The Spice Girls were the biggest pop act of the 90s.A replacement for Geri had also been lined up, according to the bombshell memo penned by Bob Herbert who was the boss of their first management company.
She also kept them in the public eye with cheeky stunts such as pinching Prince Charles’ bum at a gala event and telling Nelson Mandela in 1997: “You’re as young as the girl you feel — and I’m 25.” Chris recalled: “It didn’t dawn on me at the time but I think she obviously knew she would have failed an early round audition and she wanted to bypass that.”
Unlike the other Spice Girls, Geri had not spent half her childhood attending dance classes, and nor did she have the advantage of going to a stage school. Geri turned up to the call-back a riot of colour, wearing a pink jumper, purple hot pants and platform shoes, topped off with her vibrant dyed ginger hair that she had styled into pig tails.The girls were not selected on their ability to sing but much more on their personality — and Geri had bundles of that.Source:News Corp Australia
He recalled: “They were so brave. They would walk into any pub, any restaurant and take it over. They had a vision they were going to make it. Without these two, nothing would have happened.”‘GERI’S LACK OF TALENT WAS A SEVERE PROBLEM’ There is no doubt Geri worked twice as hard as the others, relying on their patience — particularly that of Mel C, who would spend hours coaching her in dance steps.
His father Bob twigged what was going on. He wrote: “The response we had from the writers and producers went to Geri’s head.
Geri Halliwell still can’t sing or dance. GeriHalliwell
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