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David Beckham's decision to take a reported $10 million pay packet for promoting the host country of the 2022 World Cup.She insisted that she would be much too "uncomfortable" to perform in the country due to its human rights reputation, exclaiming: "I'm an ally to the LGBTQ+ community!""It's not something I would feel comfortable in doing," the former Spice Girls singer explained."People want to go over there and help to make a change.

A post shared by Joe Lycett (@joelycett)“You’re the first premiership footballer to do shoots with gay magazines like Attitude, to speak openly about your gay fans, and you married a Spice Girl, which is the gayest thing a human being can do.”Joe went on: “But now it’s 2022. And you signed a reported £10m deal with Qatar to be their ambassador during the FIFA World Cup.“Qatar was voted as one of the worst places in the world to be gay.“Homosexuality is illegal, punishable by imprisonment and, if you’re Muslim, possibly even death.”Joe told David that, as he had “always talked about the power of football as a force for good”, he wanted to give him “a choice”.He revealed: “If you end your relationship with Qatar, I’ll donate this £10,000 of my own money, as a grand for every million you’re reportedly getting, to charities that support queer people in football.“However, if you do not, by midday next Sunday [20 November] I will throw this money into a shredder just before the opening ceremony of the World Cup and stream it live on a website I’ve registered called benderslikebeckham.com.”Joe added: “Not just the money, but also your status as a gay icon will be shredded.

Victoria Beckham begged her fans on Instagram not to "judge her" as she took a drive through the countryside with husband David.

David Beckham, who is married to Mel C's former Spice Girls bandmate Victoria, has gushed that the state of Qatar is "incredible" following his decision to sign up as its ambassador for a reported seven figure sum. However, a disapproving Mel C has been left divided over her friend's latest move, insisting that any association with the country is pure "greed".The LGBT ally spoke out on David's decision to support the country, saying she feels "very uncomfortable" that it is illegal to be homosexual there.The country also has the death penalty written into its laws for certain circumstances - and last year, a Nepali national was killed by the state as punishment for a murder conviction."It's difficult.

Geri Horner’s 50th birthday party this weekend.

GERI Horner threw a £400,000 celeb-packed party for her 50th birthday — but there was no sign of Mel B. The Spice Girl hosted the bash on Saturday night for 120 people in a converted barn at the sprawling Oxfordshire home she shares with her husband, Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner, 48.

THE One Show fans were left scratching their heads when they were asked to name this celeb. The ITV star had been given a massive makeover for Lorraine Kelly's new series - with the answer leaving some guests gasping. The answer was morning telly legend Mr Motivator - aka Derrick Evans - who was hugely famous throughout the 90s.

RITA Ora attended Jonathan Ross' annual star-studded Halloween bash in a costume inspired by the iconic film, Death Becomes Her. The 31-year-old star channel the iconic 1992 black comedy, which stars the likes of Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn as she attended the celeb hacked bash.

JONATHAN Ross is known for throwing the best Halloween parties out there – and with that kind of status, you can bet UK stars put their effort in to stand out. Every year, Jonathan and his family – wife Jane Goldman and children Honey Kinny, Harvey Kirby and Betty Kitten – go all out to celebrate all things ghoulish.

However, the model and actress went on to highlight that she finds it “sexy” when her husband is protective of her.The confession comes after Victoria Beckham set the record straight on rumours of a feud with her daughter-in-law.Victoria sparked concerns of a reported family "feud" after video footage showed her deep in conversation with her son Brooklyn while Nicola turned her back to her to have a conversation with someone else, during Paris Fashion Week.It comes as Nicola also denied having a  "family feud" as she insisted, "no family is perfect".Fans observed how Brooklyn clung to the waistband of his wife's jeans while she stood with her back to him and Victoria during their conversation.She had opted to chat with his brother Cruz's girlfriend Tana Holding.Then a photo was published by fashion icon Victoria last month, which seemed to cause further confusion.Despite Brooklyn and Nicola having been pictured at her fashion show, they were notably absent in a photo of the family which she later uploaded to Instagram.It included all of her other children - Cruz, Romeo and Harper - together with herself and her husband David - and she affectionately wrote "kisses" on the picture.However, Victoria shared a new photo which this time included the missing pair, and captioned the post: "I love you all so much."Nicola and Brooklyn said “I do” to one another earlier this year in view of a star-studded guest list including Gordon Ramsay, Eva Longoria, Mel C and tennis legend Serena Williams.They married beneath a flower-garlanded chuppah in celebration of Nicola's Jewish heritage.Not all of the Spice Girls were present, and Emma Bunton cancelled her attendance via Instagram with just hours to go before the big day.Brooklyn was

Victoria Beckham stunned fans in her first appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen alongside Hollywood star Anne Hathaway.

Michelle McManus has shared a blast from the past picture of her and Rylan as she wished the It Takes Two presenter a happy birthday.

