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Mel B has teased a major Spice Girls comeback - as Victoria Beckham surged to No.1 in the charts amid the fallout from her son Brooklyn's brutal statement.
Scary Spice, 50, was seen liking a clip about the band - also formed of Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - getting back together.
The clip was a segment from the Shouldn't Laugh But… podcast where host Laura Smyth suggested Victoria could divert attention away from the 'PR disaster' of her son's statement by getting the group back together.
Fans saw Mel B's like as a signal that there be plans for a Spice Girls reunion in the works after years of rumours.
Speaking directly to Victoria, Laura said in the podcast clip: 'There is only one way on this earth you will ever come back from this PR disaster.
'Three words. Spice Girls reunion. It will eclipse it all and I want you there. I don't want four of them. I want all five.
Mel B has teased a major Spice Girls come back - as Victoria Beckham surged to No.1 in the charts amid the fallout from her son Brooklyn's brutal statement.
Victoria's 2001 single Not Such An Innocent Girl, a track which showcased Posh Spice's raunchy dance moves, shot to number one on the iTunes chart in the UK and Ireland this week
Scary Spice, 50, was seen liking a clip about the band - also formed of Mel C, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell- getting back together
'And that is the only way your going to get past this.'
One fan wrote underneath the clip: 'And Mel B 'liked' this (shocked face emoji).'
It comes just after Victoria spent the weekend partying with her Spice Girls bandmates, days after her son Brooklyn left her heartbroken with his bombshell statement.
On Sunday morning Victoria shared a photo from Emma's 50th birthday celebrations which took place on Saturday night at Soho Farmhouse.
Victoria captioned the post: 'Happy birthday to the most beautiful soul. I love you girls so much.' Mel B was the only Spice Girl missing from the group snap, which was also shared by Geri.
David Beckham commented on his wife's post, gushing: 'This made me so happy. I can only imagine how the spice girls fans feel @spicegirls @victoriabeckham special night celebrating Emma.'
It comes after she broke her social media silence following Brooklyn's post earlier this week to wish Emma a happy birthday on the actual day ahead of the celebrations in person.
Victoria no doubt had plenty to talk about with the Spice Girls at the end of a week which friends say has left her 'devastated'.
On Monday Brooklyn, 26, published a scathing six-page statement about his family where he said he has no interest in reconciling with them, including dad David.
The clip was a segment from the Shouldn't Laugh But… podcast where host Laura Smyth suggested Victoria could divert attention away from the 'PR disaster' of her son's statement by getting the group back together
Fans saw Mel B's like as a signal that there be plans for a Spice Girls reunion in the works after years of rumours
Despite once proudly declaring he was a 'mama's boy', Brooklyn focused on Victoria in the statement, with his vitriolic comments reportedly leaving her 'on the floor in pieces'.
Among Brooklyn's long list of claims was the accusation that his mum 'hijacked' his first dance at his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz, 31, and 'danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone', before accusing his parents of trying to ruin his relationship.
Victoria is said to be 'feeling betrayed' by Brooklyn's bombshell statement and dancing revelations after her years spent protecting him from 'dark stories'.
Brooklyn went as far as to say that 'Brand Beckham comes first' and the 'family values public promotion above all else' in his statement.
Over the years, Victoria, 51, has worked hard to protect Brooklyn from stories in the past that 'did not always paint him in the best of lights'.
A source has since said that the fashion designer would usually avoid a family fall-out but feels her son and his wife Nicola have been 'unreasonable'.
They said: 'Victoria feels betrayed because she's done everything she can to make them both feel welcome and love Nicola like another daughter.'
The source added to The Mirror: 'But she feels it's been thrown back in her face. She would normally do anything to avoid a family fallout, but she thinks they're both being unreasonable.'
The Daily Mail contacted the Beckhams representative for comment.
Mel C meanwhile had waded into the feud as she revealed why she has kept her daughter Scarlet away from the public eye in an interview published on Sunday.
The Spice Girls singer, 52, shares Scarlet, 16, with her ex Thomas Starr but has said she's glad she isn't planning on a career in the music industry.
Victoria's Sporty Spice bandmate Mel has said she is relieved her daughter is shunning a life in the spotlight before alluding to 'friends' who have made very different choices with their kids.
The band are seen in 1997
She told The Sunday Times when asked if her daughter has any interest in following her into the public eye: '[Shaking her head] So relieved! It's so hard to be in the shadow of a parent who's had success.
'We kind of embrace nepo baby. F*** it, let's go for nepo baby! The thing is, with Scarlet, she's not in the public eye. I made that conscious decision when she was a baby.
'Obviously I have friends who handle it very differently, each to their own, no judgment at all. But for me, probably because of my experiences with fame, I didn't feel comfortable making that decision for her.'
In the interview she also spoke about her relationship with the other Spice Girls.
Asked how close they were still she said 'it fluctuates' but insisted she was still 'really close' to Emma.
She also said she was up for a Spice Girls reunion but that as she insinuated that Victoria was the one holding things up for the group.
Mel C also shared the same snap from Emma's birthday celebrations this weekend as she penned in the caption: 'The most beautiful night celebrating our @emmaleebunton over 30 years of friendship, love you all more than ever.'
In the wake of the fallout, Victoria has bagged her first ever solo number one after a huge social media campaign pushed her to the top of the chart.
Victoria's 2001 single Not Such An Innocent Girl, a track which showcased Posh Spice's raunchy dance moves, has shot to number one on the iTunes chart in the UK and Ireland.
The chart positions have been driven by a social media campaign which is determined to 'fix the national tragedy' that 'Victoria is the only Spice Girl without a solo #1.'
'Nothing says 'British Culture' like collectively deciding to send Posh to the top of the charts because her son roasted her on Insta. Imagine both their faces,' reads a viral post on Instagram which has been shared by the likes of Katherine Ryan and Luisa Zissman.
Victoria's youngest son Cruz also helped with the promo effort, using his mum's song to soundtrack one of his Instagram Stories on Thursday.
Among Brooklyn's long list of claims was the accusation that his mum 'hijacked' his first dance at his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz, 31
Victoria was the last of the Spice Girls to go solo but despite huge promo blitzes in the early noughties, she failed to match the solo success of her bandmates.
Not Such An Innocent Girl served as her official debut solo single but despite an unprecedented media campaign, she was beaten to the top spot by Kylie Minogue's monster hit Can't Get You Out Of My Head.
Months earlier Victoria's team-up with producer duo True Steppers and former boyband alumni Dane Bowers also lost out in a massive chart clash.
That track in fact scored the biggest first week sales for a solo Spice Girl single with over 180,584 copies sold in just a few days but lost the top spot to Spiller and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Groovejet (If This Ain't Love), following a much-publicised chart battle.
Victoria, who soon pivoted to fashion design after her music flopped, has previously revealed producers used to turned off her microphone while she was on stage with the Spice Girls.
Brooklyn Beckham's statement in full
I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.
I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.
My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.
Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.
They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.
During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.
The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family." Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.
Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.
My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.
She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.
My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.
Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.
When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.
My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.
We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.
The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.
I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.
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