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Daniel Bird

Spice Girls Melanie C joins popular dating app after split from long-term boyfriend

Melanie C is hoping to spice up her life after signing up for a popular dating app just three months after splitting from her boyfriend.

The Spice Girls star, 48, and her music producer ex Joe Marshall called time on their seven-year relationship in August due to her hectic schedule.

At the time, a source claimed that their split was amicable but Melanie didn't have enough time to be in a relationship and she was "not afraid to be single".

But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore with the Northern Star singer shunning A-list dating apps such as Raya and has instead joined Hinge.

Melanie Chisholm has spoken about her experience on dating apps (Getty Images)
The pop powerhouse split from her long-term boyfriend in August of this year (Getty Images)

Speaking to Gogglebox's Joe and George Baggs on their Not My Bagg podcast following a comment about Hinge, she said: "What is it?!

"I'm single, and I'm having a little look around, it's slim pickings, there seem to be loads of hot girls but all the hot guys are gay."

Discussing Raya, which is for people in the public eye, Melanie said: "You're going to see loads of people in the public eye on that particular platform."

During her appearance on the podcast, the Spice Girl explained she would nickname Joe 'Gay Spice', while his younger brother George would be 'Geezer Spice'.

Melanie revealed that she's had no luck on the dating scene (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

While many believed the Spice Girls had split up, Melanie was clear to emphasise that this was not the case.

"We've actually never split up, we released an album (Forever, 2000) and that was the last album we did.

"Geri had already left, she left in 1998 and after that, a couple of the girls got pregnant and after that, we just had that natural time apart, we all went off and did solo projects.

Despite speculation, Melanie confirmed that the Spice Girls have never officially split up (Getty Images)

"We didn't want to officially split because we had so much interest from the press."

The star added: "Now we feel really happy that we made that decision, the other thing is, once a Spice Girl, always a Spice Girl! That will never change."

Melanie went on to discuss the controversial decision for the England Football Team to head to Qatar for the World Cup next month.

"It's going to be interesting," she said before adding: "I'm an ally to the LGBTQ+ community so I'd feel very uncomfortable showing support for it.

"I understand people want to talk about sport being able to change culture, but when there's so much money involved, it's tricky.

"It's difficult, David is a friend, and everybody has to make their own choices."

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