Louis Walsh Video Groping Mel B on Television Resurfaced After Spice Girl's New Interview

After Mel B's heartwrenching confession on BBC about the challenges and difficulties she had to endure under the hands of her husband, Stephen Belafonte, a video of her being sexually harassed by music manager Louis Walsh on live television resurfaced online.

Walsh, a prominent figure in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has been criticized for his attitude and "disgusting" behavior.

Louis Walsh Groped Mel B on Television

As they were interviewed at the ITV2 spin-off show The Xtra Factor in 2014, former judges Mel B and Louis Walsh sat beside each other.

While host Sarah-Jane Crawford was talking, Mel B couldn't help but interrupt the whole conversation after realizing that Walsh was groping her backside.

An appalled Mel B was shocked by the encounter. She then kept a distance from the producer. Walsh said that he was only "looking after" her when asked about it.

Still in shock, Mel B told someone off-cam that Walsh was "inappropriate."

The Independent reported that Walsh addressed the situation back then, saying he only did it as a "joke."

"We'd be sitting there all day on the couch doing TV, and I just grabbed her a*** as a joke," he explained. "She was very funny and you could say anything or do anything to her and I loved her, so I would just grab her for a laugh but it's not PC anymore."

People have since slammed Walsh for doing such; many are still shocked now that it happened years ago.

"Here's the vid of Louis Walsh tapping and grabbing Mel. B's bum. Louis Walsh is disgusting!" a user remarked on Twitter/X.

"I cannot stand Louis Walsh. From when he sexually harassed Mel B on national Television. Disgusting entitled man. #cbb," another commented.

After that season, Mel B did not return to "X-Factor UK" while Louis Walsh returned after one season.

Mel B Physically Abused By Ex-Husband

The video of Louis Walsh groping Mel B on television came on the heels of the Spice Girl's interview with BBC, where she detailed the physical and emotional abuse she suffered from her ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte.

"I wasn't just emotionally and physically abused, there was all the financial abuse, too. I didn't realize that I didn't have as much money as I thought I had," she painfully remembered. "So I literally had to eat humble pie, live with my mum."

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