Melanie C and partner Joe Marshall reportedly split

The very private music star has largely kept her relationship with music executive Marshall, who also served as her manager, a secret — few photos of the two together have been made public.

However, the couple lived together in North London for several years, co-parenting Melanie’s teenage daughter Scarlett, 13, and Marshall’s two children from a previous relationship.

Scarlett is Chisholm’s daughter from her previous long-term relationship with ex-partner Thomas Starr. The pair split in 2012 after spending ten years together.

Sun Mel, who tours regularly as a solo artist and publishes her first memoir next month, found it too difficult to juggle the relationship with her career commitments.

“Mel has had an incredibly busy career between book deals, DJing, and other plans,” a Sun source said.

“The little free time that she has been given is devoted to her daughter Scarlett and not much time for relationships.”

A source said the divorce was “amicable” and that Mel is “not afraid to be single if that’s what she thinks is best.”

Melanie C is arguably the most private of the five Spice Girls, and her personal life has been largely a secret since a string of high-profile romances with musicians in the late 90s and early 2000s. It has been.

Mel briefly dated Robbie Williams and had an affair with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, which inspired a song on the album californicationalso rekindled her relationship with former Five Boy Band star Jason ‘J’ Brown.

Meanwhile, Melanie’s Spice Girls bandmate Mel B returns tonight as a judge for the Australian TV show’s season premiere. masked singer. Interview with news.com.au Ahead of the new season, Mel B opened up about her life as a Spice Girl and whether the group’s long-rumored first Australian tour could hit our shores.

first published as Spice Girl Melanie C splits from partner of seven years