Inside Mel B’s explosive love life from Spice Girls romp to heartbreaking abusive relationship

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Spice Girls legend Melanie Brown rose to fame in 1996 after releasing the single Wannabe with her fellow bandmates Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Melanie Chisholm and Emma Bunton.The Spice Girls soon became the best-selling girl group of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide.

Now, Mel has released chart-topping solo tracks, established herself as a successful TV personality and released a tell-all memoir 'Brutally Honest'.However, despite her impressive career - which spanned over two decades - establishing the star as an A-list celeb, the 48-year-old has had some explosive moments in her private life.Here, we take a look at the pop star's colourful love life, from her fling with Peter Andre to her heartbreaking experience with domestic abuse.Mel and fellow Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner reportedly enjoyed a year-long relationship with one another at the beginning of their career.

During an appearance on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, the star confirmed she and Geri engaged in a sexual relationship when they were younger but claimed it was 'just a fun thing'.

However, a source told the Mail On Sunday: "It was in the very early days of the Spice Girls and their relationship lasted far longer than one night – it was at least 12 months."They deeply bought into the whole Girl Power phenomenon – they wanted to lead it."They felt what better way was there to do that than for girls to enjoy one another?"The pal added: "They were together in every sense of the word."They were brought together through the circumstances of being in the band but their living arrangements in Maidenhead meant that they had lots of time alone."Both were very open-minded young women and they wanted to break boundaries."Ginger