Geri Halliwell has opened up about her private life with husband Christian Horner. The Spice Girls star slammed a major rumour about the couple, a year after his Formula One texting scandal.
Geri, 52, and Red Bull Racing CEO Christian, 51, have been married since 2015 after dating for just over a year. Things almost reached breaking point in February 2024, when a female Formula One colleague accused Christian of “inappropriate behaviour” before he was later cleared by an external review.
Geri stood by her man throughout, and in a new interview with The Times described their lighthearted domestic life in contrast to the drama.
“We’ll find a TV series that we lock into. I’ll try my best not to watch it when he goes away. I waited for him before finishing Severance. We like playing games too.”
She added: “The other day, in the kitchen, we were playing 20 questions – you’ve got to guess what the object is. We’re quite silly.”
Rumours recently emerged that Geri had reintroduced her maiden name into her legal surname, switching from just Horner to Halliwell-Horner, with some fans thinking it could be a sign that the couple was struggling despite appearances.
The singer quickly addressed the change to the outlet, blasting rumours that her marriage was in trouble and explaining that it was just a career move.
“That’s a load of c**p,” Geri said of the suggestion she’d made a legal change. “It’s my writing name. I haven’t legally changed anything – Horner is the name on my passport.”
Geri is focusing on her writing a lot at the moment, after introducing a new children’s series called Rosie Frost. She released the first book, Rosie Frost and The Falcon Queen, in 2023 and the next instalment, Rosie Frost: Ice On Fire, will come out next month.
Due to the new release, Geri is set to leave Christian and the family – their son and her two kids from prior relationships – behind as she heads stateside in April to promote the new novel.
She usually lives between two homes in the UK, but American fans can expect to see Geri in cities including New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Atlanta and Miami over the course of early April.
Christian recently praised Geri for her support during the investigation last year, which saw alleged WhatsApp between him and his accuser leaked to the media and almost caused him to lose his job.
“I just believed in myself and the process and and my focus was to ensure that we kept winning, and we kept kept delivering. I’ve had tremendous support from my family and my wife and at the end of the day, that’s the most important thing,” he said of how he got through the very public scandal.
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