Mel B – aka Melanie Brown – and Stephen Belafonte’s marriage is rumored to be on the rocks. So, what does any couple do when their publicist wants to spin the story? They go out for dinner and get photographed! Madonna did it, Paul McCartney did it….Mel B did it.

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More pictures of Mel and Stephen after the snap…

Now, lots of other couples have done it as well and are still married, so this really could be a rumor.

Belafonte is alleged to have personally phoned a journalist at Britain’s Sunday Mirror last week (beg23Aug10) to tell him the couple’s union is over and that Brown plans to return to Britain without him.

Brown has remained silent over the report, ignoring the issue on her Twitter.com blog and declining to release a statement clarifying her position.

It’s kind of like where there’s smoke…is the fire to come? Mel hasn’t been married that long to Stephen…but still. They do look good together. Do you think they are covering a split?

Photos: Bauer Griffin

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