Eddie MurphyEddie MurphyEddie Murphy has knocked one back into Mel B's court.

He's hit claims that he hasn't been paying child support right off court.

Scary Spice met up with Eddie's other ex, Nicole Murphy, for a spot of lunch at the end of last week.

Perhaps to counteract the torrent of rumours such snaps would generate, Mr Murphy issued a statement about his fatherly responsibilities, sharpish.

Approximately one nano-second (well, a day) after the luncheon, Eddie released a statement about his four-month-old daughter with Mel, Angel Iris Murphy Brown.

It said that the star "acknowledges paternity of the child, Angel, and has paid child support to Ms Brown as well as covering the expenses of her pregnancy".

Mel B and Angel Iris Murphy BrownMel B and Angel Iris Murphy BrownAnd despite Mel's insistence that the little 'un was planned, the statement read on: "Mr Murphy and Ms Brown dated very briefly and never made any plans of any sort."

Does that make it 15-Love? We can hardly keep up...