If you’re a Spice Girl, chances are you’ve got some OMG-worthy stories.
Mel B certainly didn’t disappoint when she completed her 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me interview in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.
She dished about the time Nelson Mandela tried to set her up; why she still has trouble singing “Let Love Lead the Way”; and her strangest fan request. (Hint: It involves a surprising tattoo!)
The entertainer is currently a judge on America’s Got Talent, which will return on NBC on June 2nd at 8 pm. ET. “If I had to go on America’s Got Talent, my most random talent would be being able to read your mind!” the singer exclusively told Us.
We believe her!
Below, more shocking and sweet stories from Mel B:
1. My favorite Spice Girl memory is meeting Nelson Mandela and him trying to get me a date with one of his cousins.
2. My strangest fan request has been to sign someone’s boob for them to get it tattooed. I didn’t want to do it, but I gave in!
3. The Spice Girls song that is the hardest for me to do is “Let Love Lead the Way” because it’s all about Geri leaving two years after we made it and it still makes me sad.
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4. If I had to go on America’s Got Talent, my most random talent would be being able to read your mind!
5. I am lucky to be married to a great cook, so I rarely cook. But when I do, I make a spicy fish soup that I love.
6. I’d love to have been a Navy SEAL. I’m obsessed. I did the show Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test, and I enjoyed every second.
7. My first kiss was too long ago to remember.
8. If I could be reincarnated, I’d want to come back as an invisible superpower person so I could spy on anyone and see anything. I’m very nosy!
9. I never throw anything away. I have all my Spice Girl outfits, including the lime-green Mister Byrite top I wore on the “Wannabe” video 30 years ago.
10. Apart from my music, I hope my legacy is my book Brutally Honest and the work I’ve done with and for other survivors.
11. I’m definitely a night owl. I love to potter around when everyone else is in bed.
12. I love playing the card game “Pairs” with my kids. Phoenix and Angel will tolerate a few games, but Madison is supercompetitive like me, so she loves it.
13. My favorite comfort meal is roast chicken, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, sprouts, roast potatoes and the full works.
14. The most famous person in my phone book? Maybe all the girls: Emma, Mel C, Geri and Vic Beckham!
15. I think all domestic abuse charities do incredible work, which is why I’m an advocate for them speaking in Parliament and in places like the World Economic Forum.
16. At school, I was called Pineapple Head because I used to wear my hair up on top of my head — and then obviously I became Scary!
17. I keep my awards all over my house. I love being surrounded by them!
18. Before performing, I meditate. Always.
19. My most embarrassing moment was when I turned on the Christmas lights in Leeds and I ran out on stage, skidded and fell off. But I did get up laughing.
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20. Anything by Fleetwood Mac brings back the best memories because my dad, who died in 2017, used to listen to them.
21. I love, love, love Yellowstone. Beth Dutton is my hero. In my dreams, I’m like her!
22. I don’t ever order fast food. I don’t like to eat anything processed.
23. My first job was at Pizza Hut. I was fired every week for messing up orders and then rehired every week because the customers liked me.
24. I live on a farm, so I decompress by feeding my animals.
25. Three items I can’t leave the house without are my little comfort dog, Cookie, my giant water bottle and my Revive Menopause collagen, which I swear by.
