Micah Richards left Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer shocked with the revelation that he had a really well-known babysitter as a toddler.
The previous Manchester Metropolis and England defender, now pundit and TV persona, instructed his podcast co-hosts that Mel B used to take care of him.
The Spice Lady, now 50, made a bit of additional money earlier than she was a world well-known popstar with the enduring 90s group by babysitting.
And Richards remains to be in contact with Mel (full title Melanie Janine Brown McPhee), often known as Scary Spice within the band.
Talking on The Rest Is Football podcast, he stated: ‘Mel B, she used to babysit me after I was youthful.
‘Get her on the pod! My sister [still] does her hair now.’
Micah Richards left Gary Lineker shocked by the revelation about who his babysitter was
‘Scary Spice’ Mel B used to take care of the previous footballer when he was a toddler
An incredulous Shearer interjected: ‘Can I simply ask… what the f*** am I on right here?’
Lineker was additionally gobsmacked by the data and stated ‘unbelievable’.
Richards went on: ‘That is approach again, again in Leeds days. I spoke to her simply a few months in the past.’
Shearer then joked: ‘Did she let you know what she wished, what she actually, actually wished?’
On the unusual connection, Richards added: ‘It’s not identified. You’ve at all times received to avoid wasting one thing for the pod, haven’t you? At all times have one thing up your sleeve.
‘I don’t keep in mind an excessive amount of of it however there have been clearly photos again within the day, yeah.’
The Spice Women cut up up in 2001 after discovering unimaginable success within the 90s that made them the best-selling woman group in historical past.
After the group went their separate methods, Mel B remained within the public eye on The Masked Singer in Australia and America’s Received Expertise within the US, the place she lived for years earlier than coming house in 2019.
(L-R) Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell and Melanie Chisholm made up the enduring 90s pop group
Richards didn’t expose how previous he was when Mel B babysat him, whereas Lineker joked that he was 16 on the time.
The 37-year-old shot to prominence as a teenage star for Man Metropolis and received the Premier League and FA Cup on the membership.
Accidents curtailed his profession earlier than he transitioned into punditry for Sky, the BBC and CBS the place he stays an everyday fixture.
