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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Spice Girls' Mel B Marries Longtime Boyfriend Rory McPhee in London
Spice Girls singer and America's Got Talent judge Melanie 'Mel B' Brown married her longtime love hairstylist Rory McPhee on Saturday (July 5). The 50-year-old pop icon — known as 'Scary Spice' in her girl group days — tied the knot with McPhee, 37, at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. In photos on her Instagram, Brown can be seen smiling broadly at a kilt-wearing McPhee, while modeling a floor-length beaded white gown with a cascading veil. Brown's AGT family offered up congratulations on the blessed event in the comments, with Sofia Vergara and host Terry Crews posting a series of heart emoji, while fellow judge Heidi Klum wrote, 'CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. WISHING YOU LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FOREVER ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.' More from Billboard Bands Continue Exiting Radar Festival Following Bob Vylan's Removal Sabrina Carpenter Brings Out Duran Duran for 'Hungry Like the Wolf' at BST Hyde Park BLACKPINK Returns with a Spectacular Opening of Their 'DEADLINE' World Tour in Goyang Singer Paloma Faith also waded in, writing, 'Congrats my angel you deserve the world.' Brown's former Spice Girls bandmate, Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham, was not in the house, but she offered best wishes, writing, 'Congratulations!!!!! We hope you had an amazing day!!!! X kisses xxxxxxxxc.' Though she couldn't make it, Beckham designed one of the wedding gowns Brown wore for her third trip down the aisle. On Sunday Brown posted another pic from the wedding in which she added a fuzzy crop jacket that read 'Just Married' on the back. According to EW, only one of Brown's former Spice mates was on hand for the event, Emma 'Baby Spice' Bunton, who attended along with models Cara Delevingne and Daisy Lowe. While Melanie 'Mel C' Chisholm (aka 'Sporty Spice') did not make it, she also gave a shout out in the comments, writing, 'So happy for you both and beyond gutted I couldn't be there. Excited to celebrate with you really soon.' Brown's three daughters acted as bridesmaids; her eldest, Phoenix, 26, is from her first marriage to dancer Jimmy Gulzar (1998-2000), second daughter Angel Iris, 18, is from a relationship with comedian Eddie Murphy and youngest, Madison, 13, is with ex-husband Stephen Belafonte (2007-2017). Brown and McPhee met in 2018 and announced their engagement in 2022. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Mel B hopes it's third time lucky – but only Baby Spice attends her wedding
Saturday was a special day for Mel B, aka Scary Spice, as she married hairdresser Rory McPhee in a lavish ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral. But if what Mel B wants, what she really, really wants, is her former bandmates showing their support, she must be feeling sorely disappointed: three of the other four Spice Girls snubbed her wedding. Mel B, who had permission to wed in St Paul's thanks to receiving an MBE for charity work, was tying the knot for the third time; she was previously married to backing dancer Jimmy Gulzar and film producer Stephen Belafonte. She also has a child with actor Eddie Murphy. She told Hello! in 2022 that her bandmates endorsed her latest match, saying: 'It's really special to me that they like Rory so much, because they've never liked any of my boyfriends and they've been quite clear about that.' Yet apparently their approval didn't extend to watching her walk down the aisle, nor attending the subsequent £28,000 party at Shangri-La in The Shard. One no-show, Victoria Beckham, did at least acknowledge the event. She posted a picture of her and Mel B to Instagram on Saturday with the message 'Sending love to you @officialmelb! @rorymcphee is a very lucky man! xx'. She then posted a black-and-white video of the band all together, and congratulated the happy couple. However, the fashion mogul was 'out of the country' due to her hectic work schedule, according to a source, for the ceremony itself. But Victoria wasn't the only one putting a lie to the famous Spice Girls lyric 'friendship never ends'. Geri Halliwell also skipped the wedding: reportedly to support husband Christian Horner, the principal of Formula 1 team Red Bull, at the British Grand Prix – although one imagines he could have managed without her. Mel C had the more concrete excuse of a tour date in Stockholm, however she did make it back to the UK the previous weekend for Glastonbury. That meant Emma Bunton was the only one