Former Spice Girls member Melanie Brown, more popularly known as Mel B is headed to rehab. The “America’s Got Talent” judge announced over the weekend
Former Spice Girls member Melanie Brown, more popularly known as Mel B is headed to rehab. The “America’s Got Talent” judge announced over the weekend that she is entering a rehab center to combat sex and alcohol addictions and to help her manage her PTSD. The 43 year old cites her split from ex-husband, Stephan Belafonte as a motivating factor for going to rehab, claiming she’s spent the past six months working on a memoir, and that it has been unbelievably traumatic reliving an emotionally abusive relationship and confronting so many massive issues in her life.
“I am being very honest about drinking to numb my pain, but that is just a way a lot of people mask what is really going on. Sometimes it is too hard to cope with all the emotions I feel. But the problem has never been about sex or alcohol, it is underneath all that. I am still struggling but if I can shine a light on the issue of pain, PTSD and the things men and women do to mask it, I will do.”
Melanie Brown did not share the name of the rehab center she plans to visit, but says she’ll check in sometime in the next few weeks and that the location has to be in the U.K. because, “I am very, very British and I know that will work best for me.”
Melanie Brown and Belafonte divorced last year following a lengthy battle in which Brown accussed her ex of beating and threatening her throughout their 10-year marriage, at one point, filing a temporary restraining order against him. Earlier this month, they reached a settlement regarding their divorce that removes Brown’s domestic violence claims against him.
