Mel B has found her last time lover.
The Spice Girl, 50, recently tied the knot with hairdresser Rory McPhee, 37, in two lavish wedding ceremonies — first in London, then Morocco — and is revealing the touching reason why she said “I do” in the North African country.
“That was the last place that I had a holiday with my dad before he died,” she exclusively told The Post about her decision to wed in Morocco.
“It’s a very special place to me,” she explained.
Mel B’s father, Martin Brown, died of myeloma cancer in 2017 at age 63. She announced her dad’s passing in an emotional post in March of that year.
“It is with great sadness after a 5yr battle to multiple myeloma cancer our loving father Martin Brown passed away age 63 peacefully yesterday. Both of us his children were by his side and would like to say thank you to St Gemma’s and all the doctors and nurses for there amazing care and support over the years,” Mel B wrote on Instagram at the time. “Be Free Dad.”
For the “Wannabe” singer, there’s no better destination she could have picked for her nuptials.
“The culture and the food and the people, just everything about it and the music. It’s just my perfect heaven,” she said about her love of Morocco.
Mel B married her longtime love for the second time in a Moroccan extravaganza held at Selman Marrakech on August 3.
She shared the news on social media, debuting her pearl-adorned red strapless gown with a high split.
“We got married!!! Again! A wedding so good we keep the celebration going with our closest and dearest in our fav place at @selmanmarrakech ❤️❤️❤️ we had the time of our lives!!” the Spice Girl captioned the photo, which showed her dancing down the aisle with her husband.
While Mel B sparkled in her Justin Alexander custom wedding dress, McPhee looked sharp in a crisp white and black tuxedo and bowtie.
Caroline Black from London-based Evelie Bridal, who helped style the pearl-adorned gown, revealed why Mel B chose the dress.
“Mel loved the idea of a red dress – something bold, with lots and lots of shimmer – but it also had to feel light and easy to move in,” Black told PA news agency after the ceremony, per Hello!
Mel B’s Spice Girl bandmate Mel C — real name Melanie Chisholm — was on hand for the Morocco festivities, which were spread out over three days with dinner on Friday, followed by a “spiritual ceremony” before dinner and dancing on Saturday, reported the outlet.
The several-day celebration came almost one month after her star-studded London ceremony in The Crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 5, in which fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton, supermodel Cara Delevingne, comedian Katherine Ryan and Gavin Rossdale’s daughter, Daisy Lowe, were present.
While she still has her newlywed glow, she and her husband are already back to work in separate countries.
“We’ve been together for a long time,” Mel B told The Post. McPhee popped the question in October 2022 after three years of dating.
“I’m working right now, so I’m here in LA, and he just came out to visit me, but now he’s gone back to work in the UK. So, you know, we’re both busy doing our own thing, which gives us both time to kind of breathe and let everything sink in,” she explained.
Mel B is currently a judge on “America’s Got Talent,” alongside fellow judges Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell, and Sofía Vergara. She first joined the NBC show during Season 8 in 2013.
While Season 20 is gearing up for its finale on September 24, the international pop diva is no stranger to reality competition shows.
Mel B and Bunton represented the Spice Girls on Apple TV+’s latest singing series, “KPOPPED.”
The “Spice Up Your Life” singers are just a few of the uber-famous Western artists who were teamed up with South Korean idols to perform remixed versions of their hit songs in front of a live studio audience in Seoul. The crowd then votes which star wins the competition, but their episode was different because Mel B and Emma performed together instead of against each other.
“We didn’t want to split,” Mel B explained the reasoning behind their unique episode, “and it meant that we got to sing more than just one song.”
The girls sang their 1996 hits “Wannabe” and “Say You’ll Be There” with the K-pop girl group ITZY.
Patti LaBelle, Boy George, Kylie Minogue, Boyz II Men, and Eve are several of the other Western artists who star in Season 1 of the show, now available to stream on Apple TV+.
