Melanie “Mel B” Brownis walking back on her recent claim that years ago shehad sexwith her Spice Girls bandmateGeri Halliwell Horner.
In the preview, Morgan grills Brown about the longstanding rumors that the pair had a romantic relationship. “You were coming here to be brutally honest,” he said, quoting the title of Brown’s book. “Did or didn’t you sleep with Geri Halliwell? Did you sleep with her?”
“Yeah, we all slept in a bed together, but not like that,” Brown said, before eventually nodding her head yes — and adding that Halliwell Horner, who’s married to motorsport racer Christian Horner was “going to hate me for this.”
But during a Tuesday interview on British radio show2Day FM Breakfast with Grant, Ed & Ash, the singer said she “didn’t actually really admit anything.”
“I just admitted we had a little bit of a thing back in the day at one time. And that’s it,” she said.
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“It wasn’t a big deal. We’ve known each other for 20+ years. It was just one of those things that happened one night,” Brown continued, adding that she “didn’t go into detail about it at all” during the interview.
“If you actually read my transcript, I just said it was like a little thing and we giggled about it the next day and that’s that,” she continued. “It’s the press [who] have taken it onto a whole new level.”
Brown went on to share she’d spoken with Halliwell Horner, 46, twice since the interview — and there were no hard feelings.
“I said look, I admitted on Piers that we had a little bit of a thing but don’t worry about it,” she said. “We had a long conversation. She texted me the night of and then we just spoke at length today, amongst other things because we’regetting ready for tour.”
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After theGMBclip was released, a source familiar with the situation denied Brown’s claim, telling PEOPLE, “nothing actually happened.”
“This was a classic case of Mel B being Mel B, she got carried away and Piers was clearly egging her on,” the source added.
Reps for Halliwell Horner, 46, and Brown had no comment to PEOPLE, but another Spice Girl —Melanie “Mel C” Chisholm— was in Morgan’s audience for the taping and said she was unaware of any affair between Brown and Halliwell Horner.
“I don’t know anything,” she says. “I don’t. This is all new to me.”
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Brown’s claim comes weeks before she and Halliwell Horner are set to embark on a newU.K. stadium tour.
The world-famous quintet will be a foursome this time around, though. Missing in action isVictoria Beckham, who is unable to participate due to other business commitments, including her fashion line.
source: people.com
