I was sexually assaulted by a male masseur the night before first ever Spice Girls gig, reveals Mel C

Coleen Rooney was all smiles as she hit the blue carpet in her first public appearance at a star-studded event since winning her Wagatha Christie legal battle against Rebekah Vardy. She was showing her support at the Football For Change Gala 2022, rubbing shoulders with famous faces from the showbiz and footballing world.

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.

VIEWERS of The One have been left baffled after watching a new interview with Spice Girl Mel C. Mel, 49, appeared on Tuesday's instalment of the teatime show to chat about her upcoming autobiography.

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.

Spice Girls following a dispute with Victoria Beckham. Sporty Spice shared the details of the situation in her autobiography, Who I Am: My Story, which was released in stores across the country earlier in the week.

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Spice Girls concert.The star was speaking on novelist Elizabeth Day's podcast and explained to listeners that the assault took place during a hotel massage in Turkey.She explained that the assault made her feel "violated, vulnerable and embarrassed".READ MORE: Mel B suffers major wardrobe malfunction trying to squeeze into skintight dressShe said: "I felt unsure – have I got this right? I was in an environment where you take your clothes off with this professional person."The 90s pop star then explained that she "buried" the experience because she wanted to focus on the girl band. She said: "I didn't want to make a fuss but also I didn't have time to deal with it."Mel said that she didn't think about the incident for "years and years and years" and it only resurfaced when she started writing her memoir Who Am I, where she chose to write about it.

Spice Girls in 1994, the hitmaker has gone on to perform for millions across the globe and won countless awards.Melanie's life is less hectic than in their heyday, but she still performs across the world and has released eight studio albums as a solo artist.READ MORE: Celebrity Gogglebox star opens up on bizarre messages about Spice Girls sister Melanie CToday, the Whiston-born superstar releases her debut autobiography Who I Am and gives her honest side of the story.While the 48-year-old has remained tight-lipped about its contents, some celebs may be quaking as we explore her famous feuds.Throwing five girls into an enclosed space with a hectic schedule is going to cause tensions to rise and that certainly happened in the Spice Girls.While the girls maintain their motto of "friendship never ends", they've all been open about rifts and feuds within the band since they first formed. Mel C has recently admitted that she and Melanie Brown, known as Scary Spice, had their fair share of rows.The In and Out of Love singer and Scary were pulled apart by their bandmate Geri Horner who accidentally became involved during a working visit to Los Angeles.Speaking to The Sunday Times, Melanie said: "We'd come back to the bar, we were on the port, so it was obviously one of those nights where there had been quite a few beverages."Geri, trying to keep the peace and keep us apart, ended up getting clocked in the face.

Spice Girls star Melanie C, 48, has revealed she was nearly “ousted” from the Spice Girls for a drunken incident involving her bandmate Victoria Beckham, 48.The singer admitted that she “lost control” in that moment, and that her expletive-filled outburst had some serious consequences.Consisting of Victoria, Mel C, Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner, the Spice Girls formed in 1994 and went on to become one of the most popular girl bands in the world.However, a “pivotal moment” came for Mel C at the 1996 Brit Awards, when the star created a bit of a scene for all the wrong reasons.The star recalled sitting next to Lenny Kravitz as the girl group sipped champagne as they watched the night’s performances."As we were all leaving, you know we'd all had a little bit of champagne. We were all a little tipsy, probably quite drunk and there was a little incident," Mel explained in the How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast."It was nothing huge in my mind.

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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Melanie C has said she was sexually assaulted in a hotel the night before her first live show with the Spice Girls back in 1997.The 48 year old, whose full name is Melanie Jayne Chisholm, shared how the ordeal impacted her to such a degree that she tried to bury the memory and it re-emerged years later in the form of a dream. Speaking to host Elizabeth Day on the How To Fail podcast to promote her new memoir Who I Am: My story, Melanie explained that she didn't tell anyone about the incident as she didn't want to "make a fuss".

Melanie Chisholm has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a masseur the night before the Spice Girls’ debut live performance.Speaking on the How To Fail podcast to promote her new memoir Who I Am, the singer – best known known as Mel C or Sporty Spice during her time with the 90s girl group – says the incident took place at a hotel in Istanbul (per The Guardian).“What happened to me, I kind of buried immediately, because there was other things to focus on,” she said, explaining that she had tried to put the event behind her while she focused on preparations for the show. “Everything was leading towards the pinnacle of everything I’d ever wanted to do.”“I didn’t want to make a fuss, but also I didn’t have time to deal with it,” she said, adding that she decided to write about what happened in her memoir after recalling what she called a relatively “mild” assault in a dream.

Mel C has revealed she was almost kicked out of the Spice Girls after telling Victoria Beckham to 'f*** off'.

according to the podcast “How to Fail.” “Here we were, the eve of the first ever Spice Girls show,” recalls Chisholm while appearing on the podcast to promote her new book — which is to be released in the UK on Thursday. “So I treat myself to a massage in the hotel and what happened to me, I kind of buried immediately because there were other things to focus on.” Chisholm reveals that while she didn’t want to make a fuss about the incident with a male masseur, she also didn’t have time to deal with the actual assault.