{"id":3597,"date":"2026-05-26T21:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/spice-girls-singer-mel-c-responds-to-assumption-about-her-sexuality\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:27:52","slug":"spice-girls-singer-mel-c-responds-to-assumption-about-her-sexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/spice-girls-singer-mel-c-responds-to-assumption-about-her-sexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Girls singer Mel C responds to &#8216;assumption&#8217; about her sexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128771406.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spice Girls singer Melanie \u201cMel C\u201d Chisholm responded to rumors about her sexuality after she was assumed to be a lesbian over the years due to her tomboy aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got all the different ones and the one who\u2019s in the active wear \u2026 it was assumed or suggested that I was gay,\u201d the \u201cWannabe\u201d songstress, also known as Sporty Spice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@themitchchurichatshow\/video\/7634817488663989520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on a recent episode of \u201cThe Mitch Churi Chat Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t personally have a problem with that,\u201d she continued. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s none of their friggin\u2019 business. But I just thought \u2026 to base it on somebody\u2019s look or the way that they dress, yeah, it was a bit s\u2013t of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Spice Girls singer Melanie \u201cMel C\u201d Chisholm (seen above) addressed rumors about her sexuality during a recent episode of \u201cThe Mitch Churi Chat Show.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">The Mitch Churi Chat Show\/ youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt was assumed or suggested that I was gay,\u201d Sporty Spice (seen here during her Spice Girl years) said. <span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Chisholm, 52, shared that the rumors led to the \u201990s girl group gaining \u201can incredible following in the LGBTQ+ community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is bigger than us,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>The hitmaker formed the Spice Girls alongside Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), Melanie \u201cMel B\u201d Brown (Scary Spice) and Geri Halliwell-Horner\u00a0(Ginger Spice) in 1994.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI don\u2019t personally have a problem with that,\u201d Chisholm (seen above in 1998) added. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s none of their friggin\u2019 business.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBut I just thought \u2026 to base it on somebody\u2019s look or the way that they dress, yeah, it was a bit s\u2013t of them,\u201d the \u201cWannabe\u201d songstress (seen above in 1998) added. <span class=\"credit\">Eric Robert<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chisholm\u2019s athletic and loose-fitting attire \u2014 compared to her bandmates\u2019 glam looks \u2014 were among the reasons fans made assumptions about her sexuality, which she found to be \u201cvery rude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople said I looked like a lesbian because I had short hair,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/culture\/melanie-c-northern-star-retrospectively-reviewed-460213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the UK-based publication \u201cAttitude\u201d <\/a>in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut how can you look like a lesbian? I find it very rude and extremely offensive to gay people\u2026 It\u2019s a stereotypical thing,\u201d the \u201cViva Forever\u201d singer continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chisholm explained that the rumors led to the Spice Girls gaining \u201can incredible following in the LGBTQ+ community.\u201d (Seen above: Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm in 1995.) <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThis is bigger than us,\u201d she said. Seen above (L-R): Melanie Brown, Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton and Melanie Chisholm (kneeling) in 1996. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chisholm, however, proudly embraced the rumors, sharing that she\u2019s been able to perform at many Pride events over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSpice Up Your Life\u201d singer is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/05\/celebrity-news\/spice-girls-star-mel-c-flaunts-ripped-bikini-body-on-ibiza-getaway-with-aussie-model-boyfriend\/\">currently in a relationship with Chris Dingwall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody knows this, but we actually met on Raya,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GZ9tuxPlhJI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on the \u201cLife Uncut Podcast\u201d <\/a>last year. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Chisholm (seen here) has embraced the rumors over the years and performed at Pride events. <span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cViva Forever\u201d singer is currently dating Chris Dingwall (seen above). <span class=\"credit\">Dave Benett\/Getty Images for Harpers Bazaar UK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t know how much to divulge, but I was in a relationship previously,\u201d Chisholm said, alluding to her romance with producer Joe Marshall from 2015 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then you get to this point, and it\u2019s usually on a drunken night out with female friends, and it\u2019s like, \u2018You gotta get back out there. You gotta start dating,\u2019 so that\u2019s when the Raya thingy, the profile, was set up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Chishom is also the mother to 17-year-old daughter, Scarlett Star. She shares the teenager with her former long-term partner, Thomas Starr, whom she dated from 2002 to 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/26\/celebrity-news\/spice-girls-singer-mel-c-responds-to-assumption-about-her-sexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spice Girls singer Melanie \u201cMel C\u201d Chisholm responded to rumors about her sexuality after she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128771406.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}