Mel B claims there's one major issue blocking a new Spice Girls documentary
The band are approaching their 30th anniversary.
They are one of the most popular girl bands in history, yet the Spice Girls have never sat down for a documentary, telling their story of becoming a global phenomenon in their own words.
Recently, fans pointed out they were notably missing in the BBC's Girlbands Forever series, despite being heavily mentioned throughout, and it doesn't seem they'll be sitting down for a documentary anytime soon.
With the Spice Girls fast approaching their 30th anniversary, Mel B explained that despite the women "thinking about" coming together for a tell-all programme, there aren't any immediate plans for it.
"I think we’ve all been asked and were all thinking about it at some point," she told Hello! in a recent interview. "But it has to be done in the right way, and it has to be honest – and not everybody wants to be honest."
When asked if the group would ever embark on a reunion tour to celebrate the milestone, the idea was quickly shut down, with Mel B telling the publication: "I can tell you it's not happening."
"If it does, it’ll be a shock to me, let’s put it that way. When I look at that [tour] and at the feeling it gave me, I was in my element, but there comes a time… I’m 50," she said. "You can’t be nagging everyone to go on tour if they don’t want to. I laid that to rest when I turned 50."
She continued: "I wouldn’t be sitting here if it wasn’t for me being part of the Spice Girls. They’ve done a lot for me as a person and in my life. I’ve got fond memories, but I don’t know if I would want to go back up on stage."
Last year, Mel B – real name Melanie McPhee – had hinted that plans were afoot to mark the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls and their first smash-hit single, Wannabe, though it now appears fans might not be getting what they want (what they really, really want) after all.
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Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
