Melanie “Scary Spice” Brown has given us a lot of controversial takes during her tenure as a very public bisexual, but on Friday she really outdid herself by declaring – on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories series, of all things – that she and Geri “Ginger Spice” Horner (née Halliwell) had sex during the peak of Spice Girls mania.
The sound you just heard was the sound of roughly one million queer women in their late twenties and early to mid thirties doing roughly one million spit takes.
Apparently when Morgan asked Brown to clarify rumors that she and Horner had “had a little dabble” (his words), she demurred but did admit, “She had great boobs.” This is news to approximately no one. When pressed further, Scary did admit that the “little dabble” had indeed taken place. “She (Geri) is going to hate me for this because she is all posh in her country house and her husband, but it’s a fact. It just happened and we just giggled at it and that was it,” Brown offered. “We were best friends. It just happened.”
I NEED SOME LOVE LIKE I NEVER NEEDED LOVE BEFOOOOORE
Morgan looked to Melanie “Sporty Spice” Chisholm, seated in the audience; Chisholm mouthed, “I don’t know anything,” to which Melanie B replied, “Oh, whatever Mel.”
“This is all new to me,” lied Melanie C. I swear this is from an actual transcript and not fan fiction I wrote when I was 14.
Apparently this was a one-time affair, The tryst was not mentioned in Brown’s autobiography Brutally Honest, so the decision to announce this to Piers Morgan (OF ALL PEOPLE) is a little surprising! In 2010, during her own interview with Piers Morgan (WHY???), Geri Halliwell said of Melanie, “She’s absolutely gorgeous, even more gorgeous in real life. She has great boobs.. she’s got an amazing bottom.” The Spice Girls were absolutely checking each other out during the ENTIRE nineties and I feel extremely vindicated.
In 2003, Geri told Howard Stern on air that she’d once had sex with a woman, but didn’t reveal her lover’s name.
Reportedly, after walking off stage, Melanie rushed to a phone to call Geri and apologize in case her revelation upset her husband. A source told the Sun, “…the girls all know Mel struggles to keep her mouth shut but Mel C who was in the audience was visibly horrified when it all came out. The [Spice Girls reunion] tour is just two months away they don’t want anything jeopardizing it, but there were real fears this would upset Geri’s husband and cause serious issues.” In the Year of Our Bisexual Lord Stephanie Beatriz 2019 I have a hard time believing that setting tongues wagging about two Spice Girls hooking up would necessarily hurt ticket sales for this reunion tour, but sure OK!
As we all know, the only reason Melanie C would be upset about this information coming to light is because she herself was carrying on a torrid affair with Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton, or at least I hope so. Meanwhile, Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham is sitting this one out, presumably because she has more important things to do
Am I the only one not finding this good at all. Like I mean good for them back then but saying it all happened on tv and then referencing how she’s posh and married. I dunno it just has a tinge of nastiness I’m not happy with. In the end it was a private thing between the two of them and shouldn’t be exposed to the press if both parties didn’t agree to it
Yeah. Also if her husband gets upset about sex she had before they were married because it was *gasp* queer he’s a shitty human being.
Yeah, it makes me uncomfortable too.
That’s a fair point…
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends indeed
lololol
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The biggest mystery continues to be Sporty Spice being straight
Pretty sure Mel C had a girlfriend for a while in the 2000s? She’s never publically declared herself as queer but I feel confident, and a Spice Girls scholar, telling you that she is.
I thought she did come out? Or maybe I just made that up but I could’ve sworn she’s def queer.
No I could have sworn that too, unless it was a case of mixing up the Mels?
Misread “she’s got an amazing bottom” as “she IS an amazing bottom” and thought oh wow, how candid!
S A M E
Maybe she was complimenting herself
Same!
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OH MY GOD STEF THIS WAS AMAZING REPORTING LOVED IT ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’ll tell you what I want,
What I really, really, want
She told us what we wanted,
What we really, really wanted
THIS IS NEWS PEOPLE!!!!
But why would you give this news to the lizard human of the apocalypse??? There is so much going on here that I feel torn in all directions.
Also, Mel C performed at my first Pride last year, and can I just say her arms were in-fucking-credible.
“the lizard human of the apocalypse” lol
When I was 12 the Spice Girls were my LIFE, and Geri was my favourite. My mind is blown.
There is a goddess in heaven…. and she is the sixth and totally lez Spice Girl btw
Queer Spice! Or maybe Fruity Spice? Lezzie Spice?
Lezzie Spice
Too much of one thing is bad enough
Especially when the other party may not have consented to the news being made public…
Now I just want to watch Spice World. (Although really, when do I NOT want to watch Spice World?)
IT’S VICTORIA, MALCOLM.
I had a head, but there was no make-up on it.
The clip is out and on Twitter and you can see that Melanie C wasn’t horrified like the Sun made it look like, she was in on the joke.
I doubt Geri will mind since I, a Spice Girls specialist, have heard her hint at this a couple times during the years (without outright admitting it). Like, if it were something she was ashamed of, which I doubt, Mel B wouldn’t have said it.
Susi! I used to read your pop blog! Hope you’re doing well.
I mean… yeah Beckham does have more important things to do?
I think it’s a publicity stunt (not that I don’t believe they had a thing) but timing, people.. especially on that tossers show where it’s guaranteed mileage