Mel C says Little Mix are ‘too provocative’

Ex-Spice Girl Mel C seems to be going all prudish on us in her old age, admitting that X Factor sensations Little Mix are waaaay too raunchy for her own highly refined taste.

Comparing the 2011 X Factor stars with her time in the Spice Girls, Mel explained: “I love Little Mix. I loved them on the X Factor. I just thought they were so different.

“But they are getting more provocative. To me, they were kind of the closest thing to the Spice Girls we’ve seen. They are all gorgeous and great singers. But they weren’t sexy and it’s got more and more that way. I love them – but I just say, ‘Stay you.’”

In fact, the 42-year-old singer is so concerned about Little Mix’s new found raunchiness that she’s even slapped a ban on her seven-year-old daughter watching their videos.

“She is a massive Little Mix fan but I’ve started to be more sparing in what I show her,” Mel explained. “I don’t let her watch videos by artists that aren’t appropriate for her. That makes me a bit sad.

“All young women want to look sexy and hot so I understand it’s hard. But I think it’s such a shame. We live in a narcissistic age – it’s 100 per cent worst than when I was in the Spice Girls.

“It was a more innocent time, although we were criticised for wearing crop tops.”

Talking of the Spice Girls, the artist formerly known as Sporty has opened up about her much-publicised ‘feud’ with her former bandmates, and reckons Geri Horner’s new baby has made any ill feeling between the girls melt away like magic.

“Thank God Geri is pregnant because it’s made us go, “Oh my god, this is what’s really important,” she cooed, before adding: “’I love Melanie [Brown] but she is a little bit of a law unto herself.”

Hmm, way to end a feud, Mel!