Mel C says she suffered with depression and an eating disorder in the Spice Girls

Spice Girls! Mel C, whose full name is Melanie Chisholm, is opening up about her years in the hit girl group in her new tell-all memoir, . The 48-year-old singer spoke with ET's Rachel Smith at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York City about a situation early on in the group's iconic late '90s run. «Something happened quite early on in the Spice Girls' journey, and I have a little bit of fall out with Victoria [Beckham] at the Brits (Brit Awards) in '96 — not the Union Jack dress [year], but year before. So [we were] unreleased but a few people knew us.

Spice Girls have just announced Amid those rumours Spice Girls might be a good bet for Glastonbury 2023 (Melanie C has a 'good feeling' it may happen one day), the group have teased celebrations for the 25th anniversary of their Spiceworld album.

90s legends the Spice Girls have sent their fans into a frenzy once again after leaving a mysterious message online, which has been widely interpreted as hinting at an upcoming reunion event.Taking to Twitter yesterday, the official Twitter account of the widely-adored girl band - made up of Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Victoria Beckham and Melanie Chisholm - posted just three emojis in their teaser message. A ladder emoji, a peace sign (holding up two fingers) and a girl with her hand raised were tweeted, leaving excited fans lingering with anticipation and speculating what the mystery message could mean. Several admirers of the girl band - who called it quits in 2000 before reuniting to tour in 2019 without 'Posh Spice' Victoria - believe that the teaser may be hinting at another reunion in the weeks to come.

Mel C has said that Geri Halliwell’s claim, in an interview back in the 1990s, that Margaret Thatcher was “the first Spice Girl” left her “nervous about going home”, given the views that are commonly held about the former UK Prime Minister in her hometown of Liverpool.In a 1996 interview with The Spectator, Halliwell claimed: “We Spice Girls are true Thatcherites. Thatcher was the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology – Girl Power”.Asked now if she agreed with that sentiment at the time, Mel C – or Melanie Chisholm – tells The Independent: “Absolutely not! Geri, in the past, was very vocal about her support for Margaret Thatcher.

READ: Spice Girls fans go wild as former members Geri Horner and Mel C mark very special milestoneSo it was only natural that when Melanie Chisholm – aka Melanie C – came to putting her life story into words, she would want the approval of her fellow Spice Girls."The girls have been so supportive. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when everyone had read it and came back with positive comments," Melanie exclusively tells HELLO! of her bandmates, Melanie "Mel B" Brown, Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner (née Halliwell) and Emma Bunton.

Sporty Spice is opening up about her experience with body image issues.

Holly Willoughby was quick to justify her antics on a night out after Mel C made a comment during her appearance on This Morning. The Spice Girl, whose real name is Melanie Chisholm, was on the ITV daytime show to chat about her new book.

Melanie C has given an update on a potential Spice Girls reunion tour.The ’90s girl group – minus Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) – hit the road for the first time in 11 years in 2019, playing a run of huge stadium concerts across the UK and Ireland.It was reported in 2020 that Spice Girls were set to embark on a world tour to mark their 25th anniversary. Last summer, Emma Bunton (aka Baby Spice) said she was “sure” the band would return to the stage post-COVID.In November 2021, reports emerged of a possible live comeback in 2023 that could include Beckham.

Victoria Beckham— were free to have boyfriends. "Looking back what struck me was it was one rule for one and another for the others, right?" she said. "I think when you are vulnerable as well, people go, I don't think it's good for you."The rule for the other women, she said, was "she is fine, she can have a boyfriend, she can cope with having a boyfriend, she is strong enough but you are not."Mel C, also known as Sporty Spice in the '90s, added, "It makes you question yourself when you are already vulnerable."As Mel got older, she began dating, and even had a tryst with Robbie Williams in 1997.

Spice Girls will be headlining Glastonbury 2023. The pop band burst onto the music scene almost three decades ago, forming in 1994 and going on to achieve worldwide success. Consisting of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown (Mel B), Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), Emma Bunton, and Geri Halliwell, the group became one of the most successful girl groups of all time, selling millions of albums and even bagging their own movie.

Melanie Chisholm, also known as Spice Girls' Mel C, is opening up about a night from her Spice Girls days when she alleges she was sexually assaulted. In an interview on Elizabeth Day’s podcast, Chisholm claimed that she was sexually assaulted by a massage therapist at a spa in an Istanbul, Turkey hotel in 1997 ahead of her first-ever live performance as a Spice Girl. The singer was staying in the hotel the night before the group was set to hit the stage for the first time.«We were in Istanbul.

Getting real. Melanie Chisholm, aka Mel C, opened up about the experience of being sexually assaulted before her first ever full-length live performance with the Spice Girls in 1997.

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