Mel B enchants judges with her waltz and paso doble - 2007-11-21
Melanie Brown’s dance routines caused such impression on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ ‘s judges that gave her the top score. She and her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy achieved a perfect 30s last night, first with her Viennese waltz and then with her paso doble. "How do you top perfection?, “Well, you just did. And I didn't know you could work a whip like that, Miss Thang!,” The sun quoted judge Carrie Ann Inaba, as saying. While fellow panelist Brunno Toniolo said, "It was a Viennese waltz driven to maximum impact." Mel has become the favourite to win the competition in next week's final. She is up against IndyCar champ Helio Castroneves and singer Marie Osmond.
Mel B denies abandoning her kids to marry - 2007-09-28
Mel B has denied reports claiming that she abandoned her children in order to elope to Las Vegas to wed producer Stephen Belafonte. A former employee for the Spice Girl, Tonia Lamere, has revealed that Phoenix-Chi, 8, and baby Angel Iris, then two-months-old, were left in her charge while Mel B went away to tie the knot. "One evening of baby-sitting turned into four days," Lamere was quoted by Star magazine as saying. "The child was sick, there was no nanny, and when Mel called, she never even asked about the baby." However, Melanie Brown’s rep said the allegations were untrue. "Melanie is a hands-on mother completely dedicated to the upbringing of her children and the well-being of her entire family," her manager said. "Any fictitious accusations to the contrary stem from greedy people looking to make a buck."
Mel B insists she is not married with a wife-beater - 2007-08-24
Melanie B has denied his new husband Stephen Belafonte is a wife-beater. The singer claims she would never wed an abusive man, rejecting allegations about Belafonte had attacked his ex, common law wife Nicole Contreras. "Everything I stand for is about being a strong, independent woman, so for him to be seen as a wife beater is devastating for me because he's not - he never has been. "They're trying to make him out to be this aggressive, violent, woman batterer and he's not. If you read those police reports, they say he never physically beat up a woman," Britain's Hello! Magazine quoted her as telling. Mel also want to protect her family (eight-year-old daughter, Phoenix Chi, and a four-month-old daughter, Angel Iris) from the belief she wed the wrong man. Melanie added, "The only thing I don't like is that my friends and family read this and go into shock-horror mode, thinking, 'Oh, she's married a psychopath!'"
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