Inside the Spice Girls’ twisted love lives, including divorce, orgies and two VERY surprising love children
THEY sang about Two Becoming One – but it seems the Spice Girls’ love lives are a tad more complicated than that.
Baby, Sporty, Scary, Posh and Ginger have hit the headlines for their jaw-dropping private lives just as often as they have for their dance floor hits.
From hooking up with fellow pop stars to lesbian romps and one very surprising love child, here we delve into the very twisted love lives of the 90s girl band.
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GERI HORNER
Ginger Spice’s colourful love life reads like a who’s who of household names, including Chris Evans, Robbie Williams, David Walliams, Duncan James and Russell Brand.
Geri got engaged to Demian Warner, a wealthy American whom she met in residential rehab in 2002 – he was there for a drug addiction, while she was being treated for an eating disorder.
She later ended the romance in the most abrupt and modern of way – by sending him an email.
In 2009 Italian businessman Fabrizio Politi popped the question with a £150,000 diamond ring.
Geri said ‘yes’ but called off the engagement before they made it down the aisle.
Socialite and property magnate Henry Beckwith is rumoured to have got down on one knee in 2011, but they split amid reports of Geri’s intense jealousy of his female pals.
Geri has previously spoken out about her failed romances, telling : “I think we all know that relationships haven’t been one of my strong points.”
In 2005 she enjoyed a six week summer fling with LA-based screenwriter, Sacha Gervasi, who was six years her senior.
Geri later realised she was pregnant and gave birth to daughter, Bluebell Madonna in May 2006.
In 2014 she began dating Christian Horner, the Team Principal of Red Bull Racing F1 Team, and they married the following May.
She told : “To be married to Christian is everything I ever wanted.
“My mother once told me to make sure I married someone who could take care of me, but marrying for love was the only route for me.”
In October last year, she revealed they are expecting their first child together.
EMMA BUNTON
She’s the baby of the group and Emma Bunton found love at the tender age of 22.
The blonde, pigtail-wearing pop star began dating Damage singer Jade Jones in 1998 and hasn’t clapped eyes on anyone else since.
Jade, who has turned his back on singing to retrain as a chef, popped the question in 2010 over a romantic meal on Emma’s birthday.
The pair are yet to tie the knot, with Emma saying they don’t know if they’ll ever find the time to get hitched.
Speaking to in 2015, she said: “We’re always like, ‘Oh, we should do that one day, shouldn’t we?’ and then we’re like, ‘Yeah, when?’… ‘I dunno’. And then we forget about it.”
She added: “We’re both Aquarians and terrible at organising things, so I was gobsmacked he’d even managed to organise that, never mind either of us planning an actual wedding.”
The Heart FM radio host and former R&B hunk are parents to nine-year-old Beau and six-year-old Tate.
MELANIE BROWN
Their marriage has been marred by accusations of violence and a long-running family feud.
In 2014 Mel was forced to deny Stephen had attacked her after she turned up to The X Factor with a bruise underneath her eye.
Writing on Instagram, she said: “For the record my hubby would never lay a hand on me.”
Mel also made no secret of how much they argued over the years, once saying: “He p***es me off like no other but he gets me.”
Mel insisted the passion was alive throughout their marriage, saying they had “sex five times a day”.
Stephen Belatone’s brother also laid bare the details of their sex life, saying: “They’re obsessed with porn and sex.”
The pair used to hit strip clubs together with the reporting getting up-close-and-personal with exotic dancers together helps “keep our relationship on track”.
Mel’s family blamed Stephen for the breakdown of their relationship with the 41-year-old.
Mel’s mum Andrea has previously spoken of her devastation of the breakdown and begged Mel to come back into their lives.
Stephen has long faced accusations of infidelity after being pictured a number of times with women over the years.
In May 2016 he was pictured leaving Los Angeles restaurant The Nice Guy with a blonde pal.
Two years prior to this, Stephen was spotted leaving 1OAK nightclub in Hollywood with another mystery woman – who’s face he appeared eager to conceal.
Stephen has always denied he’s been unfaithful however and told The Sun: “I love my wife. I care about my wife. I’d take a bullet for her.”
Mel and Stephen have one child together, daughter Madison Belafonte.
Before meeting Stephen Mel had a long-term romance with a woman.
She said of their time together: “I fell in love with a woman for five years.”
Mel’s former lover Christa Parker later spoke out about their courtship: “She would tell me about experiences she had with girls.
“One night, while we were talking out on the deck…she told me, ‘I’m horny, shall we make love? I said, ‘OK’.”
Mel was married Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzaer in 1998. Their daughter, Phoenix Chi Gulzar, was born the following year. In 2000, Mel filed for divorce.
In 2006 it was revealed that Mel had a relationship with Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy, who was later found to be the father of her second child, Angel.
MELANIE CHISHOLM
Two pop stars became one when Mel C dated Robbie Williams in 1997. Their romance was short-lived and they partied ways after less than a month.
Mel later denied that the Angels hit maker had bedded most of the chart-topping group, telling : “Victoria asked me about that and said ‘Well I know I’ve not slept with him.’ And I know Emma’s not slept with him.”
In 1998, Mel briefly dated record producer Jake Davies.
In the summer of the same year, she had a relationship with Antony Kiedis, the vocalist of Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He reportedly wrote ‘Emit Remmus’, which is ‘summer time’ spelled backward, about their romance.
She has also been linked to musicians Matt Cardle and Damon Albarn.
In 2002, Mel met millionaire property developer Thomas Starr during a holiday in Barbados. They shared a home in north London and welcomed daughter Scarlet in February 2009.
In 2012, after 10 years together, Mel and Thomas split.
Mel is believed to be in a new relationship but is keen to keep her romance out of the spotlight.
VICTORIA BECKHAM
David Beckham spiced up his life when he met Victoria Adams at a charity football match in 1997.
She recently told that the attraction was instant, revealing: “Yes, love at first sight does exist.
“It will happen to you in the Manchester United players’ lounge - although you will get a little drunk, so exact details are hazy.”
Victoria admits she “didn’t really know who he was” as she was “never into football”.
The couple announced their engagement in 1998 and instantly became known as ‘Posh and Becks’.
They tied the knot at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland in a ceremony reportedly costing £500,000.
Gary Neville was on hand as the best man, the bride and groom sat on golden thrones and four-month-old son Brooklyn was the ring bearer.
Their relationship was rocked by allegations that glamour model Rebecca Loos had conducted an affair with David, while working as the family’s personal assistant.
The pair, who are also parents to Romeo, Cruz and Harper, have batted off numerous split rumours over the years.
David told the BBC’s Desert Island Discs about their unbreakable bond: “Do we stay together because it’s a brand? Of course not. We stay together because we love each other.
“We stay together because we have four amazing children. Of course we go through tough times. When we go through tough times we work through it as a unit, as a family."