present at the wedding, dressed in an on-brand, Baby Spice-hued pink mini dress with a matching fascinator. None of the bandmates were part of Mel B's extravagant hen do in Tunisia. She posted a video to Instagram last week showing a dancing group, all wearing bikinis in her signature leopard print, soundtracked by the Spice Girls song Say You'll Be There – a pointed dig at absent friends, perhaps. Is this a sign that the rift between the band has deepened even further, scuppering hopes of a possible reunion? Earlier this year, it sounded like a major announcement was imminent about plans for 2026 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls' breakout hit Wannabe – whether a one-off concert or full-scale comeback. In February Mel C said on Apple Music 1: 'We're now getting together because we know if we're going to do anything, we have to start planning things to get things right.' That chimed with Mel B's comments. In 2024 she told The Telegraph: 'I'm planning on reuniting with the Spice Girls but there's no announcement yet. The Spice Girls is one of my priorities in life.' The band even teased us with a mini-reunion at Victoria's 50th birthday party in 2024, dancing to their hit song Stop: a delighted David Beckham shared the video on Instagram. But relations between the women, which have always been fractious, seem to have broken down again. Instead of repeating that group solidarity at Mel B's 50th birthday in Leeds in May, Victoria and Geri failed to appear – a snub they compounded by missing her wedding yesterday. Given the band's history of toxic spats, it's hardly surprising. Geri and Mel B have a particularly fraught dynamic. Speaking on a podcast in 2024, Mel B made an explosive claim, saying: 'No one knows how old Geri is. No one's seen her passport. I know we've travelled the world, but I still don't know how old she is.' That followed an even more shocking revelation in 2019. Mel B told presenter Piers Morgan that she and Geri had had a secret tryst. '[Geri] is going to hate me for this because she is all posh with her country house and her husband, but it's a fact. But it wasn't a thing, it just happened and we just giggled at it.' Mel B then added, of her ginger bandmate: 'She is going to kill me.' Geri's representative responded with a statement that included: 'What has been reported recently is simply not true and has been very hurtful to her family.' In 2022, Mel B branded Geri 'really f---king annoying', while Geri allegedly told a friend that she 'can't bear to share the stage' with Mel B. Mel C has also spoken about backstage drama, saying that she felt bullied into doing their 2007 tour and would be made 'the villain' if she refused. Alleged diva behaviour on tour included New Age convert Geri halting video shoots to meditate, and Victoria demonstrating her fashionista status by taking phone calls from celebrities like Donatella Versace. When Victoria refused to join the band's 2019 reunion shows, a livid Mel B dressed up as her for Halloween with a sign saying 'No I am not going on tour'. It was Geri who first quit the group, in 1998. The last time the full band performed together was the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony. It sounds like Mel B is the most eager to reform: she admitted in 2024 that she had been kicked out of the Spice Girls group chat for badgering them, and colourfully described her bandmates as 'd---heads'. Part of the disparity may well be financial. The enormously successful Beckhams have a joint net worth of £500 million thanks to their numerous enterprises, while Geri and her husband are estimated to be worth £440 million. In contrast, Emma and husband Jade Jones have a net worth of £24 million, as does Mel C, while Mel B's fortune – decimated during her marriage and ruinous divorce from Belafonte – is around £4.7 million. When a judge ordered her to pay £270,000 in legal fees and more than £3,000 a month in child payments, she was forced to sell her Hollywood mansion and move back home to Leeds. A big Spice Girls payday would make all the difference. The group were reportedly close to signing a £1 million a-piece Netflix deal and agreeing a multi-date anniversary tour before their feuds reignited. There is still one solution that could cement their legacy without them having to spend much time together: recording a hologram-style show like London's astonishing Abba Voyage, which features the Swedish band as digital avatars. That would only require a few weeks together, and then the show could run – without them – for years. We've also seen the impossible happen this past week: the warring Gallagher brothers reunite for a triumphant Oasis tour.
