Kim Kardashian was as soon as supplied the chance to fulfill certainly one of her childhood goals — turning into a Spice Girl.
Recalling how she as soon as carried out as Victoria Beckham’s Posh Spice for a expertise present, Kardashian, 42, revealed that Spice Girls member Melanie Chisholm (a.okay.a. Mel C) as soon as requested her to fill the fashionista’s sneakers on tour.
“They asked me if I would be her part. Mel C asked me,” Kim informed a bunch of mates whereas attending a soccer recreation with their children in London throughout the brand new episode of The Kardashians, which began streaming on Thursday, October 19.
The alternative to be a part of the legendary lady group is one thing Kim says her daughter North, 10, didn’t need her to her go up. “Can you imagine? North is like, ‘Do it, mom!’” Kim added. (The actuality star additionally shares children Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 4, with ex-husband Kanye West.)
Kim elaborated on Mel C’s invitation in a confessional, stating, “Sporty Spice wrote a book and she signed it inside and she sent it to me. It said they were going on tour and they needed a Posh and would I be the Posh? I am sure she was joking but when I was in high school would I ever have thought that this was like a thing? I am just a girl from high school who loves the Spice Girls and now they are asking me?”
Mel C, 49, opened up about her expertise rising to fame as a member of the Spice Girls in her September 2022 memoir, The Sporty One: My Life as a Spice Girl. The e book was launched three years after she and fellow members Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown, a.okay.a. Mel B (Scary Spice) and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) reunited for a 2019 U.Okay. summer time tour.
Beckham, additionally 49, didn’t take part due to her busy schedule working her self-titled vogue label. Ahead of the group’s first efficiency in May 2019, she shared a candy message for her bandmates by way of Instagram. “Good luck to the girls today as they start their tour! x VB,” she captioned a pic of the group’s iconic 1997 Brit Awards efficiency.
Based on the observe Mel C wrote Kim in her e book, the singer might have hinted at a attainable upcoming reunion as the group has not joined forces on stage since their 2019 tour. Not to point out, the band is ready to have a good time their thirtieth anniversary in 2024.
Victoria, for her half, fueled reunion rumors earlier this 12 months by way of TikTok by singing alongside to “Say You’ll Be There” throughout a karaoke night time along with her husband, David Beckham. “Warming up the vocals in Miami! More to come 🤫!! 🎶🎤,” she teased within the July video.
Halliwell, 51 — who famously left the group in May 1998 earlier than returning for the Spice Girls’ 2008 tour — seemingly shut down tour hypothesis earlier this month. “I’m really proud of that and I love being with the girls,” she informed Entertainment Tonight. “But I think, when I engage with something, it’s like — any project is like children. OK, so I want to give it my 150 percent, so right now the child that I’m focusing to get out the gate to go to school is Rosie, Rosie Frost.” (Halliwell launched her newest youngsters’s e book, Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen, on October 3.)
Hulu releases new episodes of The Kardashians each Thursday.
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