Mel B recalls being sent racist hate mail at height of Spice Girls fame

metro.co.uk:

told The Sun: ‘The fact I bought it disturbed the whole village. I got not just hate mail but racist hate mail, which was shocking to me.‘It said, “Get out of this village, you don’t belong, you can’t buy something like this . . .”‘It disturbed me but I still threw some great parties there – really loud to disturb the village.’On the subject of race, Mel believed there had been ‘a massive change’ as we’re ‘a little bit more educated’, sharing her belief some countries were still behind the UK.It was reported at the time ‘more than a dozen’ letters were sent to Scary Spice when she moved in, however residents told the Bucks Free Press in 2000 they were shocked to hear the star was sent the notes.One said: ‘We are very surprised and shocked.