{"id":88124,"date":"2024-04-06T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/mel-b-urges-others-to-look-for-red-flags-in-relationships-abuse-can-happen-to-anyone\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T19:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:11:44","slug":"mel-b-urges-others-to-look-for-red-flags-in-relationships-abuse-can-happen-to-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/mel-b-urges-others-to-look-for-red-flags-in-relationships-abuse-can-happen-to-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel B urges others to look for &#8216;red flags&#8217; in relationships: &#8216;Abuse can happen to anyone!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-04-06\" datetime=\"1712430704\" pubdate=\"\">6 April 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/mel-b\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,mel-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mel B<\/a> has urged others to &#8220;educate&#8221; themselves on love and relationships.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Mel B wants others to educate themselves on the red flags that can appear in relationships<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old pop star was married to producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/stephen-belafonte\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,stephen-belafonte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Belafonte<\/a> , 48, from 2007 until 2017 in what she has alleged was an abusive relationship \u2013 although he has always denied the claims &#8211; and although she is now happily engaged to hairdresser Rory McPhee, 36, she has insisted that others need to learn about the potential &#8220;red flags&#8221; that can be present in relationships. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the &#8216;Relations***&#8217; podcast, she said: &#8220;The more you believe in love without the red flags, pfft, do yourself a favour. Educate yourself, educate your friends, educate your kids, educate anyone possible any female or anybody that you think is possibly acting a little bit on edge or a bit. You talk to them. Yeah, talk to them. It can happen to anyone!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Spice Girls singer &#8211; who was made an MBE in 2020 for her services to charitable causes and vulnerable women &#8211; recently admitted that she &#8220;didn&#8217;t think&#8221; she would ever find happiness again after her allegedly abusive marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on UK TV show &#8216;This Morning&#8217;, she said: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t think it was ever going to be possible. Where I&#8217;ve come from, I&#8217;ve got a lot of PTSD. I got my MBE for spreading awareness for domestic violence I&#8217;m engaged to be married, I&#8217;ve just bought a house. I just moved in two days ago, well, Rory moved us in because I was away working in New York!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe &#8216;I Want You Back&#8217; hitmaker- who was initially married to Jimmy Gulzar from 1998 until 2000 and has 25-year-old Phoenix with him as Angel, 17, from her relationship with Hollywood star Eddie Murphy and 12-year-old Madison with Stephen &#8211; is planning to tie the knot to Rory in St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral and also admitted that getting married in such a religious place made her really question her reasons for wanting to walk down the aisle again. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;Well, it is a process that you&#8217;ve got to go through. I&#8217;ve been married and divorced twice before and I appreciate that, because they ask you why you&#8217;re getting married again under God&#8217;s name&#8230;I had to think to myself &#8216;Why do I?&#8217; It&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve found someone who respects me, he is kind, really, really hot. And I never knew that existed!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/mel-urges-others-look-red-flags-relationships-abuse-can-happen-anyone-1397456.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 April 2024 Mel B has urged others to &#8220;educate&#8221; themselves on love and relationships. 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