Ex-Spice Girl Talks About Raising Daughter Bluebell Alone and Co-Parenting Son Monty

Geri Horner, former Spice Girl, has opened up about the challenges of being a single mother to her 17-year-old daughter, Bluebell. The singer, who shares Bluebell with her ex-partner, screenwriter Sacha Gervasi, described feeling “lonely” during those years before meeting her husband, Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner. The couple, who married in 2015, have a six-year-old son named Monty together.

Speaking on Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, Horner, 51, discussed the distinct experiences of raising her children under very different circumstances. “I’ve lived both sides,” she shared. “With Blue, I had my mum to lean on and her granddad played a great role, taking her to football and being an incredible presence in her life. But as a single mother, everything falls on you. It can be stressful and isolating.”

In contrast, co-parenting Monty with her husband has come with its own unique challenges. “Having a partner to share the load is a blessing,” she said. “But it also requires teamwork, compromise, and navigating different ideas about parenting. It’s been a learning curve.”

Horner, who has been promoting her new book Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen, revealed the novel was influenced by personal events, including the death of her father, Laurence, in 1993. She shared on Lorraine how her grief found its way into the story: “Writing about my dad’s death in the book brought back memories. I was pulled out of class and told about it, and I realised that experience shaped a lot of what I’ve written.”