Stephen Belafonte makes rare appearance with his daughter Madison, 8, as they go shopping

Stephen Belafonte made a rare appearance with his daughter Madison as they went shopping at Bristol Farms in Beverly Hills on Sunday.

The producer, 45, shares custody of the eight-year-old with Spice Girl ex-wife Mel B – who has now quit Los Angeles and relocated to her childhood home of Leeds.

Stephen and Madison both put safety first as they sported matching face masks on their outing amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Mel’s ex donned a light blue denim shirt with a navy T-shirt and matching tracksuit bottoms along with a pair of trainers.

Madison donned a grey T-shirt with an orange striped print with navy leggings and open toe sandals.

Carrying a shopping bag, the eight-year-old’s locks were styled into an updo for the outing with her father.  

Mel, 44, hasn’t seen Madison since December when she came to visit her in the Yorkshire city due to the pandemic. 

Taking to Instagram in April, Stephen shared a snap of him cuddling his daughter, captioning the post: ‘I know that this coronavirus has brought a lot of unneeded emotional, financial, and physical stress into all of our lives, but I think the thing to do with these trying times is really focus on the things that can be a blessing in disguise like me getting to be able to quarantine with the love of my life, my little Maddie! 

‘What blessings have come out of this horrible event for you? #quarantine #stayfocused #stayhealthy #timetorecharge #priorities.’ 

Mel is now living in the UK after being reunited with her mother Andrea following her split from husband Stephen in 2017, ten years after they exchanged vows. 

In December she wrote about the pain of sending her daughter back to Los Angeles after she visited her new home in Leeds for a week, and shared an image of a handwritten letter from Madison on Instagram.

The message, written in red crayon, said her mum was ‘loving’, ‘funny’ and ‘beautiful’ and she misses her when they are apart.

Alongside the image of the note, Mel reflected on the December week with her daughter and how her ‘abusive ex’ is keeping them apart.

She wrote: ‘This time last week I walked around winter wonderland with my 3 kids having the best Xmas fun ever, my youngest Madison with me for 7 amazing days,she wrote me this on the plane going back to LA,as I read this over and over again the pain I feel is unbearable.

‘I don’t no when me or her sisters are gonna see her again, my abuser STILL manages to abuse me threw the courts and on a daily basis threw a “court appointed” email that allows him access to me for him to say whenever whatever he wants.

‘I share this because I no other mothers are going threw exactly the same thing right now, just no your not alone I feel your pain,and I won’t stop talking and fighting to get justice for us all and our kids #stopabuse #yournotalone #talktosomeonetoday @womens_aid please be kind to people like me in these situation as you have no idea what me/they are going threw.’ [sic]

The upload came after Mel said she’s been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder her marriage broke down in 2016.

Angel – Mel’s 13-year old daughter with Hollywood legend Eddie Murphy – also shared a snap of Mel cuddling sister Madison on a train Instagram and wrote: ‘No child should be separated from their mother. No child should be separated from their sisters.

‘No child should be torn away from family. No child should lie about how they feel. No child should be denied communication to their family consistently.’

Mel and Stephen divorced the following year and spent months battling it out in a nasty court fight before finally reaching a settlement.