Yahoo Finance Geri Horner née Halliwell has, 19 years later, apologized for leaving the Spice Girls
After 19 years since the event, Geri Horner née Halliwell has apologized for leaving the Spice Girls back in 1998.
Of course, if you were a fan of the Spice Girls, then you’ll know that the day that Ginger decided to hang up her Union Jack dress and head out on her own was a dark, dark day for pop music fans. Since that moment, however, we’ve had a couple of reunions, and we’ve learned more about the inner goings on for one of the bigest girlbands in history. And while it seems that not all the group are willing to get back together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Wannabe,” we know that friendship never ends…
However, if like us you can still remember May 31st 1998 clearly, you’ll know that some people still hold a bit of a grudge against Geri Halliwell for leaving the group at the height of their fame.
In fact, one Twitter account shared a clip from a fan-made documentary that recounted the moment that, during a massive world tour, Geri decided that she’d had enough of the Spice Girls.
The documentary compiled clips from various interviews, and in it Geri says that she felt like she had “lost grip” of what the Spice Girls originally meant, and talked about how her final single with the band, “Viva Forever,” is still pretty emotional for her.
19 years ago today, it was announced that @GeriHalliwell had left the Spice Girls in the middle of their world tour.
— 20 Years of Spice (@SpiceGirlsFilm) May 31, 2017
Well, after seeing the tweet, the British singer, author, and mom of two apologized to Spice fans.
“I’m sorry about that …
, everything works out in the end
, that’s what my mum says! X” she wrote on Twitter.
I'm sorry about that ...
, everything works out in the end
, that's what my mum says! X https://t.co/uJF2Ou8mOp
— Geri Horner (@GeriHalliwell) May 31, 2017
Geri, of course, would go on to have a rather successful solo career (in the U.K. at least), releasing her debut solo single “Look At Me” in 1999, and her cover of “It’s Raining Men” even featured on the rom-com Bridget Jones’ Diary.
Last year, the former Spice Girl opened up to Oprah about he decision to leave the group.
“It felt like it had grown into this huge monster, bigger than the individuals, bigger than the band itself,” she explained. “Obviously there was a bit of ruction in the band, and I was thinking ‘You know, I just don’t want to do this anymore.’ It was like, ‘You’re getting on my nerves and I don’t know how to talk this through, so I’m out of here.’ It was quite immature, looking back.”
More recently, Geri has gotten married and changed her surname to Horner. Then, earlier this year, the singer welcomed a brand new baby into her family.
We suppose that, now that she’s apologized and that it’s been nearly 20 years, we can forgive Geri Horner née Halliwell for leaving the Spice Girls. In fact, as we’ve heard from the other members of the band and from Ginger herself, it sounds like it was quite a difficult experience, even if they were the biggest group in the world. So, we totally get it. We accept your apology, Ginger Spice!
Now, it’d be good if we could try and organize that reunion tour…
