Mel B has revealed some Spice Girl secrets by revealing which member of the girl group secretly smokes.
Appearing on Saturday’s upcoming episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, the 48-year-old singer was joined by Billie Piper as the pair reminisced about the good old days after collectively climbing the pop charts at the same time.
As the pair discussed their time on Top Of The Pops, Billie admitted she smoked with the girl group in their dressing room when she was 15.
Billie says: “I was a huge fan, so imagine being 15 years old in a dressing room with the Spice Girls, I was smoking cigarettes with you in the dressing room, you were giving me cigarettes.”
Intervening, Mel then reveals who the Spice Girls’ unexpected secret smoker was, interrupting “It would have been me and Emma.”
Mel B reveals which of the Spice Girls is a secret smoker and admits they would slip cigarettes from teenage Billie Piper during Top Of The Pops in Saturday’s upcoming episode of The Jonathan Ross Show.
As the pair discussed their time on Top Of The Pops, Billie admitted she smoked with the girl group in their dressing room when she was 15 (Billie pictured in 1998).
Billie was thrust into the spotlight at the age of 15 with her debut single, Because We Want To.
Remembering Mel, the singer-turned-actress adds: “Yeah, it was you and Emma and we were sitting on the floor at Top of the Pops smoking cigarettes and putting ashes in a plastic cup, that’s it. was paradise.”
Billie shares Winston, 14, and Eugene, 10 with ex-husband Laurence Fox and daughter Tallulah, four, with partner Johnny Lloyd.
When asked what her children think of her career, Billie jokes: “My oldest doesn’t care, which I really like, I think that’s a healthier answer.”
“I think I have a fan in my youngest child, she will watch my music videos and ask to play my songs in the car and I will oblige.”
Of her entry into the music industry, Billie says: “I was 14 when I signed my record deal, the same age as my oldest son, which blows my mind, but he’s not not very interested, which I think is good.”
She added: “They have no interest in me being in Doctor Who but they will come to a convention where there will be access to real famous people, real stars if there is access to Stranger Things, Marvel or Lord of the Rings.”
Meanwhile, this year also marks Spice Girls’ 30th anniversary, and Jonathan asks Mel if they have any plans to do so. commemorate this important milestone.
Billie says: “I was a huge fan, so imagine being 15 years old in a dressing room with the Spice Girls, I was smoking cigarettes with you in the dressing room, you would give me cigarettes.”
The singer-turned-actress adds: “Yeah, it was you and Emma and we were sitting on the floor at Top of the Pops smoking cigarettes and ashes in a plastic cup, it was heaven.”
Mel revealed Emma Bunton was the group’s secret smoker (1997 photo)
Jonathan Ross is also joined by Leo Reich (left) and Paul Rudd (right) for the show, which will also feature a performance by Cat Burns.
Mel reveals: “We want to do something and we are doing it, but I can’t really tell you because I’m going to get kicked out of the WhatsApp group again, so I have to be very careful.”
The star then admitted that she was often kicked out of the group because of her protesting power.
She explained: “I’m kicked out of the group because I get so excited every time I talk about the Spice Girls and the more I say something is going to happen, the more I’d like it to happen like the Olympics and the 2019 tour.”
Teasing what could potentially come from the legendary band, Mel goes on to say: “We’re all in talks, something’s going to be announced.”
The Jonathan Ross Show airs Saturday at 9:35 p.m. on ITV1 and ITVX.
This year also marks Spice Girls’ 30th anniversary, and Mel teases that they have something in the works (pictured from 1995).