Halliwell 'splits from Ivan Velez'

Geri Halliwell has broken up with boyfriend Ivan Velez over the phone, say reports.

According to Closer magazine, Halliwell, 36, called the dancer last week to inform him of the bad news.

Velez, who began dating the former popstar in April, was apparently devastated by her revelation.

"She called Flipz when she returned to the UK from LA and confessed that things just weren't working for her," said a source.

"Geri said she'd hoped it would be an amazing love-of-her-life romance, but that the spark just wasn't there.

"She couldn't deal with the distance between them and thought it was best to end it before he got even more hurt."

The insider continued: "She has [daughter] Bluebell, but wants to have more children. Geri is annoyingly picky about men and she gets impatient waiting for the right one to come along. It doesn't help that she's high-maintenance - she scares a lot of men off."