‘Really sad for Geri’: Spice Girl comes clean as F1 sext scandal continues
Spice Girl Mel B has opened up as the band continues to rally around Geri Halliwell, amid her F1 boss husband’s ongoing dramas.
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Geri Halliwell’s Spice Girls bandmates are “rallying behind” her amid her F1 boss husband’s ongoing sexting scandal, Mel B has revealed.
The Scary Spice star admitted she felt “really sad” for Geri as her Red Bull Racing chief husband Christian Horner’s reputation remains on the line.
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Horner, 50, has been under intense pressure after a slew of sexually suggestive text messages apparently sent to an employee were leaked.
The F1 boss has always denied any wrongdoing – and was cleared by an internal investigation at Red Bull.
But Geri is said to be “in turmoil” over the sexting storm.
Mel B has now revealed the Spice Girls stars are supporting Geri.
“When you are going through something like that you do need your friends and family and we are all supporting her,” Mel B told Good Morning Britain.
“I feel really sad for Geri.”
Horner and Geri put on a united front over the weekend in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The ex-popstar was on hand to watch Horner’s all-conquering driver Max Verstappen claim another victory despite the internal drama.
But Geri is said to be having “second thoughts” about joining her former bandmates for a rumoured Spice Girls 30th anniversary reunion.
A source told the Mail: “Thirty years should be a special moment for her.
“That she’s having second thoughts shows the level of turmoil she is in.
“Getting everything back on an even keel is what she will be concentrating on.
“She wants a low-profile existence now.”
Addressing rumours of a Spice Girls reunion, Mel B said today: “I’m always the one saying we are getting together and always getting told off for it.
“We are doing something – I just can’t say it.”
It comes as Geri yesterday stepped out without her embattled husband as she attended the Commonwealth Day Service.
She smiled for the cameras as she once again wore a trademark all-white ensemble for the service at Westminister Abbey in London.
It was the first time she had been seen at a public event without her husband since the scandal broke last month.
What started as Horner’s personal controversy has morphed into a power struggle within Red Bull in recent weeks.
While Horner was cleared of the colleague’s initial accusations of controlling behaviour on February 28 – the company turmoil did not end there.
Just 24 hours later a dossier of the father-of-two’s embarrassing and seedy text messages were leaked.
The intimate messages raised questions about Red Bull’s international investigation and put the spotlight firmly on wife Geri’s appearance in Bahrain days later.
While the couple put on a public – if awkward – display of support for the F1 opener, reports suggest things behind the scenes are rocky.
Geri reportedly laid down the law for his behaviour moving forward and demanded he cut off contact with the woman.
She was later suspended from Red Bull.
Tensions within the team itself have also been steadily increasing for weeks.
The biggest rift so far has sprung up between Horner and his star driver – Max Verstappen’s – father Jos.
Jos, 52, has backed Horner’s accuser and has called for £8 million-a-year Horner to be axed, accusing the boss of ripping the team apart.
A source told The Sun over the weekend: “Christian’s enemies are making it clear they will not give up.
“But he and Geri are staying strong and will face them down.
“Christian will be back at work at Red Bull’s HQ first thing on Monday to get on with the business of running his team and winning races.”
This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.
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