According to ExtraTV.com, "Melanie "Mel B" Brown reveals in her new memoir "Brutally Honest" that she tried to kill herself in December 2014 by swallowing 200 aspirin." She said she felt desperate, because of a conflict between her and her ex Stephen Belafonte. Mel B told the press, "I felt ugly and detested by the very man who once promised to love and protect me, my husband and manager Stephen.