Feuds, feuds, feuds
Boy and girl bands certainly have had their share of band member drama (One Direction, anyone?) and Spice Girls weren’t immune to it either. In an interview, Melanie C admitted being upset over a fight with Victoria Beckham. It all started at the 1996 Brit Awards when a drunk Sporty Spice told Victoria where to go. She got in trouble and was almost fired. The experience caused her to police herself in the future and become control-obsessed. In 2022, they’re still beefing, but they weren’t the only ones to feud. Mel B, when asked on a TV show about the “biggest celebrity d***head,” she name-dropped Geri Halliwell.
They proudly supported Margaret Thatcher
When they became famous, the UK was becoming less Conservative. And although people mostly celebrated Tony Blair’s election, the Spice Girls were clearly stuck in the past and literally wore their Union Jacks on their sleeves. Halliwell once proudly declared that the Spice Girls were “true Thatcherites” and called Thatcher “the first Spice Girl” and the pioneer of their girl power ideology. Additionally, Victoria Beckham expressed her support when she said, “The Euro bureaucrats are destroying every bit of national identity and individuality.” Remind you of Brexit, anyone? Since Thatcher clearly opposed feminism, this was an embarrassing moment.
That time Mel B announced a fake tour
In 2019, Mel B shocked fans around the world when she told everyone that Spice Girls would go on an Australian tour. However, just the next day she admitted on an Aussie radio show that she announced it onstage without having the other members sign off 100%. She used the bizarre logic that she was manifesting an Australian tour by putting it out there, and hopefully, the rest would follow. Today, there’s still no clear timeline for the Australia tour.
