Mel B’s daughter Phoenix has said that the Spice Girl leaving her marriage to Stephen Belafonte was a relief and one of the "best moments" of her life.
Phoenix, 22, appeared on Kate Ferdinand’s podcast Blended, and also revealed that she will never forget the look of relief on her mother’s face when she stepped away from the troubled union. "It was a lot of weight lifted off our shoulders," she said. "It didn’t happen quickly but it happened eventually and it was one of the best moments just because of the face on my mum and the relief that I felt. "She continued: "Seeing [Mel B’s] face was something I am never going to forget. "Phoenix, whose father is the singer’s ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar, claimed to have spent her teenage years living in a household that was “not normal” during her 47-year-old mother’s marriage to film producer Belafonte, also 47.
Mel B ended the 10-year marriage in 2017 citing emotional and physical abuse – something that Belafonte has always vehemently denied.
Phoenix, who now works with Women’s Aid, added: “I wouldn’t say I recognised specifically this is abuse or that I had a violent household, but I would say it was something that I was used to, especially growing up with two different parents and going to two different households. “It was a very controlled environment, there were a lot of rules and that is something I wasn’t used to…”Phoenix, who admitted she has had therapy to deal with the trauma she allegedly experienced during the marriage, added that it all started out as “fun and games” when the pair first got married, but allegedly took a turn when her mother increased her workload a few years later. “I think that’s when things got kind of serious because she was living her own life and I.
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