When it seems like every other 90s pop act is able to pull it together to cash in on fans’ nostalgia, it’s hard not to be frustrated by the Spice Girls’ apparent inability to get anything over the line (aside from, of course, random expensive merchandise drops that nobody asked for).
But 2026 seemed like it’d be a no-brainer for some sort of reunion celebration: In June it will be 30 years since the group burst onto the scene with their world-conquering debut single Wannabe.
Despite so many false starts, “Scary Spice” Mel B has always been the group’s most … let’s say, optimistic member.
She seemingly never tires of press questions about the reunion, and always strikes a hopeful tone, saying that she’s working behind the scenes to get the other less willing group members (aka Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell-Horner) on board.
MORE: David, Victoria Beckham’s shock move revealed Which makes Mel’s latest interview so startling.
In a candid new chat with Hello! Magazine, Mel says that, after reaching the milestone age of 50 last year, she’s made peace with the fact the band will never reunite – and she’s stopped trying to make it happen.
“I can tell you it’s not happening,” she said.
“If it does, it’ll be a shock to me, let’s put it that way.
When I look at that [2019 tour] and at the feeling it gave me, I was in my element, but there comes a time … I’m 50.
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.” Perhaps more shockingly, Mel told Hello that even if the others were on board for a reunion tour, she would now be reluctant to take part.
“I’ve got fond memories, but I don’t know if I would want to go back up on stage,” she said.
She also gave an explanation as to why yet another aborted Spice Girls project – plans for a tell-all Netflix....
