{"id":387766,"date":"2022-11-24T23:23:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T18:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=387766"},"modified":"2022-11-24T23:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T18:23:40","slug":"former-spice-girl-mel-c-slams-david-beckham-for-his-10-million-deal-with-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/former-spice-girl-mel-c-slams-david-beckham-for-his-10-million-deal-with-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spice Girl Mel C Slams David Beckham for His \u00a310 Million Deal with Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Spice Girl, Mel C, spoke out against the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar<\/a> yesterday and also claimed to have turned down a deal with the Arab country to perform at the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

The British singer-songwriter, Melanie Chisholm, who was also known as ‘Sporty Spice’ risked a potential ‘Spice Girls feud’ as her comments came after football legend David Beckham accepted a \u00a310 million deal to become the ambassador of this year’s World Cup despite public’s protests against Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ+laws and its treatment of migrant workers and women.<\/p>\n

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Melanie Chisholm (aka Mel C)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t
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Note that her former bandmate, Posh Spice (real name: Victoria) is married to David Beckham, hence the conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

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Mel C stated that she “wouldn’t be comfortable” accepting money from Qatar and told a British news outlet,<\/p>\n

Personally, I’m an ally to the LGBTQ+ community and it’s not something I would feel comfortable in doing. People want to go over there and help to make a change. Each to their own, but it would be a ‘no’ from me if the offer came.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The former Spice Girls’ member is a strong supporter and longstanding ally of the LGBTQ+ community, and was recently awarded the honorary gay award at the Attitude Awards. She previously condemned FIFA’s decision to let Qatar host the World Cup, stating it was all about “greed”.<\/p>\n

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David Beckham and Victora, formerly Posh Spice from the Spice Girls)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

David Beckham disagreed with that notion, as a spokesperson for the English legend told a media outlet that “David has been visiting Qatar regularly for over a decade and went on to play for PSG [Paris Saint-Germain], so he has seen the passion for football in the country and the long-term commitment that\u2019s been made to hosting the World Cup and delivering a lasting legacy for the region.”<\/p>\n\t\t

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David Beckham is one of the all-time greats of football. The former Manchester United player is a beloved celebrity figure alongside his wife Victoria, who herself is a pop icon.<\/p>\n

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Victoria (aka Posh Spice) is a fashion designer, singer and songwriter famous for being part of the all-girl pop group the Spice Girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Spice Girl, Mel C, spoke out against the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar yesterday and also claimed to have turned down a deal with the Arab country to perform at the opening ceremony. The British singer-songwriter, Melanie Chisholm, who was also known as ‘Sporty Spice’ risked a potential ‘Spice Girls feud’ as her comments came after football legend […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":387782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2576,2519,2540,2522,2508,2507,2530,2510,2575],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-387766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-news","8":"category-football","9":"category-international","10":"category-lgbtq","11":"category-musician","12":"category-singer","13":"category-social-issue-cause","14":"category-sports","15":"category-world-cup"},"wps_subtitle":"She revealed she had turned down a deal to perform at the World Cup opening ceremony.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mel-c-david-beckham-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mel-c-david-beckham-758x426.jpg",758,426,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mel-c-david-beckham.jpg",1000,562,false]},"author_name":"Sher Alam","categories_name":["Celebrity News","Football","International","LGBTQ","Musician","Singer","Social Issue\/Cause","Sports","World Cup"],"title_text":"Former Spice Girl Mel C Slams David Beckham for His \u00a310 Million Deal with Qatar","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2576,2519,2540,2522,2508,2507,2530,2510,2575&exclude=387766","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387766"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=387766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}