Mel makes B line for ex Eddie Murphy as her marriage crumbles

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Beverly Hills Cop actor Eddie, 53, has been helping Mel, 39, in a series of transatlantic phone calls.
He has been guiding her on how to handle a potential split from second husband Stephen Belafonte, 39.
A mutual friend explained: “Eddie has told her to keep a lid on her feelings publicly. Stephen is the one doing all the talking and all the begging for her to go back to him.
“But Eddie has told her to keep quiet, stay classy and only talk when she has something to say.”
Eddie and Mel split in 2006, with Murphy demanding a paternity test to prove that he was the father of her daughter Angel, seven.
But since then they have slowly patched things up and are again now firm friends.

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“Eddie has told her to keep a lid on her feelings publicly.”

A Mutual friend

The pair’s cosy chats come just a week after Mel was taken to hospital suffering from a mystery illness.
She appeared bruised and scratched in last Sunday’s final of ITV’s The X Factor, prompting whispers that her film producer husband had attacked her.
But he angrily denied it in a furious Twitter outburst.
Yesterday the former Spice Girl launched moves to protect her £15million fortune if their marriage hits the rocks.
She is now seeking advice about her finances and custody of their three-year-old daughter Madison.
Mel was forced to pay first husband Jimmy Gulzar £1.25m after divorcing him in 2000.
And she is said to fear Belafonte could net half her money now.
The source added: “Mel is devastated about this. “She’s upset and broken by her relationship troubles.
"Her relationship with Stephen has always been feisty to say the least.
“Mel is the most loyal of all wives but she has had enough.”
A spokesman for Mel declined to comment