The Spice Girls singer has admitted she’s a very “free” and “sexual”

person but she could never bring herself to get frisky beneath the

sheets with someone she’s just met because she has to “trust” them

before she allows them to get intimate.

Speaking on her new brutally honest podcast ‘The Truth Flirts’ with

dating app, Badoo, she said: “I would be too shy [to have a one-night

stand]! I would feel like I still don’t know that person enough for them

to actually see my like that.

“I want to feel like I’m so comfortable.

The 44-year-old star – who has three daughters; Phoenix, 20, Angel, 12,

and Madison, eight, from three previous relationships – split from her

husband Stephen Belafonte in 2017 and has found the dating scene harder

now she’s in her 40s.

She explained: “I’ve experienced so much with both men and women. I’ve

always been very honest, very open and very direct, but I think dating

in your 40s is very different because there is a lot of stigma attached

to it.

“I have got three kids by three different men. I said to my 20-year-old,

I like the fact that I have never given up on love and have tried it

again and again.”

And Mel – who has dated a woman for five years in the past – wouldn’t

rule out striking up a relationship with a lady in the future as she

believes love is simple.

She said: “I was with a woman for five years – my 20-year-old asked me

how I could flip from this to that, I said I’ve fallen in love with

whoever I’ve fallen in love with, and it’s all about the person.”

‘The Truth Flirts; is available to download via iTunes and is available via all other popular podcast providers. For more information visit badoo.com/en-gb/.