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"Being labeled Sporty Spice was both a blessing and a curse for Melanie Chisholm.\r\nIn a new interview with The UK&amp;apos;s Daily Mail, the 37-year-old singer explains how being in the spotlight caused her to become both depressed and bulimic.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Being in the Spice Girls was amazing, but also very tough,&amp;quot; Chisholm admits. &amp;quot;I was young and impressionable, and I found it hard to read about myself.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;The tabloids were cruel about my appearance, and nothing can prepare you for that,&amp;quot; the singer explains. &amp;quot;You just have to fight your way through it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nChisholm says &amp;quot;there were a lot of lies printed&amp;quot; about her during the band&amp;apos;s heyday, and tabloids often referred to her as &amp;quot;gobby&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;masculine.&amp;quot; Inevitably, that prompted &amp;quot;questions about my sexuality.&amp;quot;\r\n(The singer, who welcomed daughter Scarlet in February 2009, identifies as straight. She has been dating property developer Thomas Starr since 2002.)\r\nThese days, Sporty Spice says she&amp;apos;s in a much better place. &amp;quot;When I see Scarlet playing her toy guitar and singing along, it reminds me of my own childhood,&amp;quot; Chisholm says. &amp;quot;My mum sang in a band and my stepdad played bass. There were always musicians in the house. It was a happy time.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough Chisholm recently released her fifth solo album, she hinted the Spice Girls may reunite to perform at the 2012 Olympics in London.\r\n&amp;quot;Our last tour was amazing,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;It rekindled old friendships and made me appreciate the other girls again. The Olympics would be brilliant, but I don&amp;apos;t know the truth. I&amp;apos;d love to do something, but it would have to involve all five of us.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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