Mel B dashes hopes of Spice Girls 30th anniversary tour and says she may never perform with the group again as she takes swipe at bandmates who 'don't want to be honest' in proposed Netflix doc

Mel B has put to rest rumours of a Spice Girls reunion for the group's 30th anniversary in a new bombshell interview and admitted she may never perform with her former bandmates again. 

The songstress, 50, found fame in the iconic girl group alongside Mel C, 51, Emma Bunton, 50, Victoria Beckham, 51, and Geri Horner, 53, in 1996 before eventually splitting in 2001.

They reunited in 2007 for a world tour, followed by a perfomance at the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony and later a 2019 UK tour as a four piece without Victoria. 

As well as scrapped reunion plans, Mel also seemingly dashed hopes for the group's proposed Netflix documentary as she took a swipe at her bandmates who 'did not want to be honest' on screen.

She said: 'I can tell you [a reunion] is not happening, 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.' 

While Mel gushed over her 'incredible bond' with her bandmates, she admitted that even if they proposed a late in the day reunion she was unsure if she'd join them. 

She told Hello: 'I honestly don't know. I've got a lot of respect and love for those girls. I wouldn't be sitting here if it wasn't for me being part of the Spice Girls. They've done a lot for me as a person and in my life. I've got fond memories, but I don't know if I would want to go back up on stage.'

Mel then went on to address rumours of the Netflix doc, following in the footsteps of David and Victoria's films. 

'I think we've all been asked and were all thinking about it at some point,' she says. 'But it has to be done in the right way, and it has to be honest – and not everybody wants to be honest.'

Mel C herself confirmed that there was no reunion in the works, as she told The Smallzy Show on KIIS Radio: 'No, there is no reunion. We are communicating all the time. We want to do something – who knows when.

'But I still feel very optimistic and I keep my fingers crossed that you will see the Spice Girls together at some point in the future.'

There was also a rumoured Netflix drama  about the band in the works, but Reports emerged in 2024 that Geri has derailed the huge deal which would have netted each of the five members £1million each.

Sources had said that the 'nightmare' fallout between Geri and Mel B left the band unable to find a manager capable of 'mediating' to push projects over the line.

The feud began when Mel confessed she had a lesbian fling with Geri during the band's 90s heyday on Piers Morgan's chat show in 2019.

Geri denied the affair took place, with Mel accused of dreaming it up to sell copies of her tell-all memoir, Brutally Honest.

In February Victoria finally rejoined the Spice Girls on Instagram for a singalong after refusing to go on tour in 2019.

Amid the furore over her family fallout with eldest son Brooklyn, 26, Victoria joined Emma, Geri and Mel C to sing at her London home - while Mel B was away on honeymoon. 

As the ladies sang their harmony, Victoria's son Cruz strummed away on the guitar, while his girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, sat at the table and the family's personal chefs watched on through glass doors from the kitchen.

Victoria had previously maintained that she would not join the band again, insisting her fashion career was her focus and reiterating that being in the Spice Girls was just a mere four years of her life.

Speaking to Andy Cohen on Sirius XM, last October, she said: 'Before I was in the Spice Girls, I was so self-conscious and they made me feel that I was good enough.

'But being on stage, I realised as fun as it is, you know, it’s not ultimately what I want to do anymore.

'I don’t know if I could even still sing,' she quipped. 'I mean, I was never that great. It would be tempting. But could I take on a world tour? No I can’t. I have a job…

'How good would the Spice Girls be at the Sphere? I love the idea of it.'

Victoria last performed with the band during the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony and before that she joined the band on their 2007-08 world tour.

Geri left the band in 1998 in the middle of their world tour and on Mel B's birthday.

Geri's departure from the band hit headlines across the world and the group went on hiatus two years later.

The Spice Girls shot to fame in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe reached number one in 37 countries.

The girl group reached the top of the UK charts nine times and had two number one albums. When Geri left the band, she launched a solo career and enjoyed four number one singles in the UK.