The Spice Girls, a female pop trio with enormous influence, made history. Years after their breakup, the ladies still have a sizable fan base that cherishes them.
The women appeared to remain in contact, as evidenced by their attendance at Victoria’s 50th birthday. However, there was an unavoidable feature that admirers noticed in the photo they uploaded. To find out what it was all about, continue reading.
Last week, Victoria Beckham turned 50 years old, and her husband David Beckham shared some of the most memorable parts of her extravagant birthday party. For the milestone birthday, the Spice Girls got back together and gave a surprise performance that Beckham posted on social media. “I mean come on x @victoriabeckham @melaniecmusic @officialmelb @emmaleebunton @gerihalliwellhorner 💚💛🧡💜💙🩵🩷🤍.”
The five Spice Girls are performing, which is what they do best, in the video! Victoria is performing their iconic song “Stop” and the well-known dance steps that go with it in a line with Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Melanie Chisholm!
Join in on the singing as the rest of the room does the David Beckham megahit performed by the women!

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Victoria Beckham had a fantastic birthday celebration as well. She posted to Instagram with the caption, “Best night ever! Happy Birthday to me! I love you all so much! #SpiceUpYourLife.”
The footage was also posted to Mel B I’s (Scary Spice) Instagram account, with the tease “About last night #tourdatescomingsoon.”
The women had not toured together since 2013, when Victoria Beckham had infamously snubbed the reunion.

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Last month the women celebrated the 30th anniversary of their auditions to be in the Spice Girls. Last month they wrote in a post, “Today marks the 30th anniversary of the very first Spice Girls auditions!” It went on, “What started back in 1994 has turned into an amazing journey, way beyond anything we could have ever imagined. Thank you to our fans for your support from day one #FriendshipNeverEnds.”
Earlier this year, Mel B talked about being a Spice Girl on a talk show as well, touching on the bond the women share. She said to host Jennifer Hudson, “I was a Spice Girl at the age of 17. I’m old. I’m feeling old right now. But it is amazing that we’ve managed to kind of still stay friends. It’s been 30 years. What you go through as a group… you are just welded together for life because you’ve been through such a crazy experience.”
However, it seems some eagle-eyed fans have noticed a detail from a picture from Victoria’s 50th birthday celebration that has rung some alarm bells. A fan quoted a picture of the five women from the night, writing, “Oh, that body language is loud.”
oh that body language is loud. https://t.co/P7O8U0evp1
— Sassington, M.C. (@MissSassbox) April 21, 2024
The body language they are talking about is the fact that while four of the Spice Girls are standing close-knit to one another, Mel B seems to be on the outs. While the other four women seem to have one arm around one another, she stands with both her hands behind her back, while Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), who stands next to her, has her hand on her waist, effectively distanceing her from the group.
People read the picture as being excluding on Mel B, who is the only woman of color in the group. Others also pointed out that the one Black woman in the group was given the nickname of ‘Scary Spice.’
Still can’t get over them naming the only black lady in the group “Scary Spice” 😂😂😂😂
— Day🖤 (@daythegemini) April 22, 2024
Still can’t get over them naming the only black lady in the group “Scary Spice” 😂😂😂😂
— Day🖤 (@daythegemini) April 22, 2024
Another person wrote down their suspicion that the other women work crop Mel B out of the picture.
She’s about to be cropped out
— mᶻ (@martha_zuri) April 22, 2024
But others wanted to point out that it might just be a picture. And that the women are all friends!
wait it's just a picture…
— Melissa Masters 😈 18+ 😈 (@melissaxmasters) April 22, 2024
They’re literally all friends
— Eyush (@_EyushVick) April 22, 2024
It seems people are split on their opinion whether the picture showed a rift between the five women. The rumors of discord between the members have been rife for years but have never been confirmed by the women themselves.
What do you think? Is Mel B being excluded in the picture? Let us know in the comments. Share this with other Spice Girls fans so they can give their opinions as well.