2 days ago
- Entertainment
Mel B marries Rory McPhee in star-studded ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral
Scary Spice is officially a married woman. 1:14 Melanie "Mel B" Brown is officially a married woman! The Spice Girls singer tied the knot with hairstylist Rory McPhee in a London ceremony on Saturday. The "America's Got Talent" judge later marked the occasion with a sweet Instagram post of her and her new husband, captioning the photo simply, "❤️ 05.07.25." The couple exchanged vows inside the historic Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, the same iconic church where Princess Diana wed Prince Charles, a rare honor granted to Mel B after she was awarded an MBE in 2022 for her advocacy work around domestic violence, People reported. Mel B wore a custom ivory gown by designer Josephine Scott before changing into a second look by Justin Alexander for the celebration. Her three daughters, Phoenix, 26, Angel Iris, 18, and Madison, 13, served as bridesmaids for their mom's big day. Famous friends turned out to celebrate the nuptials, including fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton, model Cara Delevingne, comedian Katherine Ryan and model Daisy Lowe.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Inside Mel B's chequered love life as she gets hitched for third time
Spice Girl star, Melanie Brown, is getting married today to hairstylist, Rory McPhee, at St Paul's Cathedral in London following their three-year engagement Scary Spice star, Mel B, is tying the knot today - despite swearing she'd never get married again. Since shooting to stratospheric fame with the Spice Girls, Mel, 49, has had a chequered love life, including two failed marriages and a bitter break-up with Hollywood A-lister, Eddie Murphy, who the singer shares daughter Angel Iris, 18, with. Today, the mum-of-three is walking down the aisle at St Paul's cathedral in London with hairstylist, Rory McPhee, and celebrate at The Shard afterwards in a bash said to have cost £28,000. A whole host of stars will be in attendance - apart from apart from Victoria Beckham and Geri Horner-Halliwel and Geri Horner-Halliwell - as Mel's pals wish the couple the best for the future. The Spice Up Your Life star, who not so long go insisted "I'm fine by myself", is certainly due some luck in love as we look back at her rocky romances, starting with Dutch dancer, Jimmy Gulzar... READ MORE: Inside Mel B and Victoria Beckham feud as Posh Spice swerves Scary's wedding Jimmy Gulzar Mel first tied the knot with Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar in 1998, donning a flamboyant Vegas showgirl feathered headdress and a white-and-gold frock. The couple met when Jimmy was strutting around on stage as a back-up dancer for the Spice Girls during the Spiceworld tour in 1998. They married a short time later and welcomed daughter Phoenix, now 26, together. However, their relationship wasn't to last and they split in 2000, citing irreconcilable differences in the divorce courts. Speaking to the Mirror after the breakup, Mel said: "My friends did try and warn me not to take things so fast, and in hindsight it's easy to see I made a mistake. "Marrying someone I'd only just met on tour was not the smartest thing I've ever done. When the relationship broke down it was a complete nightmare. We both really wanted to be a proper happy family but it seemed destined not to work."There was a lot of pain and even with my friends and family around me I often felt isolated and alone. But you have to find the inner strength to carry on. Somehow I did it but it nearly killed me."She added: "What I'm basically saying is that he didn't love me and to be honest I now don't give a s*** any more. It's a sad situation but that's the reality." However, talking to The Sun, Jimmy said: "I always think about Goliath facing David – that story is pretty much how I have always felt." Mel B later won custody over Phoenix Chi, however Jimmy followed them to the US to be close to his daughter. Eddie Murphy Mel B and Eddie Murphy shocked the world when they began dating in 2006, but after a whirlwind nine-month relationship, the pair parted ways. They then ended up in a bitter paternity battle after the Hollywood actor refused to believe daughter, Angel Iris, now 18, was his child. Following DNA testing, it was confirmed that Angel was his daughter and since then, the former lovers have remained amicable as they co-parent their child. Mel revealed it was her who chose to end the relationship and walk away from the actor. Writing in her memoir, Brutally Honest, she said: "You know, he's Eddie Murphy. And I'm like, 'Well, I'm Mel B! "If something doesn't feel right, if it isn't equal, then what's the point? Yes, Eddie Murphy's a massive star. In my eyes — Spice Girls — so am I. I have my own house, my own car, my own credit card. I don't need to fall in line and be Pretty Woman, because I have my own life. "He almost wanted to just go like that. But I have a career. I'm not just going to give that up for love... to be a housewife." She continued: "But that wasn't my path. It probably didn't make sense to anybody at that time — why I would leave a relationship so full of