Melanie C: 'The Spice Girls bullied me'

**MaryJane** · March 26th, 2007, 05:16 AM

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Singer MELANIE CHISHOLM was bullied by her fellow SPICE GIRLS during the band's late '90s heyday.

The former Sporty Spice admits times in the hugely successful girl group were not always fun.

She says, "Girls can be terrible bullies, worse than blokes. The Spice Girls were crazy. There was a lot of bullying and bitching. Your insecurities could be exploited by others to bolster their self-esteem.

"But we've all said sorry now."

SPICE GIRLS - CHISHOLM SPICE GIRLS BULLIED ME

Aella · March 26th, 2007, 06:02 AM

Oh, boo-freakin-hoo! I'm sure all the money you made out of it dulled the pain somewhat.

UndercoverGator · March 26th, 2007, 06:26 AM

She was the only one of the bunch that could actually sing so I wonder how much of this 'bullying' was actually catty backstabbing jealousy going on.

DitaPage* · March 26th, 2007, 06:31 AM

Thats not surprising. 5 girls always together- the bitchiness would have been extreme.

sputnik · March 26th, 2007, 08:06 AM

i keep hearing from people that she was the only one who could sing but i don't see it. she has a very shrill voice and sounds like she's shrieking half the time. not that any of the other spice girls were any better. i don't think posh even sang most of the time, she probably just stood there posing and pouting.

Pocahontas13 · March 26th, 2007, 08:09 AM

Publicity maybe? Isn't she releasing an album or something

CRAZY 'N' NUTS · March 26th, 2007, 08:11 AM

Then your ultimate revenge is to not do the reunion! arent they all counting on her to say yes? If I was her, I would forget about the fame and money and have the last laugh

DitaPage* · March 26th, 2007, 08:12 AM

Mel C definately had the better voice- i dont think the rest of them could sing at all. In most of their songs you can hear her voice carrying it.

**MaryJane** · March 26th, 2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by sputnik

i keep hearing from people that she was the only one who could sing but i don't see it.

Oh finally someone who thinks like me.

Maybe she was the most skilled one in the sense that she could hit higher notes and so on, but when it comes to simple voice my favourite was Geri.

The only one who really couldn't sing was Victoria.
I mean, I always liked Victoria and I loved her style - not as much right now -, she just really can't sing, I'm surprised she made it in the band in the first place.

VenusInFauxFurs · March 26th, 2007, 08:40 AM

I don't think she was necessarily a good singer, but she could however, still out sing the others.

DitaPage* · March 26th, 2007, 10:52 AM

They had good music, but i wouldn't say they were spectacular singers.

The Lidless Eye · March 26th, 2007, 05:08 PM

I always thought that they said that Mel C had the nicest voice in order to make her feel better about being the least attractive Spice Girl....

bella · March 26th, 2007, 05:11 PM

I don't think she will ave actually said that. She was ranting on Radio One the other day about how she can't wait for them to do a get together for a one-off very special charity event. This doesn't like very well with that.

southernbelle · March 26th, 2007, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sputnik

i keep hearing from people that she was the only one who could sing but i don't see it. she has a very shrill voice and sounds like she's shrieking half the time. not that any of the other spice girls were any better. i don't think posh even sang most of the time, she probably just stood there posing and pouting.

I agree. In fact, I always thought Mel C. was the weakest singer. Everyone else would be singing and she would occasionally scream something in the background. And yea, they might have "bullied" her about her appearance because their image was heavily based on the fact that they were supposed to be considered attractive, and I'm pretty sure she wasn't cutting it in that department. Mel C. was butch looking, her hair was always greasy, and she had gold teeth or some sort of grill. I also remember always seeing pictures of her performing with pit stains and my girlfriends and I laughing about it at school. If she had a problem with looking sexy or feminine, she should have joined a different group. I know she was "Sporty Spice," but you can look tomboyish or athletic without being fugly. My problem with her wasn't so much that she was ugly as that she looked like she had poor hygiene and just didn't even try to look presentable. She looked like she would smell like B.O. and dirty underwear.

DitaPage* · March 26th, 2007, 05:42 PM

Mel C wasn't ugly in the spice girls, she wasn't the flashiest but she certainly wasn't unattractive.