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Mel C has revealed that she was sexually assaulted before her first Spice Girls show. While appearing on the latest episode of the How To Fail podcast with Elizabeth Day, the 48-year-old pop star star, full name Melanie Chisholm, shared details from her new book, Who I Am: My Story. Mel, also known as Sporty Spice, joined in the 1990s mega girl group when she was 20.

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.

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.

Spice Girls singer Melanie Chisholm has revealed she was sexually assaulted in a candid new interview.

anorexia and revealed how the British tabloid press had a devastating impact on her self-esteem. The 48-year-old former Spice Girl said she subsisted on a diet of fruits and vegetables, while exercising for hours at a time to stay slim. “Having an eating disorder can make you feel so alone and so isolated,” she told The Sunday Times in a new interview.

Spice Girls days.The singer, 48, was part of the pop group from 1994, along with bandmates Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner, Melanie Brown, and Emma Bunton.With any band, there are always rumours of fights but it turns out, with the Spice Girls, there actually was a physical altercation.Fortunately, Mel – known as Sporty Spice – is able to laugh about it now, as she recalled a time when there were fisticuffs between her and Mel B aka Scary Spice.‘I can see us in our fluffy white robes at the Four Seasons in LA, and me and Melanie were getting a bit, “Grr grr grr” after a night,’ she laughed in an interview with The Times.‘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.’She added that Ginger Spice Geri tried to ‘keep the peace’ and keep the women apart.‘She ended up getting clocked in the face!’, Mel revealed.Oh to have been a fly on the wall in those days!This isn’t the first time the wild antics of the Spice Girls have come to light, with Mel B previously revealing she and Victoria ‘Posh’ Beckham got into a fight in 1995.During a group holiday to Hawaii, the fashion designer spotted Mel’s boyfriend at the time, Nalu, going to the toilet on the sand before rinsing himself off in the sea.Victoria and Mel argued over what he had done, with VB horrified.Mel wrote in her first memoir: ‘I ended going off with Nalu for nights on end, sleeping rough under the stars or in his little car.

Emma Bunton has surprised her fans by sharing a rare picture on social media of her eldest son Beau in celebration of his birthday. The Spice Girls star, who shares two children with her husband Jade Jones, took to Instagram to gush over her son on Wednesday 11 August as he turned 15 years old. 43 year old Emma looked like a proud parent in the snap and could be seen beaming from ear to ear alongside her teen son Beau as she wished him a happy birthday.

SPICE Girl Melanie Chisholm has split from her boyfriend of seven years Joe Marshall. Mel, 48, who has daughter Scarlett, 13, with ex Thomas Starr, had been with music executive Joe, in his 40s, since 2015.

Spice Girls have praised England's Lionesses as "true girl power" after the national ladies football team beat Germany in the Women's Euro 2022 tournament final. The band tweeted: "Congratulations Lionesses True #GirlPower right there." The 1990s group joined the Queen and Prince William in celebrating the team's 2-1 win at Wembley in front of 87,000 fans yesterday (Sunday) evening. It is England's first major trophy after the men's side won the World Cup in 1966.

Victoria Beckham, 48, and her husband David, 47, first met back in 1997 when the Spice Girls were at the height of fame and David was becoming a household name as Manchester United’s number 7.Sparks first started to fly when Victoria and bandmate Melanie Chisholm, 48, headed to Stamford Bridge to watch David in action.Recalling the day in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Melanie says it is “amazing” to look back at how the loved-up couple met.She said: “I was, what did David call it, third wheeling! I think we went to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to watch United play. I mean, you know, a Liverpool fan going to watch United, I was taking one for the team!“So, I was there with her and then we went up to Old Trafford and that’s when they kind of, that’s when it all kicked off – pun intended.

Spice World, but it's almost as good. It's a documentary series about the ultimate BritPop girl group, and all five Spices are reportedly involved.

The Spice Girls are set to reunite for a documentary series about the group's rise to fame - with Victoria Beckham returning to her roots.Posh Spice Victoria, 48, now a fashion designer, is expected to join Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Horner and Melanie Brown for the docuseries. READ MORE: Spice Girls' forgotten member – 'Smart Spice', replacement and Posh fall-out The show is reportedly being made by the team behind the Netflix series The Last Dance, which tells the story of basketball ace Michael Jordan.

Melanie Chisholm - otherwise known as Sporty Spice - has opened up to OK! about her relationship with her 13 year old daughter Scarlet. Mel C, 48, tells us: “Any parents of teenagers will know exactly how much of a handful they can be. But she’s absolutely wonderful.

Victoria Beckham has returned to her Spice Girl roots for a brief sing-song while on holiday in St Tropez. In a video shared on Instagram by husband David, Posh Spice joins in karaoke to sing and dance along to one of the band's big hits, Stop. The couple have been soaking in the sun, three months after their oldest son, Brooklyn, married actress Nicola Peltz.

It’s been over 25 years since Mel C and her fellow Spice Girls first wowed the world with their chart-topping debut Wannabe and legendary Girl Power mantra.The years that followed saw Melanie Chisholm "Mel C" and her bandmates – Melanie Brown "Mel B", Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Beckham – lead the 90s pop resurgence, play a major part of the Cool Britannia era and become some of the decade’s most popular showbiz icons. In 1998 however, the girls began making moves towards their solo careers – with Mel amongst those releasing her own music – before calling it quits for good in 2000. And now, Mel tells us she’s been “manifesting” the day they can announce the band are officially getting back together – with Victoria included! “You’ve got to manifest these things!’ the 48-year-old laughs.

Debuting in 1994 with “Wannabe,” the powerhouse group — Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell — eventually became the best-selling female group of all time. Halliwell left the band in 1998, but the quintet reunited for a world tour in 2007. The British pop stars also performed during the closing ceremonies at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Louis Walsh, 69, has claimed Geri Horner, 49, has “gone all posh” since her Spice Girls days.The Irish media personality insinuated the singer wasn’t always “very posh” based on the fact that she is originally “from Watford”. Louis opened up about the various TV stints throughout his career to friend and former colleague Kate Thornton, 49, last week. The pair spoke about his time managing boybands and appearing on ITV’s The X Factor on Kate’s podcast White Wine Question Time.Reflecting on his X Factor days, Louis insisted: “It was never in my dreams to be on TV.”Kate, who used to host the show, replied: “But you did Popstars: The Rivals before that…”Popstars: The Rivals was a talent show on ITV in late 2002 that helped make the group Girls Aloud one of the biggest girl bands in the UK. It was the second UK series of the international Popstars franchise, which previously saw the formation of winning group Hear'Say, featuring the likes of Myleene Klass and Kym Marsh.Speaking about Popstars: The Rivals, Louis confirmed he had appeared on the show “with Pete Waterman and Geri Halliwell, who's now gone all posh”.“Have you seen her?” Louis continued cheekily.

James Bond to acclaimed TV assassins and world beating popstars, Merseyside has produced a number of stars who have made it big. The region is also blessed with numerous charismatic TV and radio presenters who have now become household names in their own right. However, success in their chosen fields hasn't come easy, and many have done it the hard way, cutting their teeth in local shows before finding their first taste of fame.

BRITAIN'S Got Talent judge Simon Cowell has made a savage dig at the Spice Girls in a preview clip ahead of tonight's show. Simon, 62, questioned the famous pop group's singing talents after watching the audition of Damenation, a group of singing drag queens decked out in colourful pantomime costumes.

An iconic reunion! While the former members of the Spice Girls have gone their separate ways since their band’s indefinite hiatus, Mel B and Victoria Beckham had a special reunion.