Mel C speaks out: trying to be the perfect Spice Girl made me ill
by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent from on (#4ZR8S)
Melanie Chisholm tells Desert Island Discs of her struggle to cope with fame
Melanie Chisholm, the former Spice Girl Mel C, dates her past struggle with eating disorders and depression back to an incident at a Brit awards ceremony, she reveals on Desert Island Discs on 23 February.
In 1996, before the girl group was officially launched, Chisholm was almost chucked out of the Spice Girls for unruly behaviour, following "a scuffle between me and Victoria" that she has only recently admitted to.
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