According to the search results, Mel is a character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Lucinda Cowden. Mel appeared until the last episode of Neighbours, which sees her marry Toadie Rebecchi. However, in the Neighbours reboot, which aired in 2023, it was revealed that Mel left Toadie after finding it difficult to be a step-parent to his children. This revelation left Nell and Hugo Rebecchi, Toadies children, devastated.