GETTY Mel B branded estranged husband Stephen Belafonte's requests 'exorbitant'

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The former Spice Girls star, who fi led for divorce from the film producer in April, has received her court documents from her ex for emergency spousal support. The demands include an £8,000-a-month housing allowance, £110-per-day for food, £1,570 a month for clothing and £590 monthly to cover his mobile phone plan and pay off the £47,000 balance on his credit card. He also claims negative publicity surrounding their split has cost him the opportunity to earn £390,000 on a project.

We lived a very comfortable, upper-class lifestyle… money was never an obstacle. Stephen Belafonte in court documents

Mel, 41, is fighting back by insisting Stephen, 42, should just “get a job” if he isn’t making anything from working at Serafina, the restaurant they co-own. However Stephen, who claims he has been sleeping on his friends’ couches after being kicked out of the home he shared with Mel, their daughter Madison, five, and the singer’s children from previous relationships, 18-year-old Phoenix and Angel, 10, believes his requests are reasonable. He rationalises that Mel is more than able to afford to pay up as she makes between £170,000 and £190,000 a month.

He added in the court documents: “We lived a very comfortable, upper-class lifestyle… money was never an obstacle.” Meanwhile, a judge threw out Mel’s restraining order against former nanny Lorraine Gilles – the woman caught up in the crossfire of the split after Mel accused her of getting pregnant by Stephen and extorting her since she filed for divorce – because the ex-employee was never personally served with the papers.

WENN Kate Garraway surprised former Spice Girl Geri Horner by wearing her most iconic stage outfit

IT WOULD seem that Kate Garraway is a Wannabe. The Good Morning Britain host surprised former Spice Girl Geri Horner during an interview by wearing her most iconic stage outfit. “I decided, as a little treat for you, to wear the Union Jack dress,” the 50-year-old breakfast TV presenter told her guest before undoing her coat to reveal the famous frock. Geri, 44, who wore the tiny patriotic number when she performed at the 1997 Brit Awards and immediately became one of the defining images of the era, looked delighted to be reminded of her pop star past.

The woman who was known as Ginger Spice has now settled down to family life and lives in north London with Formula 1 chief husband Christian, 43, their six-month-old son Monty and her daughter Bluebell, 10, from a previous relationship. However, she admitted that she would happily strap on her old platform boots if there was ever a Spice Girls reunion: “I’ve got an open-door policy. If the girls want to do it, I’m 100 per cent there.”

IT’S one of the most unexpected pairings we’ve seen in ages but Dame Helen Mirren has got herself a surprising new admirer in the form of American rapper 50 Cent. Proving that Dame Helen’s pulling power hasn’t diminished with age, the 71-year-old actress left the former gangster lovestruck after bumping into him on the red carpet in Monte Carlo earlier this week. The In Da Club hit-maker – who is 30 years Dame Helen’s junior – shared a photo of himself next to her with the gushy message: “I think I love her, man. I’m trying not to stare at her. She just has that thing, you know I can’t describe it.” We hate to break it to you, 50 – real name Curtis Jackson – but the septuagenarian is celebrating 20 years of marriage to her film director husband Taylor Hackford, 72, later this year. Better luck next time!

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HE HAS landed himself one of the biggest gigs in the music world by headlining Glastonbury but Ed Sheeran reckons he’s not worth sticking around for at the famous event. “If it was me I would go home before I was playing, so fair play to anyone who stays,” claims the 26-year-old who performs tomorrow evening bringing the mammoth five-day extravaganza to an end.

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