2 minutes ago, dancinqueen said:

Geri Interview

Ouch. Geri Horner appeared on an episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown podcast.

Mayim Bialik has identified herself as a "proud Zionist"; Bialik was criticized for endorsing a children's book that some critics claimed whitewashed the war in Gaza.

Embarrassing but that's Geri Horner for you.

34 minutes ago, dancinqueen said:

Geri Interview

Ouch. Geri Horner appeared on an episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown podcast.

Mayim Bialik has identified herself as a "proud Zionist"; Bialik was criticized for endorsing a children's book that some critics claimed whitewashed the war in Gaza.

FFS...

WHAT A GIANT MELT!!!!

And still pretending to be a writer, is she, to the point of going on THAT podcast?! Super super suuuper embarrassing

Is she the actress who was in The Big Bang Theory?

6 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Is she the actress who was in The Big Bang Theory?

Yes amy

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/geri-halliwell-horner-only-murders-building-b2994704.html

Edited June 17Jun 17 by Babyboy

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4 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:

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STOPPPP 😂

6 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZek2LwNs4t/?igsh=MXh1eHMwdTc1azI2bA==

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That's hilarious and so on point 😅

9 hours ago, Lee_J11 said:

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I just saw this, I wonder how big her role will be.

I thought I’d share something quite fascinating that has been making the local news in my city, Córdoba, Spain, over the last few days.

It turns out that Geri Halliwell’s great-grandfather was from the province of Córdoba. His name was Emiliano Hidalgo Fernández, and he was the Republican mayor of Dos Torres, a small town in the north of the province, during the Spanish Second Republic.

Geri actually mentioned this family history in her 1999 autobiography If Only, although some details were slightly confused. She wrote that her great-grandfather had been mayor of Córdoba, but everything points to Emiliano Hidalgo, who was mayor of Dos Torres from 1931 to 1934. The surname also matches Geri’s mother’s maiden name, Hidalgo, and there are other family connections to the province of Huesca, where Geri’s mother was born.

What makes the story particularly interesting is who Emiliano actually was.

He was one of the founders of the local Socialist Party in Dos Torres and was also a member and director of the UGT, one of Spain’s main workers’ trade unions. He was involved in local politics and apparently advocated for poor agricultural workers to be able to cultivate unused land belonging to wealthy landowners.

After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, Emiliano was arrested and put before a military court. His 116-page trial file has now been located in the archives, and the local newspaper has been going through it. He was accused by the Francoist authorities of being a dangerous socialist and of opposing the military uprising.

Some of the accusations against him were extremely serious, including allegedly calling for the deaths of two local residents during the Republican takeover of Dos Torres in 1936. He was also accused of involvement in other acts of violence, including an extraordinary allegation involving the severed ear of a Guardia Civil officer. Emiliano denied the accusations.

He was ultimately sentenced to death for “military rebellion”, despite the fact that he had supported the Republican government, which was the legitimate government of Spain before Franco’s military uprising. He was executed by firing squad at Córdoba’s Cementerio de la Salud on 27 December 1940, aged 61.

And the repression did not stop with him. Four of his five children were prosecuted, and the family’s property was seized under Francoist legislation. His son Máximo Hidalgo Cantero, Geri’s grandfather, was also imprisoned and sentenced to 20 years. He had been a blacksmith, belonged to the Libertarian Youth and had fought on the Republican side. He was eventually pardoned in 1947.

There is also a remarkable family story behind Geri’s grandparents. Máximo met the woman who would become his wife while he was in prison, where she worked as one of the women employed at the prison. Their daughter was Ana María Hidalgo, Geri’s mother.

So this isn't simply a case of discovering that Geri has some distant Spanish ancestry. Her family was directly caught up in the political and social conflict of Republican Spain, the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship.

As someone actually living in Córdoba, I've found it quite surreal seeing Geri Halliwell and the Spice Girls suddenly appearing in our local newspapers because of a man who was a socialist politician and trade unionist here nearly a century ago. 😂

The local newspaper Cordópolis has published two articles about the story. They are in Spanish, but browser translation works pretty well:

The first article:

"“The Córdoba connection of the Spice Girls: a surprising story of love and Francoist repression”" (https://cordopolis.eldiario.es/cordoba-hoy/sociedad/conexion-cordobesa-spice-girls-sorprendente-historia-amor-represion-franquista_1_13434345.html)

And the follow-up, based on Emiliano’s actual military trial file:

"“Red little boss” and “extremely dangerous for the regime”: the execution of Geri Halliwell’s Córdoba great-grandfather" (https://cordopolis.eldiario.es/cordoba-hoy/sociedad/jefecillo-rojo-peligrosisimo-regimen-auto-fusilamiento-bisabuelo-cordobes-lider-spice-girls_1_13447609.html)

I thought some of you here might find this as fascinating as I do. It certainly wasn't the kind of Spice Girls news I expected to be reading in the Córdoba press in 2026! 😄

Edited Sunday at 11:372 days by ilovepollo

Wow, that's incredibly interesting! Thank you for sharing that @ilovepollo, that's truly a fascinating insight into her ancestry. I wonder if Geri is more clued up on the details now compared to back in 1999?

51 minutes ago, -Jay- said:

Wow, that's incredibly interesting! Thank you for sharing that @ilovepollo, that's truly a fascinating insight into her ancestry. I wonder if Geri is more clued up on the details now compared to back in 1999?

Now she will be saying she is and always has been part of the landed gentry.

Edited Monday at 11:481 day by Spiceboy

Saw this article shared on Spice Circle, believe it was written by a member on there. Fascinating insight to her ancestry!