Eddie Murphy orders Melanie Brown to stop talking about him

Eddie Murphy has threatened Melanie Brown with legal action unless she stops using his name in press interviews.The Spice Girl has made frequent references to Eddie in recent interviews, regarding their relationship and his behaviour following the birth of their daughter Angel in April.

Eddie’s lawyer has now issued a cease and desist notice, claiming she has been “disseminating disparaging, negative and defamatory statements” about about the Shrek star and that she is making highly “unreasonable extortionate demands”, such as demanding he buy a multi-million dollar home for her in Malibu.

Melanie recently said she was “kind of appalled” by Eddie’s behaviour since they split up and added that he has yet to pay any child support payments for the baby girl.

Scary Spice: my baby with Eddie Murphy was completely planned

Melanie Brown has insisted that her baby with Eddie Murphy was “completely planned” - which made Eddie’s subsequent behaviour even more painful.She told Essence magazine recently: “This was a completely planned pregnancy. This wasn’t some random, ‘Oops I fell over and I’m pregnant.’ I don’t live my life like that.”

“I’m a responsible parent and have been a responsible single parent since I got divorced [in 1999].”

“As soon as I had my IUD removed we proceeded to get pregnant. It happened quicker than we expected but it was perfect timing.”

Mel was around five months pregnant when Eddie questioned the paternity of the child - and announced the end of their relationship - during a TV interview: “I just didn’t believe it. When I saw it my heart dropped down to my gut.”

“I laughed because that wasn’t the guy that I knew who told me he wanted to have a baby and get married.”

In some ways, the Spice Girl is glad that their relationship didn’t pan out: “There were certain things that went on in his house with his lifestyle that I wasn’t prepared to be a part of.”

“I have a baby with this guy so I have to be somewhat respectful. I’ll simply say that there were lifestyle changes that he would have to make if we were going to live together and do it properly.”

“I have a house where it’s about my kids and me. I don’t have people knocking on my door at 3 and 4 in the morning.”

But she’d like Eddie to take a more active role in their daughter’s upbringing: “Every child deserves to know that they have a mum and a dad, otherwise there’s something missing psychologically. I’m not about to put my daughter through that.”

“He is [involved] with all his other kids and he’s a great dad. Why should this beautiful baby be any different?”

-Source Famtastic.co.uk