Mel B has opened up about her pill-popping suicide attempt, abusive ex-husband and the emotional and psychological hell she endured during their ten-year marriage! In her no-holds-barred memoir, “Brutally Honest,” the sexy but scarred “America’s Got Talent” judge also revealed she picked out a celebrity to date after seeing his “junk” on a secret website! For years, “Scary Spice” and then-hubby Stephen Belafonte seemed to enjoy a millionaire lifestyle, but behind it all, Mel claims Stephen controlled her life, making sex tapes to blackmail her into staying with him. Read on for the juiciest tidbits from Mel B’s book, and click here for more highlights from celebrity memoirs….
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“I felt helpless because I’d allowed this man into my life, and, little by little,
insult by insult,
indignity by indignity, deal by deal,
sex tape by sex tape, I had allowed him to completely take over," she wrote. "It was up to him whether I was a piece of filth that day or a goddess or a whore.”
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Beaten down by Stephen, Mel hit rock bottom in 2014 and swallowed 200 aspirin. “I was exhausted, worn down … I was drinking too much — wine, vodka, tequila — and had lost all self-respect. I was lost,” she dished.
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“As each pill goes into my mouth, I ask myself, ‘Are you sure?’ And I take another one. Ten, twenty, fifty. One hundred. ‘Are you sure?’ ”
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During her marriage, Mel had a boob job and procedures on her face, eyes and stomach. She also had a “vaginal rejuvenation,” despite the doctor telling her it was unnecessary, as she was in such “good shape.”
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Desperate for sex after her divorce, an “extremely sexual” Mel was turned on to a secret website that featured male celebrities’ genitals. “Erect privates were lined up against a milk or juice carton so you could gauge the size,” she wrote.
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She chose one and a pal hooked her up. “A few days later, I met him (young, handsome, very famous) in a hotel room. It was horribly awkward and nothing happened,” Mel wrote.
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“I tried again with another famous penis in another hotel room. Same result. Aaarghhhh … I gave up on famous penises and had a few encounters with normal, regular guys. Way better.”
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“I felt helpless because I’d allowed this man into my life, and, little by little,
insult by insult,
indignity by indignity, deal by deal,
sex tape by sex tape, I had allowed him to completely take over," she wrote. "It was up to him whether I was a piece of filth that day or a goddess or a whore.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Beaten down by Stephen, Mel hit rock bottom in 2014 and swallowed 200 aspirin. “I was exhausted, worn down … I was drinking too much — wine, vodka, tequila — and had lost all self-respect. I was lost,” she dished.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“As each pill goes into my mouth, I ask myself, ‘Are you sure?’ And I take another one. Ten, twenty, fifty. One hundred. ‘Are you sure?’ ”
Photo credit: Getty Images
During her marriage, Mel had a boob job and procedures on her face, eyes and stomach. She also had a “vaginal rejuvenation,” despite the doctor telling her it was unnecessary, as she was in such “good shape.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Desperate for sex after her divorce, an “extremely sexual” Mel was turned on to a secret website that featured male celebrities’ genitals. “Erect privates were lined up against a milk or juice carton so you could gauge the size,” she wrote.
Photo credit: Getty Images
She chose one and a pal hooked her up. “A few days later, I met him (young, handsome, very famous) in a hotel room. It was horribly awkward and nothing happened,” Mel wrote.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I tried again with another famous penis in another hotel room. Same result. Aaarghhhh … I gave up on famous penises and had a few encounters with normal, regular guys. Way better.”
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