Oh, you know those times when you try to dedicate a social media post to a former colleague, but then you run into trouble with your PR team? It’s a classic riddle that Spice Girl Geri Halliwell just discovered.
Indeed, today is Mel B’s 49th birthday! Woohoo! And if you go to Gary’s Instagram page right now, you can see a throwback post from the couple with the caption, “Happy birthday @officialmelb! I hope you have a wonderful day!”
And I’m sure there’s nothing suspicious there!
Yes, here’s the original version of Geri’s heartfelt birthday post: “I sent Pippa an image of her and asked her to make the necessary changes to the text. Happy birthday to her @officialmelb! Hope you have a wonderful day!”
Luckily, only a few people noticed this:
Pippa is the name of Geri’s publicist, but it’s unclear who was behind the errant copy and paste.
Historically, things have been… a bit tense between the two Spice Girls (see also: Mel calls Geri “really annoying” in 2022, debate over whether or not they slept together) so I’m sure this won’t add anything do. Not there at all.
Hello, I accidentally pasted a link to the New York Times’ Connections game instead of a story I was working on in Slack with almost 100 other people. It’s so similar.
