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Aug 9, 2007 4:48 am US/Pacific
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Mel B Cancels TV Appearance On Murphy Paternity
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Spice Girl Mel B has canceled her Wednesday night appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live."
According to Access Hollywood, the singer, whose real name is Melanie Brown, canceled because she and her new baby, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, are sick.
Brown was expected to discuss her paternity battle with Eddie Murphy over Angel for the first time in a televised interview.
"She canceled, but don't know why," a CNN spokeswoman told The ShowBuzz. "Not sure at this point when a reschedule date would be."
Instead of Brown's appearance, "Larry King Live" was to air interviews with family and friends of a young man murdered in the U.S. Virgin Islands, an update on the missing British child Madeleine McCann, and a report on various athletes who survived serious accidents.
As first reported on PerezHilton.com Wednesday, Brown secretly married her boyfriend, Stephen Belafonte, on June 6 in Las Vegas. The news was later confirmed with Clark County records obtained by the Associated Press. Belafonte is a movie producer whose credits include "Thank You For Not Smoking."
The singer and actress filed a petition last week to establish that Murphy is her baby's father.
In response, Murphy's publicist, Arnold Robinson, released a statement Friday confirming that the actor "always has and will continue to honor his responsibilities as a father. He acknowledges paternity of the child Angel and has paid child support to Ms. Brown, as well as covering the expenses of her pregnancy."
Brown's lawyer, Gloria Allred, said later that Brown's primary concern is that Murphy, "see his child, spend time with her, hold her, love her and bond with his daughter."
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