United Kingdom, May 27 -- Mel C "didn't have a problem" with people who "assumed" she was gay during her Spice Girls days.

But the 52-year-old singer - who was first nicknamed Sporty Spice during the group's early years - wasn't impressed with people thinking she might be homosexual because of the way she dressed.

During an appearance on The Mitch Churi Chat Show, host Mitch Churi - who part of the LGBTQ+ community - asked Mel: "Did you get accused of being gay? Was that the accusation? 'Cause you were the Sporty Spice?"

But she replied: "Well, I never called it an 'accusation,' an assumption."

Churi then said "sorry" for the way he worded the question.

Mel went on to explain that some had assumed she was gay because she used to wear...