Mel B reveals how fiancé Rory McPhee supported her after abusive marriage to Stephen Belafonte
Mel B has revealed the sweet way her fiancé, Rory McPhee, supported her since the first day of splitting up with her abusive ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte.
Speaking to Olivia Attwood on her So Wrong Its Right podcast the former Spice Girl, 48, explained Rory nurtured her and helped bring back her self belief.
Mel B and American film producer Stephen were married from 2007 to 2017 and share daughter Madison, 12, together.
Over the years, Mel B has accused him of physical, emotional, and financial abuse, claims he denies.
Now happily engaged, Mel spoke to the former Love Island star in an incredibly raw and honest chat.
![Mel B has revealed the sweet way her fiancé, Rory McPhee, supported her since the first day of splitting up with her abusive ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/29/16/83039457-13252911-Speaking_to_Olivia_Attwood_on_her_So_Wrong_Its_Right_podcast_the-a-77_1711728807526.jpg)
Mel B has revealed the sweet way her fiancé, Rory McPhee, supported her since the first day of splitting up with her abusive ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte.
![Speaking to Olivia Attwood on her So Wrong Its Right podcast the former Spice Girl, 48, explained Rory nurtured her and helped bring back her self belief](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/29/16/83039459-13252911-Mel_B_revealed_a_sweet_moment_of_how_her_fiance_Rory_McPhee_supp-a-76_1711728802079.jpg)
Speaking to Olivia Attwood on her So Wrong Its Right podcast the former Spice Girl, 48, explained Rory nurtured her and helped bring back her self belief
She said: 'He was a trusted friend. For example when I came back from LA and my hair was short - he called it my Rod Stewart phase because it was all badly damaged from a terrible hairdressers in LA.
'So he come round and give me some hair treatment and I never thought I would get my natural curls back.
'So as he was nurturing my curls back, he was nurturing my self belief and self trust and trusting him.
'Because you know our hair is our everything and he just got that back feeling healthy.
'And at the same time it was getting me back feeling a bit more like myself and a bit more trusting in somebody else.'
Elsewhere in the chat, Mel spoke about the severity of her abusive marriage and the courage it took for her to leave him.
She said: 'You don't even realise it and then before you know it, you are in a full on physically abusive, mentally abusive, financially abusive, and then you're trapped and you have no way out.
'Because don't forget, you know, I married this person and I stayed with this person for 10 years, so I felt like I just couldn't get out and by that point, I'd already been like sectioned off or isolated from my friends and from my family.
'So even if I did think, right, I'm definitely going to leave him. Where would I go? I haven't spoken to my friends.'
Belafonte denies all allegations of abuse or any wrongdoing.
![Mel B and American Stephen were married from 2007 to 2017 and share daughter Madison, 12, together (pictured in 2016)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/27/21/82971483-13246341-Mel_B_and_American_Stephen_were_married_from_2007_to_2017_and_sh-a-135_1711574239664.jpg)
Mel B and American Stephen were married from 2007 to 2017 and share daughter Madison, 12, together (pictured in 2016)
Olivia's podcast hosted by the former Love Island star sees her chatting with a number of celebrity pals including Georgia Harrison and Pete Wicks.
It soared straight to number one in the charts within the first week of being released.
Within five days her podcast has remained within top 10 of the charts.
Olivia Attwood’s new podcast, So Wrong It’s Right, is available to listen on all podcast platforms.
![Speaking on Olivia Attwood's So Wrong Its Right podcast, which releases on Thursdays, Mel discussed the difficulties of finding love again after leaving her marriage](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/27/21/82970101-13246341-Speaking_on_Olivia_Attwood_s_So_Wrong_Its_Right_podcast_which_re-m-139_1711574371744.jpg)
Speaking on Olivia Attwood's So Wrong Its Right podcast, which releases on Thursdays, Mel discussed the difficulties of finding love again after leaving her marriage