love and giving, and almost nurturing. "But I'm a strong independent woman, and it wasn't coming together as equal as I wanted." Stephen Belafonte In 2007, Mel married US film producer, Stephen Belafonte, in a Las Vegas ceremony and renewed their vows in Egypt a year later. The former America's Got Talent judge met her husband on the set of film Talk, and they were friends for years before embarking on a romantic relationship. The pair tied the knot after just four months of dating, and Stephen – who also has a daughter, Giselle, from a previous relationship – insisted that he had "never connected" with someone the way that he did with Mel, and that knowing her as a friend beforehand had made the dating process easier. However, after welcoming their daughter Madison into the world, the couple separated in 2016 amid accusations of emotional and physical abuse from Mel, which Stephen denies. Last year, he announced he was suing Mel for defamation over claims she made about him being abusive and controlling during their time together, which she detailed in interviews and her autobiography, Brutally Honest. On his £3.9m libel suit in Florida, he said: 'I am ready to prove Melanie's statements about me are false.' Stephen added that authorities investigated the claims and no charges were brought. Mel's legal team asked for the case to be thrown out last year. In their filing to have the case dismissed, Mel's lawyers said: 'Brown should have never been dragged through the courts because of an exercise of [her] constitutional rights.' But this was denied in October. Rory McPhee After years of heartache, Mel says she has finally found her happily ever after with fiancé Rory McPhee, who she has known for years and who is the best friend of her cousin. As she gets set to wed today, she conceded she'd ever walk down the aisle again, insisting she was 'fine by herself'. Speaking to People magazine, she said: "I was like, 'I'm never going to get married again. Never, never, never. I'm never having a relationship. I'm fine by myself. I want to raise my kids, put my head down and work, and that's it. And then… never can say never, can you?' Affirming she still believed in love, Mel continued: 'I believe in love, and clearly the other two marriages turned out to be not love, from their angle. So I feel like I've really missed out, and now I've got this opportunity to be properly in love with a really good guy who I know loves me for me."
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mel B set to ditch the leopard print for a conventional white wedding with her fiancé Rory McPhee as she prepares to tie the knot for the third time
There won't be a spot of leopard-print in sight when Scary Spice Mel B marries fiancé Rory McPhee next weekend in St Paul's Cathedral. This will be the third wedding for Mel, who is 50 and a mother of three, Phoenix, 26, Angel, 18, and Madison, 13. And it has now been revealed the bride is going all out for a perfectly traditional, perfectly English white wedding, with a thoroughly conventional dress – not designed by Victoria Beckham, even though Mel herself said that was happening last year. Sources told The Mail's Alison Boshoff that she will wear British designer Josephine Scott for the service on Saturday, July 5, in the crypt at the church where Prince Charles married Diana Spencer in 1981. It can be revealed that there will be a further celebration with friends and family – and another wedding ceremony – at a hotel in Morocco later in July. Mel will wear a flashier gown, from US wedding designer Justin Alexander, for that one. The star told Women's Wear Daily in May: 'This will be a very formal, English wedding where I want to feel regal and very proper. All the ladies will wear hats or fascinators. 'Then, I'm having a second ceremony abroad, which will be more informal, sexy and beautiful.' At her first wedding, to Dutch backing dancer Jimmy Gulzar in 1998, Mel wore a Vegas showgirl style feathered headdress with a white and gold dress. Her second wedding, to Stephen Belafonte, in 2007, was a Las Vegas elopement, followed by a vow renewal in Egypt the following year. This time round, a friend revealed: 'It's a very traditional dress and the service will be totally traditional. She will come down the aisle to organ music.' There will be a small reception in London afterwards. As to whether the Spice Girls will attend, it's anybody's guess. As ever, there are tensions between the former bandmates. Mel C and Emma Bunton came to her 50th birthday party in Leeds earlier this month with their partners and they should be there. As for Geri Halliwell-Horner and Victoria Beckham, we shall have to wait and see. After Mel and Stephen Belafonte separated in 2016 she accused him of emotional and physical abuse, which he has always denied. His lawyers said that during the marriage they spent her £50million fortune. Mel grew close to McPhee after the breakdown of her marriage to Belafonte. Last year she said: 'He's a family friend, great hair- dresser... when I went back to England, he would come over and give me hair treatments... 'And as he was nurturing my curls back, I guess he was nurturing my trust and belief in a relationship.'
