15 Reasons Why The Spice Girls Aren't Who They Use To Be

The Spice Girls have been credited with paving the way for girl groups and female pop singers such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, The Pussycat Dolls, and Fifth Harmony. "Spice Mania" hit the scene like no other-Spice Girls dolls, Spice Girls movies, Spice Girls clothing, Spice Girls lunch boxes, Spice Girls billboards, Spice Girls everything. "So tell me what you want, what you really, really want; I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want", blasted out of umpteen vehicles of high school seniors. Spice Girls faced off against boy band Hanson on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch. Saturday Night Live (SNL) and Mad TV did Spice Girls parodies. At the time, you couldn't go two blocks without seeing or hearing something that was Spice Girls related!

The Spice Girls are legends, icons, demigods even. After selling 85 million records worldwide and being the number #1 best-selling girl group of all time, they surely have earned that acknowledgement. However, lately, they've been going under the radar. A few of them have evolved and moved on to completely different career paths. Some have chosen to remain in the limelight and are still controversial figures. We thought that you would appreciate getting the 411. Here's 15 scandalous reasons why the Spice Girls aren't who they use to be.

15 The Spice Girls Have 3 Group Members Now

14 Mel C Threatened To Sue Mel B, Geri, And Emma

When Sporty Spice (known now as 'Mel C') caught wind of Mel B, Geri Horner, and Emma Bunton's mini-Spice Girls reunion in 2016 - oh, she was far from thrilled! Horner, Bunton, and Brown asked both Posh Spice and Sporty Spice to align with them to reform/relaunch the Spice Girls, but they both declined. Though she refused to re-join the group, Mel C threatened to sue the trio if they toured under the Spice Girls name. Evidently, Mel C was concerned that any personification of the Spice Girls without her involvement would be detrimental to the band's legacy and future finances. Sporty Spice was quoted saying that she "brought music credibility to the group and there is no Spice Girls without her!". Mel C reportedly consulted lawyers and considered serious legal action against the threesome.

13 Ginger Spice Almost Died From Bulimia

12 Sporty Spice Is An Amateur Triathlete Who Completed The London Triathlon

11 Scary Spice Is A Judge On America's Got Talent

Melanie "Mel B" Brown began her journey as a celebrity judge and TV personality back in 2010, after serving as a celebrity mentor on the second season of the Australian version of The X Factor during week 8. In April 2011, Brown became a judge for the third series of the Australian version of The X Factor. Shorty after, Brown returned for the fourth series of The X Factor. In June 2012, Brown became a guest judge for the Manchester auditions of the British version of The X Factor. In February 2013, Brown became a judge on America's Got Talent for its eighth season. Since then, Mel B has bounced around as a judge on various reality music competition shows. Presently, Mel is a panelist judge on America's Got Talent.

10 Victoria Beckham's Fashion Company Allegedly Had Serious Financial Troubles

9 Mel B Went Blind In One Eye

8 Posh Spice Shut Down "GEM" From Singing Old Spice Girls Songs At Reunion Tour

7 Mel B Is Eddie Murphy's Baby Momma

Mel B is indeed Prince Akeem from Zamunda's baby moms. Mel B's relationship with Eddie Murphy in 2006 ultimately resulted in her bearing Murphy's daughter, Angel. You would think that being Axel Foley's baby's mother would be awesome and come with a plethora of perks. Though in the beginning, Mel B's pregnancy started off exceedingly rocky. “I had people calling me a gold-digger, saying that I got pregnant on purpose. It was a horrible time.”, Mel said in regards to being knocked up by Murphy. If that's not bad enough, initially Murphy denied that he was the baby daddy. A DNA test later confirmed that Murphy was in fact the father. Mel and Murphy didn't end their relationship on the best note, but now the two are friends and co-parent peacefully together.

6 Geri Halliwell Is A Popular Children's Author

5 Baby Spice Is Engaged To A 90's Boy Band Singer

Baby Spice has been in a relationship with Damage singer Jade Jones since 1998. Damage are a British R&B boy band who rose to fame in the 1990s. Damage's most popular song was a cover version of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", which peaked at #3 on the UK Top Ten chart. Baby became engaged to Jones in 2011. The pair have two sons: Beau Lee Jones and Tate Lee Jones. Many speculate as to why Baby and Jones have yet to wed after being together for almost 20 years. "It's not for me, not just yet", Baby admitted. "We've been together for 19 years, we're amazing friends and there's nothing wrong with us. We're happy the way we are. We're both Aquarius' so we're pretty rubbish at organizing anything. We're busy with other things. Obviously we have the children too."

4 Ginger Spice Has Her Own Lingerie Line

Ginger Spice has been a busy little bee since retiring her Union Jack dress. Aside from authoring children's books, Ginger also has her very own lingerie line. “Geri by Next”, is sure to add some sugar and some spice to your life. In 2012, Ginger launched her lingerie brand with the intention of making women feel good about themselves. "Basically, my aim was to make boobs look bigger and bums smaller!", Ginger spoke of her lingerie. "I feel I understand women's bodies. This was my chance to do the sort of underwear for girls that the boys would like too, if you know what I mean!". Geri by Next's figure-fixing technology includes curvy cup shape, rounded to deliver eye-popping cleavage. Ginger may created the lingerie for women, however it sounds like it's the men who are going to benefit the most!