Spice Girls star Mel C is back on the dating apps in a bid to find love a few months after breaking up with her long-term boyfriend.The Wannabe singer, 48, has joined the dating app Hinge after ending her seven-year-long relationship with music producer Joe Marshall in August.Sporty Spice opened up about her dating adventures and confessed she’s having a “little look around.”READ MORE: Robbie Williams can’t avoid ex lovers on TV after admitting he’s bedded over 100 womenMel admitted: “I’m single, and I’m having a little look around, it’s slim pickings. There seem to be loads of hot girls, but all the hot guys are gay.”The singer’s cheeky dating confession comes a few weeks after Mel opened up about her relationship with singer Robbie Williams.Mel addressed her relationship with Robbie in her new book, saying that “it’s nice to put the truth out there”.The former Spice Girl and the Take That star had a relationship during the 90s.Mel opened up about how she hadn’t bothered to warn Robbie about what she’d written about him in her autobiography, Who I Am.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.She said: “Nah, sod him! I’m not warning him about anything the way he’s behaved over the years.

FORMER Spice Girl Mel C has kept it humble by swerving celeb hook-up sites such as Raya and signing up to regular dating app Hinge. She revealed she now has a profile on it after her seven-year relationship with music producer Joe Marshall ended in August.

Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus will be performing at the Mighty Hoopla Pop Music Festival in London next year.

Melanie C has recalled the time that she was pelted with items, including Weetabix, during one of her first solo gigs at V Festival in 1999.The singer and Spice Girls star looked back on the performance while speaking to Jools Holland and Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) for their latest episode of their podcast Jools and Jim’s Joyride.“One of my first gigs as a solo artist was [at] V 99, and I’d made this album [‘Northern Star’], my first solo record, and couldn’t wait to get out there with my band,” Mel C recalled.“I think I was a little bit naïve and at the time… I think V Festival became quite pop-friendly through the years, but back then I think I went on after Faithless. Manic Street Preachers were headlining, so it was quite a strange line-up and I was positioned really weirdly within it.”As the performance went on, Mel C began to be pelted with items thrown by the crowd.“I had bottles of things thrown, and in my memory there’s even Weetabix,” she added.

Geri Horner is known all around the world as a member of the Spice Girls, but the star is also a children's book author, having penned the Ugenia Lavender series.LOOK: Geri Horner shares very rare photos of stepdaughter Olivia for special reasonOn Tuesday, the singer confirmed that she would be picking up her pen once again as she signed a two-part book deal, with the first book due to release in the autumn of 2023.

Victoria Beckham would be “up for” joining the Spice Girls for a show at Glastonbury Festival, according to Emma Bunton.Appearing on Keith Lemon’s podcast ‘Back Then When’, Bunton said she had spoken to Beckham about the possibility of a reunion at Worthy Farm and that Beckham would be on board.“I dare you to tell us if you’re going to be playing Glastonbury next year,” Lemon said. To which Bunton replied: “Ah, I hope so… Can I be real? No one’s asked us.”She continued: “I read it as well this week saying, ‘Oh, we’ve asked them.

Emma Bunton claims the Spice Girls haven't been approached to play at Glastonbury. The 'Wannabe' hitmakers have been rumoured to be taking to the stage at the iconic music festival next year and while the 46-year-old star admitted they'd be happy to do the gig, she insisted the opportunity hasn't actually been offered, despite recent speculation. Appearing on the 'Back Then When' podcast, host Keith Lemon said: "I dare you to tell us if you’re going to be playing Glastonbury next year.

Spice Girls have shared a new version of their 1997 video for ‘Spice Up Your Life’, featuring previously unseen footage.The video release comes as part of the celebrations around the forthcoming reissue of the girl group’s second album ‘Spiceworld’, which will honour its 25th anniversary next month.The new clip has been created entirely from unseen footage from the original video shoot for ‘Spice Up Your Life’, with the Spice Girls’ team, UMR and Bring It All Back’s Chris Fox all collaborating on the video.You can watch the new version of the Spice Girls’ ‘Spice Up Your Life’ video below.Commenting on the forthcoming re-release of ‘Spiceworld’, Spice Girls said in a recent statement: “The ‘Spiceworld’ era was such a fun time for us; we’d just had a number one album with Spice, we were travelling all over the world and meeting our amazing fans, we released our second album AND we had our very own movie! Who would’ve thought it?“It’s crazy to think that 25 years have passed.”You can see the tracklist for ‘Spiceworld 25’, which was curated by the band themselves, below.Earlier this month, Mel C said that she and Mel B are pushing for the group to start performing again, and are attempting to convince Posh Spice – AKA Victoria Beckham – to rejoin the fold.

What a time to be a Spice Girls fan, eh? Step To Me is on streaming, Spiceworld 25 is on the way, Emma Bunton's announced her Christmas shows and Melanie C's Who I Am autobiography is proving a very candid read.