Geri Halliwell was mercilessly mocked by fans after wishing Mel B a happy birthday on Thursday.
The Spice Girl’s Instagram account shared a slew of snaps of the old pals together, but an error in the caption quickly revealed that Geri wasn’t the one who made the post.
Next to the images was the caption: ‘I sent images to Pippa and this text asked her to make adjustments where necessary.
‘Happy birthday @officialmelb! I hope you have a great day! [party emojis].’
A few minutes later, the caption was changed to remove the first line, but not before eagle-eyed fans noticed and flooded the comments section with cheeky remarks.
Geri Halliwell was mercilessly mocked by fans after wishing Mel B a happy birthday on Thursday with a message to her team that was accidentally copied into the caption
Fans shared: ‘Brilliant! That’s a heartfelt birthday post!’; ‘I keep innovating and yet it is still there’; ‘Caption has changed…. But we’ve seen it all’; ‘Confirmation Celebs Don’t Even Post Legitimate Birthday Posts’;
‘When your social media person copies and pastes’; ‘*insert warm greetings*’; ‘Is anyone else singing ‘Goodbye, my Friend’?! while they read this?!”
Others expressed concern for ‘Pippa’ and joked: ‘Hi Pippa, I know you’re gone, you said you were gone, but I can still feel you here’; ‘When your social media person copies and pastes’; ‘Pippa you in danger girl’
‘Sending Pippa lots of love on this day, maybe she needs some wine glasses’; ‘Friendship never ends… unless Pippa gets involved’; ‘Pippa, I would edit it to add a little more sincerity’; “Honey, you need to sort out your social media manager.”
The blunder will undoubtedly do little to ease tensions following their ‘icy’ reunion at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday last month.
The star-studded soiree saw all five Spice Girls get together to party, but it was claimed Mel and Geri’s greetings were tense.
Despite posing for a smiley photo with Victoria, Mel C and Emma Bunton, The sun claimed that Mel and Geri were feeling tense.
Before the reunion, Mel B claimed in an interview that Geri had been lying about her age for years and is not 51 years old.
The Spice Girl’s Instagram account shared a slew of snaps of the old pals together, but an error in the caption quickly revealed that Geri wasn’t the one who made the post
As well as reminiscing about the Spice Girls’ heyday, Geri also shared more recent photos with Mel by her side
A few minutes later, the caption was changed to remove the first line, but not before eagle-eyed fans noticed and flooded the comments section with cheeky comments
Despite traveling the world together in the band’s heyday, Scary Spice claimed Geri always kept her passport close to her chest so she “still doesn’t know” how old she is.
Following the interview, the pair are said to have kept their distance from each other at Victoria’s party – before Mel reportedly tried to offer an olive branch.
A source told the publication: ‘Mel tried to smooth things over with Geri at the party, but things didn’t go as planned. She laughed it all off, but Geri didn’t seem interested in what she had to say and walked away.
‘When it came to taking the group photo, Geri stayed as far away from Mel as possible, which was difficult to watch.
“Geri wanted to be there to celebrate and laugh with everyone, and not talk to Mel about the embarrassing things she said about her.”
Mel previously said on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories that she and she and Geri had slept together before.
In the clip, Piers asks Mel: ‘You came here to be brutally honest – have you or haven’t you slept with Geri Halliwell? Did you sleep with her?’
Mel looks shy and at first tries to avoid the question by saying to Piers: ‘Yes. We all slept together in a bed, but not like this, all of us.’
But Piers was ruthless and asked: ‘Did you sleep with Geri like that?’ to which Mel smiles and nods as a shocked Piers checks: ‘Yes? Real?’
“She’s going to hate me for this because she’s all posh in her country house with her husband,” Mel said of Geri, who is married to Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner.
The blunder will undoubtedly do little to ease tensions following their ‘icy’ reunion at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday last month