ITA with Robyn! Melanie’s not mad about Eddie fathering her child, she’s mad about how he’s acting.
From what I can tell, what she is really upset about is the fact that he:

1. Has not asked how Angel is doing.

and

2. Refuses to see Angel.

It is pretty obvious that she isn’t trying to force him to play an active part in Angel’s life (as other posters have pointed out, she has filed for full legal and physical custody of Angel). I think that what she wants is for Eddie to see his daughter at least ONCE. Personally, I don’t blame her for that. Eddie SHOULD at least make the effort to meet his baby girl.

As for Mel’s new hubby, keep in mind that it wasn’t just Mel who denied that he was violent towards his ex-wife; his ex-wife also denied it. Just because TMZ posted the documents doesn’t mean that they are real (I am not sure how accurate TMZ is, but I do seem to remember their fondness for posting “offical documents”. For example, they posted the “birth certificates” for Suri Cruise and Jayden James Federline).

All of that said, I must respectfully disagree with J.M. that, excluding Victoria Beckham (who, as J.M. pointed out, has been getting a lot of media attention lately) “all of the Spice Girls are trying to put themselves ‘out there’”. I have not seen Emma Bunton do any sort of “publicity stunt” (granted, she just had a baby, so she is probably recovering and taking it easy right now, but still!), and the only time I’ve seen or heard anything about Gerri Halliwell lately is the paparazzi pics of her and Bluebell that have been posted her on CBB recently. To be fair, I don’t know for sure about Mel C., as she doesn’t have any kids and therefore tidbits about her obviously don’t get posted on CBB (other than the article in which she stated that she does want a “Spice Baby” someday, but wants to focus on her career for now), and CBB is the only celebrity-related blog I go to.

Anyway, in Mel’s defense, I don’t neccesarily think that she is doing anything wrong. Like another poster has said, just because Eddie has been proven to be Angel’s father and has acknowledged that fact doesn’t mean that Mel’s going to magically “get over” the way he acted when she was pregnant, and the fact that he denied Angel was his daughter until he was forced to take the paternity test. If talking to the media about the situation over and over again helps her, then I say good for her! Just because we may not like hearing the same things from her over and over again doesn’t mean that she needs to stop saying them!
Oh, and Mel isn’t the only celeb mom who has been known to repeat things. When Angelina Jolie was doing press for A Mighty Heart, for example, she repeated a lot of the same stuff about her kids in her interviews.

I don’t understand why she has to keep talking about her private life. It seems that it’s all about her personal issues. Honestly i don’t like how she’s using all this to appear in magazines and tv in general.

I agree with Beverley. She better not complain later about not being left alone by the media.

Angel is such a beautiful baby!

I think we all can see what Mel’s angle is. . .as for Stephen Belafonte, ummmm what to say.
He is no relation to Harry Belafonte but he changed his name to give that appearance. As for the domestic violence allegations, he was court ordered to complete counseling (per the documents on TMZ). Usually the judge doesn’t sentence someone without them being found guilty.

If it puts her on the front of a magazine cover there is no telling what Mel will do.

Good luck little Angel!

Wow, when did they get married?

Sarah’s note: The beginning of June but they kept it a secret.

Sarah’s note: Apparently it’s addressed in the issue, so I’m interested to read it. I did see this from both Melanie and from his ex, Nicole:

She tells Hello!, “For him to seen as a wife beater is devastating for me because he’s not — he never has been. He hasn’t been the best of people. I know everything that he’s done. He went through group therapy and counseling, but he’s fully aware of what he’s done.”

Stephen’s ex Nicole Contreras apparently agrees as well. She issued the following statement this afternoon to TMZ: “Stephen Belafonte and I had a long relationship that ended mutually. Despite reports, there was never any physical violence involved in the relationship. We share a beautiful three year old daughter together and
are amicable.”

Such a beautiful picture! Its nice she has such a positive attitude in saying that she couldnt be mad at eddie because he gave her a beautiful healthy baby! Such a beautiful thing to say in what was an ugly situation!

I agree Juliet! I would not have even know it was her had I just glanced at it in the store!

Beautiful family.

Am I the only one who noticed this pic is totally photoshopped? All the other pics I’ve seen of her show a very different more “normal” looking Mel B. This pic looks nothing like her.

I am in the exact same situation as Melanie – my little boy is almost 9months old and his father hasn’t seen him since March because his new girlfriend “wouldn’t like it” so he wanted to have nothing more to do with us. It is obvious Melanie has moved on, as have I, but it doesn’t mean you just “get over it”. I don’t think you ever will. And I totally understand what she means when she says she doesn’t hate him because he gave her a beautiful little girl – I feel the same way. I don’t hate my little boy’s father, I hate the way he is acting but thats different to actually hating the guy.
So I think Melanie is handling this great – if talking about it over and over helps her get thru it then good on her! I don’t think she is “trashing” eddie murphy – he’s doing that all on his own. Melanie is just telling it like it is!
Everyone handles things differently, but if you haven’t been in this situation then I don’t think you can judge her.