Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Mel B has recalled a “horrifying” moment during her first pregnancy when she was asked to weigh herself live on television.
Saying such an incident “would never be allowed in this day and age”, Spice Girls singer Mel, 50, spoke to Page Six at an event for Revive Collagen, where she discussed the experience while pregnant with her eldest daughter Phoenix, now 27.
At the time, she was 23 and appearing in a live interview during her early years with the Spice Girls – which also includes Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm – and rose to global prominence in the late 1990s.
Mel said: “I mean, I remember when I was pregnant at 23 that I did an interview, a live interview,
and the host was like, ‘Can I weigh you, how much you weigh?’
“That would never be allowed in this day and age, you know?”
She added: “I was like, ‘I don’t care… how much I weigh. I’ve got a baby growing inside me.’
“I’m not very precious, but that wouldn’t happen in this day and age.”
Asked about the prospect of a documentary revisiting such moments, Mel said she would support a project if it were “honest and raw”.
She said: “But I have nothing, like, horrendous or bad.
“I had an absolute blast.”
Reflecting on her time in her band, Mel said: “Me being part of Spice Girls, I loved every single moment of it.
“There’s not a day where it felt like a drag or a chore, and even if there were things that we came up against – whether it be sexism or whatever – we kind of trampled on that as a group together that supported each other.”
Mel also described her approach to speaking publicly about personal issues and identity.
She said: “I just speak my mind and I speak how I feel.
“You know, whether that be about mixed race women or Black women embracing their hair texture and wearing their hair out, about having that voice against abuse and knowing how to get out of that relationship and do it safely.”
She added: “Just being the best that you can be without beating yourself up so much about just embracing who you are, curves, warts and all.”
Mel is the mother of three daughters – Phoenix, Angel Iris, 19, and Madison, 14.
She shares Phoenix with Jimmy Gulzar, Angel Iris with comedian Eddie Murphy, and Madison with Stephen Belafonte.
The singer married hairstylist Rory McPhee in July 2025.
Speaking previously to Page Six about a potential Spice Girls reunion, Mel said: “In a perfect world, we’d already be on tour right now, touring the whole entire world.
“I’m always the one going, ‘Yes, we’re going on tour’.
“I would love to go on tour. I would love to do music, but it isn’t happening.”
