers is seen asking Mel: “You came here to be brutally honest – did you or didn’t you sleep with Geri Halliwell?” Did you sleep with her?
Mel, looking shy, initially tries to dodge the question and tells Piers: ‘Yes. We all sleep together in a bed, but not like this, all of us.
But Piers was relentless and asked: ‘Did you sleep with Geri like that?’ to which Mel smiles and nods while Piers, surprised, replies: ‘Yes? Actually?’
“She’ll hate me for this because she’s all posh in her country house with her husband,” Mel said of Geri, who is married to Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner.
The mother-of-three also detailed her night of passion with the Lift Me Up hitmaker on 2Day FM’s Grant, Ed and Ash.
Mel shared, “I didn’t actually admit anything… I just admitted that we had something in the past and that’s it.” It happened one night!’
While it was claimed that the America’s Got Talent judge’s comments caused a rift between the Spice Girls ahead of their tour, Mel told the radio station that they are doing well.
I was on the phone with Geri. “It was all tongue-in-cheek and I didn’t go into details,” she said, adding that the band is still continuing with its scheduled tour.
“I texted him and told him I admitted to Piers that we had a little thing so don’t worry, it was all tongue-in-cheek.
‘I didn’t go into details and it was before your husband, before your babies and mine. We had a long conversation. She texted me that night and then we talked at length.
‘I don’t know why everyone makes such a big deal about it!’
Mel previously told Piers Morgan’s Life Stories that she and her Spice Girls bandmate Geri Horner had previously slept together (pictured in 2012).
Mel was married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000 and the couple welcomed daughter Phoenix Chi, 25, while they were together.
The singer claimed that she left Jimmy because she became depressed by the dancer’s lack of interest in her and her intimate relationships.
Speaking to the Mirror about their divorce in 2017, Jimmy said: ‘It was said that I was the bad guy, Gold Card Jimmy, who couldn’t keep her satisfied. The power of celebrity was horrible. What good is cash when you’re dying emotionally?
She later married Stephen Belafonte in 2007 and they share daughter Madison. Mel is also Angel’s mother.
Mel filed for divorce from Hollywood film producer Stephen in March 2017, following allegations of abuse, which he has repeatedly denied.
It comes after Mel shared details of her and fiancé Rory McPhee’s royal wedding venue as they prepare to tie the knot.
Mel, who announced her engagement to Rory, 35, in November 2022, recently hinted that the two had confirmed a wedding date.
In an interview with The Sun, he explained: ‘Because I have an MBE, I can get married at St Paul’s. They only do a small number of weddings a year, so we’re on the waiting list.’
‘Because I was married twice before we talked about it. I was very open and honest. I take marriage seriously and in fact I am very traditional. I talked about how I was married for ten years during which I was very abusive.’
Elsewhere, Mel claimed the Spice Girls (Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham, Mel C and Geri Halliwell) are too “old” to walk down the aisle as her bridesmaids.
Mel and Rory have been dating since 2019 and, in 2021, Rory proposed with a £100,000 engagement ring.
A source told the Sun Hat that Mel said “yes” immediately, adding: “But it was incredibly emotional because after everything she’s been through, it was a really big moment for her.”
Mel has previously said: “As I have an MBE, I can get married in the same place where Princess Diana married Charles.” I’m still waiting to get back from St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
“We’ve submitted all of our forms and we’re just waiting for the day to come.”
Mel was married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 to 2000 and the couple welcomed daughter Phoenix Chi, 25, while they were together.
The Spice Girls singer split from Stephen Belafonte in 2017 after a decade of what she claimed was an abusive relationship, although he has always denied the claims.
Mel also dated Peter Andre for nine months after meeting in 1996.
The chapel at St Paul’s Cathedral is reserved for the exclusive use of those with an MBE or OBE. Mel was awarded an MBE in 2022 for her services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.
Mel has also delighted fans by revealing that a certain Spice Girl would be designing her wedding dress.
‘Once I have the date, I will go shopping for the wedding dress. “Victoria Beckham wants to make me a dress,” she said.
Mel revealed that her fellow Spice Girls gave her fiancé the seal of approval and even cried at the news of their engagement.
The couple have known each other for many years, they are both from Leeds and Rory is best friends with Mel’s cousin Christian Cooke.
She and Rory are believed to have been reintroduced through friends in Los Angeles, including celebrity makeup artist Renee Camilleri.
Their relationship became more serious when Mel returned to the UK for the Spice Girls reunion tour.