Mel B reveals what distanced her from her family
Mel B says an unhappy marriage left her isolated from her home and family.
The Spice Girls singer was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following the end of her relationship with Stephen Belafonte.
Mel B, full name Melanie Brown, has claimed the relationship was emotionally and physically abusive.
The Yorkshire-born star has reunited with her mother and spoke on Lorraine about what drove her to reconnect with her family in Leeds.
She said: “I was in a marriage, a not a very nice marriage.
“I got isolated, not only from my mum but my sister and my old school friends in Leeds.”
What a heartfelt moment. 💖 @OfficialMelB's mum, Andrea, and daughter, Phoenix, praise her as the inspirational woman in their lives. #Lorraine pic.twitter.com/Q7CujLpRql
— Lorraine (@lorraine) September 17, 2019
Asked what had made her reconnect with her family, she said. “For me when my dad died, I thought I can’t be in this kind of marriage anymore.”
Brown and her children have now moved from LA to Leeds to live with her mother.
She said: “My mum is there and she and helps me with cooking and cleaning, and it reminds me of when I was back home when I was younger.”