Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's bandmates Emma Bunton and Mel C lead the sweet tributes to the 'beautiful' singer as she celebrates her 52nd birthday Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 10:18, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 10:33, 6 August 2024 e-mail 28 shares View comments Geri Halliwell 's Spice Girls bandmates Mel C and Emma Bunton led the tributes to the singer as she celebrated her birthday on Tuesday. The singer is celebrating her 52nd birthday following a turbulent year where her marriage to Christian Horner was thrown into the spotlight.
Christian was accused of sending intimate texts to a female employee who accused him of 'coercive behaviour' but an internal inquiry chaired by an unknown KC appointed by Red Bull cleared him. Christian strongly denied any wrongdoing. Since the scandal, Geri and Christian appear to be putting it behind them as they made several joint appearances on the Grand Prix circuit this year.
As Geri celebrates her birthday with family and friends, her former bandmates ensured to send their well wishes on social media. Geri Halliwell's Spice Girls bandmates Mel C and Emma Bunton led the tributes to the singer as she celebrated her birthday on Tuesday Suggesting they hadn't made plans to celebrate her day, Mel wrote: 'Happiest of birthdays Geri have a brilliant day, hope we get chance to celebrate together before too long. Love ya Ginge!' Mel C, 50, shared a throwback of their days in the band to commemorate the day, sending a sweet message to Geri in the caption.
Read More Geri Horner places a loving hand on husband Christian's face as they put on a united front at Goodwood Festival of Speed - after his sexting scandal Suggesting they hadn't made plans to celebrate her day, Mel wrote: 'Happiest of birthdays Geri have a brilliant day, hope we get chance to celebrate together before too long. Love ya Ginge!' Emma Bunton also shared a public happy birthday to her friend first thing on Tuesday, posting a gallery of recent snaps together. The singer wrote: 'Sending my beautiful friend inside and out all the love on your birthday.
Geri love you lots.' One of the snaps was taken at Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday earlier this year, when the band reunited to celebrate her milestone. She also posted another smiley selfie along with a giggly picture of them whispering during an appearance on Heart FM.
Thankfully there were no awkward gaffes in these posts after Geri herself was mercilessly mocked by fans for her blunder on Mel B's birthday in May. Emma Bunton also shared a public happy birthday to her friend first thing on Tuesday, posting a gallery of recent snaps together She also posted another smiley selfie along with a giggly picture of them whispering during an appearance on Heart FM The singer wrote: 'Sending my beautiful friend inside and out all the love on your birthday. Geri love you lots' Her Instagram account shared a slew of snaps of the longtime friends together but a mistake in the caption quickly revealed that Geri wasn't the one to make the post.
Alongside the images, the caption read: 'Sent images to Pippa and this wording asked her to tweak where needed. 'Happy birthday @officialmelb ! Hope you have an amazing day! [party emojis].' A few minutes later the caption was amended to remove the first line, but not before eagle-eyed fans had spotted it and flooded the comment section with sassy remarks.
Fans shared: 'Brilliant! That’s one heartfelt birthday post!'; 'I keep refreshing yet it’s still there'; 'Caption is changed...
. But we all saw it'; 'Confirmation celebs don’t even post legit birthday messages'; 'When your social media person does a copy and paste'; '*insert warm greeting*'; 'Anyone else singing ‘Goodbye, my Friend’?! as they read this?!' Others were concerned for 'Pippa', joking: 'Goodbye Pippa, I know you’re gone, you said you’re gone but I can still feel you here'; 'When your social media person does a copy and paste'; 'Pippa you in danger girl' Geri Halliwell was mercilessly mocked by fans after she wished Mel B a happy birthday on Thursday with a message to her team accidentally copied into the caption 'Sending much love to Pippa on this day, she might need a wine glass or two'; 'Friendship never ends..
. unless Pippa gets involved'; 'Pippa, I’d tweak it to add a little more sincerity'; 'Babe you need to sort your social media manager out.' The gaffe will no doubt do little to ease tensions after their 'frosty' reunion at Victoria Beckham 's 50th birthday bash last month.
The star-studded soiree saw all five of the Spice Girls come together to party but it was claimed Mel and Geri's greeting was tense . Despite having posed for a smiley snap with Victoria, Mel C and Emma Bunton, The Sun claimed Mel and Geri were feeling tense. Prior to the reunion, Mel B claimed in an interview that Geri has lied about her age for years and is not 51-years-old.
The Spice Girl's Instagram account shared a slew of snaps of the longtime friends together but a mistake in the caption quickly revealed that Geri wasn't the one to make the post Alongside throwbacks from their Spice Girls heyday, Geri also shared more recent images with Mel by her side A few minutes later the caption was amended to remove the first line, but not before eagle-eyed fans had spotted it and flooded the comment section with sassy remarks Despite travelling the world together in the band's heyday, Scary Spice claimed Geri always kept her passport close to her chest so she 'still doesn't know' how old she is. After the interview the pair were said to have kept a distance from each other at Victoria's party - before Mel reportedly tried to offer and olive branch. A source told the publication: 'Mel tried to smooth things over with Geri at the party but it didn't go as planned.
She was laughing it all off but Geri didn't seem interested in hearing what she had to say and wandered off. 'When it came to taking their group picture, Geri kept as far away from Mel as possible which was awkward to watch. 'Geri wanted to be there to celebrate and have a good laugh with everyone, not talk to Mel about the embarrassing things she's said about her.
' Mel previously said on Piers Morgan's Life Stories that she and her and Geri had previously slept together. In the clip, Piers is seen asking Mel: 'You were coming here to be brutally honest - did or didn't you sleep with Geri Halliwell? Did you sleep with her?' Looking bashful, Mel at first tries to dodge the question, telling Piers: 'Yeah. We all slept in a bed together, but not like that, all of us.
' But Piers was relentless, asking: 'Did you sleep with Geri like that?' to which Mel smiles and nods as a shocked Piers checks, 'Yes? Really?' Mel B Spice Girls Emma Bunton Share or comment on this article: Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's bandmates Emma Bunton and Mel C lead the sweet tributes to the 'beautiful' singer as she celebrates her 52nd birthday e-mail 28 shares Add comment.
