Former Spice Girl Melanie "Mel B" Brown has a lot on her mind, and it seems she used her moment on the MTV VMAs red carpet to get one thing of her chest — literally.
Brown attended the event in a sparkly gold bodycon dress by Discount Universe that read “You Will Never Own Me” (the colored version is currently sold out, but you can still buy the black version for $399). If the dress looks oddly familiar, it's because Rihanna wore it in red and black in 2015. But, that's not the only time we've seen something like this before: It seems as though Brown was following the Macy Gray route of using one's clothing to make a statement at such a public forum; in 2001, Gray wore a pink and purple dress to the VMAs that read "My new album drops Sept. 18, 2001" on the front and "Buy it!" across the backside.
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After Brown walked the carpet, however, many wondered if the "You Will Never Own Me" phrase was perhaps a not-so-subtle jab at her ex-husband, Stephen Belafonte, from whom she filed for divorce in 2017. Brown was ordered to pay $40,000 a month in temporary spousal support, plus his attorney and forensic fees, totaling $140,000. Brown and Belafonte are due back in court at the end of September.
But for now, at least, it seems Brown has the final say.