Mel B vowed she would by no means marry once more following her break up from Stephen Belafonte.
The 48-year-old pop star break up from the movie producer in acrimonious circumstances in 2017, and Mel did not assume she would tie the knot once more – till she met Rory McPhee.
Mel – who introduced her engagement to Rory in 2022 – instructed PEOPLE: “I used to be like, ‘I am by no means going to get married once more. By no means, by no means, by no means. I am by no means having a relationship. I am high quality on my own. I wish to elevate my children, put my head down and work, and that is it’. After which … by no means can say by no means, are you able to?”
The loved-up duo have been household associates for years.
However Mel grew nearer to Rory – who’s a hair stylist – after she relocated from the US to the UK following her break up from Stephen.
The singer – who was additionally married to Jimmy Gulzar between 1998 and 2000 – shared: “He was simply there patiently ready, all the time there to offer me a hair therapy, all the time there to speak. He’s a terrific listener. And he simply grew to become an increasing number of of a pal, and an increasing number of vital in my life.
“It’d been a very long time that anyone was that sort to me.”
Regardless of her earlier heartbreaks, Mel nonetheless believes in love and she or he’s now trying ahead to tying the knot for a 3rd time.
The pop star – who shot to fame within the 90s as a part of the Spice Ladies – stated: “I imagine in love, and clearly the opposite two marriages turned out to be not love, from their angle.
“So I really feel like I’ve actually missed out, and now I’ve obtained this chance to be correctly in love with a extremely good man who I do know loves me for me, who’s identified me earlier than I used to be a Spice Woman, why would not I do this?”