Melanie Brown appears on Larry King Live to talk about lawsuit against Eddie Murphy
Spice Girl Melanie Brown, 32, appeared on Larry King Live last night to talk about the lawsuit that she has filed against Eddie Murphy, 46, regarding the paternity and child support battle relating to their daughter, Angel Iris, 4 months. Melanie did stress that she had wished to keep this matter private, but Eddie has still failed to take responsibility for their daughter even after he was proven to be the father.
Melanie added that the only reason she has gone public with the information is due to Eddie’s questioning of paternity and the fact that she wishes Angel to know who her father is.
I wish we could handle it privately. But when my name is thrown out there when I’m four months pregnant, with the — ‘Is it mine? I don’t know!’ — Of course I’m going to stand up for myself. I think the most important thing to me is that Angel knows her dad. And her dad is Eddie Murphy, and she has every right to know who he is. I think he’s been extremely disrespectful and I don’t think anybody should be allowed to get away with saying what he said whilst I was pregnant. Even when the DNA test results were in there was still nothing further said, which I found baffling. After all this, and still nothing? It’s unacceptable.
She added that she was at first waiting for Eddie to take responsibility for the situation before she pursued this further publicly.
I was waiting and hoping that he would do what he said he was going to do which was take care of the situation and be responsible. I believed that.
Melanie went on to add that Angel was definitely a planned child and she is just beautiful.
Angel is my baby and Eddie’s. She will always know that she was planned and wanted by the both of us. And she’s so adorable. She’s the best baby. She’s beautiful.
Melanie is seeking sole legal and physical custody of Angel. The only reason for any court action is to establish Eddie’s legal paternity and a suitable amount of child support. Of her relationship, Melanie acknowledges that she and Eddie were only together for a short time — but scoffs at reports that their relationship was unimportant.
Our relationship may have been brief but it was intense, and we werevery much in love and wanted to have a family together. That’s that. Imean we’re both tattooed. You don’t tattoo somebody’s name on your bodyif it’s brief and unimportant, let’s put it that way.
Melanie has been married to producer Stephen Belafonte, who has a daughter, Giselle, 3, for two months. Melanie also has daughter Phoenix Chi, 8, from her marriage to Jimmy Gulzar.
