Mel B has spoken candidly about her five-year relationship after “falling in love with a lady”, however refuses to place labels on her sexuality.
The Spice Women star has lengthy been an ally for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, beforehand sharing her gratitude in the direction of homosexual followers for supporting the band from the “very, very begin“.
And now the singer, who’s now engaged to hairdresser Rory McPhee, spoke out about her earlier long-term relationship with a lady and seeing herself as part of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.
“I really feel like I’m,” she started to Angle Journal. “I didn’t begin off my sexual journey going, ‘I’m this, I’m that, I’m bisexual.’ I used to be, and all the time shall be, very open.
“I occurred to fall in love with a lady and was together with her for 5 years,” she defined of her relationship. “We nonetheless speak to today. I don’t wish to put a label on it, however I’ve all the time thought ladies are stunning.”
Again in 2019, the singer-songwriter initially revealed her earlier relationship to Homosexual Star Information, saying: “It wasn’t experimentation. I fell in love with a lady for 5 years. An experiment doesn’t final 5 years.”
The identical 12 months, Scary Spice claimed she had intercourse with fellow bandmate Geri Halliwell. “She’s going to hate me for this as a result of she’s all posh together with her nation home and her husband,” she mentioned. “However it’s a truth. It simply occurred and we simply giggled at it and that was it.”
Throughout her time within the bestselling woman group of all time, she and fellow Spice Women members have constantly proven up for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, with Emma Bunton (Child Spice) popping out swinging for trans rights and Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) sharing the heartwarming interactions she’s had with homosexual followers.
Following her stint as a visitor choose on season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Mel B credited the queer neighborhood for the band’s rise to fame.
In 2023, she informed Metro: “I feel it’s been all the pieces and so they’ve been there for us from the very, very begin. With out them, it wouldn’t have actually occurred, I don’t assume.”