Mel B's Blind Panic

Pop star Melanie Brown was recently thrown into panic during rehearsals for a music awards show - after she feared she was going blind.

The former Spice Girl was doing a run-through of the music of Black Origin (mobo) Awards ceremony, which she co-hosted with Reverend Run on Wednesday (15Oct08), when her vison began to fail.

Brown, who had laser treatment on her eyes eight years ago, rushed to a specialist after realising she couldn't read her lines.

She explains, "I had a bit of a nightmare. I was reading the autocue and then suddenly I realised that I couldn't see properly.

I had laser treatment done to correct it, but it's started to reverse.

"It's scary, I'm going blind again. I had to run out to the opticians during rehearsals and they tested my eyes and now I have to wear glasses." (c) WENN