Mel B 'humiliated' by Murphy child denial

Mel B has admitted that she felt ashamed when Eddie Murphy denied being the father of their child.

The former Spice Girl has claimed that she endured a difficult time in her life while being pregnant with her 3-year-old daughter Angel, reports Contactmusic.

The 35-year-old said: "Angel is three and I didn't expect her real biological father to pop back into her life. I think, in my mind, I fought so hard for justice at the very beginning of my pregnancy. I was hanging my head in shame because everyone was like, 'Is that really the father?' but I knew what I knew. Do I really want to be back on a red carpet entertaining everyone else's world like, 'Ooh, Eddie's back in our life - we're one big happy family'?"

She added: "I had to keep my head down - I had no choice but to just carry on with everything. It brings up all that again, and all that hurt I went through by myself and pregnant.

"I had to move to the beach, I had paparazzi following me everywhere, I had people calling me a gold digger and saying that I got pregnant on purpose. It was a horrible time, so I had to make sure I wasn't frustrated by what everyone was saying and forget what actually went on."

It was recently reported that Mel B has split from her film producer husband Stephen Belafonte.