The Spice Girls star is a patron for domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid, and has spoken out in the past about her own experience with domestic violence, as well as campaigning for change
star is a patron for domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid, and has spoken out in the past about her own experience with domestic violence, as well as campaigning for change.: ‘It is well deserved. Despite her achievements in music and TV she believes her campaigning is the most important thing she’s ever done.
‘Not only does she have first-hand experience of it but she has met many women who have suffered. She has a real fire in her belly about campaigning.They added that the America’s Got Talent judge was ‘incredibly brave’ to share her own experiences publicly as ‘it is such a deeply personal thing to her’.In May, Mel
called Love Should Not Hurt for Women’s Aid, made in collaboration with classical composer Fabio D’Andrea, which was inspired by the real-life stories of survivors and showed the Wannabe star bloodied and bruised., the singer explained of her own experience: ‘It took me 10 years to leave and for those reasons I didn’t have access to my bank account, didn’t even have my own front door key, which sounds ridiculous, and that didn’t just happen overnight.
‘But that was my situation and it took me 10 years to get out of it. And I’m still in some ways in it, because I’ve got children, and I’ve got court cases. You know, you can still be abused through the court system and still be abused financially. It’s just ongoing so we need to talk about it.’In her 2018 memoir Brutally Honest, Mel detailed her marriage to ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, with whom she shares daughter Madison, 10.
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