Geri Horner was ‘back to Ginger Spice mode’ while performing with her former bandmates at Victoria Beckham’s birthday bash, a body language expert has revealed.
The singer, 51, made a solo appearance at Victoria’s 50th birthday bash at London’s swanky private members club Oswald’s on Saturday, with her husband Christian absent due to the Chinese Grand Prix taking place on the same weekend.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, body language expert Judi James said that Geri was a picture of confidence while performing with her Spice Girls bandmates, offering a hint at her famous alter-ego by ‘pushing herself forward.’
The band were captured performing their iconic track Stop by Victoria’s husband David, who posted a clip of the reunion on social media.
In recent weeks Geri has firmly stood by her husband while he was the subject of an internal investigation after accusations – which he denies – of ‘coercive behaviour’ towards a female colleague were made against him, before he was cleared.
Geri Horner was ‘back to Ginger Spice mode’ while performing with her former bandmates at Victoria Beckham ‘s birthday bash, a body language expert has revealed
The singer made a solo appearance at Victoria’s 50th birthday bash at London’s swanky private members club Oswald’s on Saturday, with her husband Christian absent
Judi said: ‘After her very sculpted-looking body language displays with her husband during the recent Grand Prix events, where she seemed to adopt an almost saintly air of enigmatic stoicism, wearing a closed or partly-closed mouth smile that remained stubbornly fixed in place for the paps, despite the fact that it rarely if ever reached her eye expression in an eye-smile to suggest an authentic, relaxed shrugging-off of the rumours or any pain caused by them.
‘Arriving at the party here without the plus-one influence of Christian to influence her posing, Geri still appears to have adopted that enigmatic and rather regal look.
‘In her elegant white dress she makes this look like a continuation of the signals of silent, classy resilience that she projected before and, like before, the part-smile isn’t reaching her eye expression, which has more of a wary, wide-eyed look to it.
‘The party itself could have been the perfect therapy and antidote to any pressure for Geri though as she seems to have found it easy to flip back into Ginger Spice mode, happily dropping the high-status regal body language rituals to recover some of her famous in-your-face attitude and sense of fun.
‘She doesn’t just stand in the line up with the other Spice Girls, she does her old trick of pushing just a little bit forward and throwing herself into the chorus with the kind of enthusiasm and love of the spotlight that she was always known and loved for years ago.’
During Victoria’s lavish festivities, all five of the Spice Girls came together to sing one of their hit tracks, Stop, for the star-studded guests – which was all caught on camera by David.
The former soccer player could be seen with an excited smile on his face as the group showed off a few dance moves while singing along to the lyrics.
Other partygoers also joined in on the fun during the special moment.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, body language expert Judi James said that Geri offered a glimpse of her famous alter-ego by ‘pushing herself forward’ during the performance
Geri and Victoria reunited with Spice Girls bandmates Mel C, Emma Bunton and Mel B at Victoria’s glitzy 50th birthday bash
In the caption of the post, David penned to his followers, ‘I mean come on x @victoriabeckham @melaniecmusic @officialmelb @emmaleebunton @gerihalliwellhorner,’ followed by colourful heart emojis.
Victoria also shared the clip, writing ‘best night ever! Happy Birrthday to me! I love you all so much! #SpiceUpYourLife’.
The outing was Geri’s first public appearance since her husband Christian’s Formula One scandal.
Christian was the subject of an internal investigation in February after accusations – which he denies – of ‘coercive behaviour’ towards a female colleague were made against him, before he was cleared.
However, his future remains under scrutiny after text messages between Horner and what appears to be a female colleague were leaked in 79 screenshots.
While Christian was cleared of misconduct, pals said that Geri was ‘extremely humiliated’ after a tranche of intimate messages her Formula One boss husband allegedly sent to a woman colleague were leaked days later.
One said: ‘All along Christian promised there was nothing in it.’
She had stood by the motorsport executive during an independent investigation by his company after he was accused of coercive behaviour towards a woman employee.
The Red Bull boss was cleared of wrongdoing, allowing him to keep his £8million-a-year job and fly out to Bahrain ahead of the season-opening Grand Prix last month.
