Mel B has candidly spoken about the challenges of menopause, revealing she experienced 'scary' symptoms including anxiety and hot sweats that nearly prompted a visit to her GP. The Spice Girls star, 50, admitted she often sat in meetings wondering if others were feeling as hot as she was, thinking 'something is a bit wrong with me'.
Speaking at a London event as the new global face of Revive Collagen, Mel B said the symptoms also affected her bedtime with husband Rory McPhee, 37. While she struggled with night sweats, her husband preferred a warm bedroom. The couple invested in an Eight Sleep mattress costing around £3,000, which allows each side to be set to a different temperature.
'My side of the bed is really cold. The mattress controls the temperature and it wakes you up gently. It's genius,' she told the Daily Mail. 'Rory likes everything really really hot... I like everything really cold. I've always been like that. I always like a window open even in winter but I needed it even colder.'
She has since become a brand ambassador for Revive and joked she has renamed the menopause 'Mel-opause', emphasising that women must realise these changes are not their fault. 'A billion women go through menopause worldwide every single year. It can happen at 35, it can happen at 50 and it can happen for 10 years, so what you are going through can be quite scary,' she added.
Her comments follow a surprise performance with former bandmate Melanie C, where they sang 'Spice Up Your Life' to the delight of fans. The duo last performed together in 2019 during the Spice World tour.
