Let's hope there's not something scary - no pun intended! - going on in her marriage!

Mel B missed the Saturday taping of X-Factor due to a mysterious hospitalization in London on Thursday, and when she came back for Sunday night's episode, the former Spice Girl appeared to be sporting scratches and bruises on her body and a possible bruise on her face, which led to speculation that she had a domestic dispute with her husband Stephen Belafonte. Also adding to the rumor mill was the fact that the singer's wedding ring was noticeably absent.

"So Mel B was APPARENTLY beaten up by her husband that's why she couldn't make it last night. Hense the bruise on cheek and no wedding ring," one Twitter user wrote among the thousand tweets regarding her appearance.

Belafonte was quick to defend himself on social media, and completely denied there was any truth to the reports. "I don't usually respond to Twitter msgs but I will respond to comments of hitting my wife which I think are quite disgusting un true! Mel was very ill a bunch of doctors helped her get better if fans can't just relax B4 being negative they r not real fans of @OfficialMelB," he wrote in response.

We have no idea what to believe, but we wonder if her hubby maybe lost his temper over his wife's confession that she was bisexual and enjoyed a four year relationship with a woman! "I had a girlfriend. So what? I did have a four-year relationship with a woman. People call me lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual. But I know who's in my bed," she confessed to The Guardian last week. A woman named Christa Parker recently came forward to spill details on her "romance" with the British beauty, but Mel insists Christa was not the girlfriend she was speaking about.

We're hoping her face was the result of some unfortunate contouring and not abuse!