Friends of his wife said she had been ‘so very relieved’ that her family could finally move on with their lives after Horner spent weeks under the spotlight.
But just 24 hours after being formally cleared, the Red Bull team principal’s career and marriage were plunged back into chaos.
Hundreds of WhatsApp exchanges purportedly between Horner and the colleague, some sexual in nature, were released via an anonymous email account.
There is no way of checking the validity of the lengthy and frequent messages which appear to switch between the mundane and the intimate.
Christian was the subject of an internal investigation after accusations – which he denies – of ‘coercive behaviour’ towards a female colleague were made, before he was cleared
The tranche of almost 80 screenshots – which included a number of images – were sent to hundreds of journalists and key figures in Formula One.
One friend of the former Spice Girl said he feared for how the star, who has been left mortified at the embarrassing fall out, will be able to comprehend such a public humiliation.
He said: ‘Geri has been living in this happy, happy bubble for so many years now, she thought she had her prince and her knight in shining armour but now this.
‘She thought that it had all gone away, she was delighted and over the moon when she learned Christian had been cleared.
‘Geri was pilloried when she got together with Christian because he had just had another baby with another woman but she has worked hard to rid that image of herself and Christian, and in particular that she is a homewrecker.
‘Now it has all come crashing down. The tears stopped when the judgment came in on Wednesday, now they absolutely will have started again. This will destroy her. All along Christian promised there was nothing in it.’
In recent weeks, Geri was said to be ‘mortified and angry’ with her husband of almost ten years, who she has a seven-year-old son with, for humiliating her.
One source close to the star said that she ‘wasn’t sure what to believe’ throughout the saga but was determined to get through it with their marriage unscathed.
‘Geri is no fish wife but she finally got the man she wanted and she won’t want to let him go. This could end up being a big dilemma for her,’ the source said.
Shortly after the leak, Horner released a statement which read: ‘I will not comment on anonymous speculation, but to reiterate I have always denied the allegations.
‘I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and fully cooperated with it every step of the way. It was a thorough and fair investigation conducted by an independent specialist barrister, and it has concluded dismissing the complaint made. I remain fully focused on the start of the season.’
However, just days after the leak, Geri put on a show of unity with her husband when she proudly stood at his side, kissed and held hands with him during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The woman who accused Horner of coercive behaviour was suspended from her role at Red Bull as a direct result of the investigation after being told her evidence was ‘dishonest’.
Despite standing by her spouse during the investigation, pals said Geri was ‘humiliated’ when hundreds of messages with the employee, some of a sexual nature, were leaked
It was then reported that she has appointed new lawyers and is now planning to appeal the verdict that exonerated him.
A source quote by the outlet claimed: ‘Christian and Geri are braced for more fireworks but a thorough investigation has already found in his favour.
‘The woman’s honesty has been called into question and her evidence was shown to be flawed.’
A ‘friend’ of the woman in question then said that she is ‘very upset, angry, scared, intimidated and lonely,’ telling the BBC she ‘struggled to understand’ how the team dismissed her allegations into her boss Christian.
They said: ‘It’s impossible for people to understand what it’s like for her. Every time I have asked her something, she breaks down in tears and says she’s got no one to talk to because she’s not allowed to talk.
‘She is very upset, very angry, very scared, very intimidated, very lonely.’
A spokesman for Red Bull said: ‘Both parties signed a confidentiality agreement on it so they both can’t discuss it.’
When Christian headed to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, Geri was noticeably absent, and sources claimed that she had given her husband a list of rules in the wake of the scandal.
GBN reported that Christian was not impressed with the list or his wife’s apparent mistrust in him.
Geri and Christian tied the knot at St Mary’s Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, six years after they first met at the British Grand Prix in 2009.
Christian left his partner Beverley just six months after the birth of their daughter Olivia in 2014 and set up home with Geri.
In November 2014 they announced their engagement in The Times newspaper.
Two years after getting married in 2017, the pair welcomed their first child together, named Montague George Hector Horner.
