Home Entertainment Geri Horner returns to Instagram for the first time in weeks as she wishes  Mel C a happy 51st birthday with her Spice Girls bandmates – amid claims of a bitter fallout over derailed TV project

Geri Horner returns to Instagram for the first time in weeks as she wishes  Mel C a happy 51st birthday with her Spice Girls bandmates – amid claims of a bitter fallout over derailed TV project

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Geri Horner returns to Instagram for the first time in weeks as she wishes  Mel C a happy 51st birthday with her Spice Girls bandmates - amid claims of a bitter fallout over derailed TV project
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The Spice Girls were back together on Sunday, at least in a way, as Melanie Chisholm celebrated her 51st birthday.

The iconic girl group were thought to be at odds following allegations that Geri Horner derailed a lucrative TV deal which would have earned them a combined £5million.

But there were no hard feelings as Geri, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham shared individual birthday tributes for their bandmate.

In her first Instagram post since December 19, Geri, 52, shared memories of her and Mel, known as Sporty Spice, at various points in their pop career.

Captioning the post, he wrote: ‘Happy birthday! I wish you an amazing day!’

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1736690376 193 Geri Horner returns to Instagram for the first time in

Geri Horner returned to her Instagram grid for the first time since December 19 and wished her Spice Girls bandmate Mel C a happy 51st birthday on Sunday.

Geri Horner returned to her Instagram grid for the first time since December 19 and wished her Spice Girls bandmate Mel C a happy 51st birthday on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Emma, ​​48, shared her own celebratory message for the singer, writing: “Always side by side. Happy birthday my beautiful friend! For celebrating together every year. I love you.’

Victoria, who left the band permanently ahead of their 2019 reunion tour, shared a short clip from their 1997 film Spice World.

Captioning the scene, in which she and Mel exchange some scripted banter, she wrote: ‘Happy birthday! Kisses.’

Sharing a red carpet throwback with her own followers, Mel B, 49, added: ‘Happy birthdayyyyy!! I miss you and I love you. Have THE BEST day. I’ll see you soon.’ (sic)

The Spice Girls were the biggest girl band of the 1990s, but hopes of another reform were thought to have been dashed by an ugly feud between two members.

In November reports emerged that Geri pulled out of a major Netflix biopic that would have netted each of the five cast members £1m each.

According the sunthe streaming service has told the band to make up the opposite, like the controversial drama The Crown, they will do the show without any involvement from the people who appear in it.

A source said: “Executives are keen to have the entire group on board providing as much information as possible – after all, they are pop royalty.”

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Baby Spice Emma also paid tribute to her bandmate as she celebrated her special day.

Baby Spice Emma also paid tribute to her bandmate as she celebrated her special day.

Sharing a red carpet throwback with her own followers, Mel B added: 'Happy birthdayyyyy!! I miss you and love you, have THE BEST day. I'll see you soon (sic)

Sharing a red carpet throwback with her own followers, Mel B added: ‘Happy birthdayyyyy!! I miss you and love you, have THE BEST day. I’ll see you soon (sic)

Victoria, who left the band permanently ahead of their 2019 reunion tour, shared a short clip from their 1997 film Spice World.

Victoria, who left the band permanently ahead of their 2019 reunion tour, shared a short clip from their 1997 film Spice World.

“But Netflix is ​​the organization that defied the wishes of actual royalty and went ahead and created The Crown, so they’re not afraid to go it alone when necessary.

‘The project is in its early stages, so there is plenty of time to get all five Spice Girls involved.

In November, Geri’s husband Christian Horner was forced to deny accusations that he was to blame for the “derailment” of the band’s television project.

He told the PA news agency: “There is a lot being written about different things but there are absolutely no plans to make a family documentary.

‘Netflix does enough and you see enough behind the scenes about it. So I have no idea where that report came from.

The row began when Mel confessed she had a lesbian affair with Geri during the band’s Nineties heyday on Piers Morgan’s chat show in 2019.

The iconic girl group were thought to be at odds following claims that Geri pulled out of a lucrative TV deal that would have earned them a combined £5million.

The iconic girl group were thought to be at odds following claims that Geri pulled out of a lucrative TV deal that would have earned them a combined £5million.

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