Mel C (Melanie Chisholm) says she experienced loneliness during her time as part of the Spice Girls, when she was the only member who was not in a relationship. In interviews highlighted by outlets, she links that loneliness to a later battle with depression. She also reflects on her personal life during the same period, including brief romances she had with Robbie Williams and J from the boy band 5ive. The reporting presents her comments as personal recollections about how her emotional state developed while she was in a high-profile music group. While focusing on her mental health, the articles do not indicate that the other Spice Girls members shared similar accounts or that any specific event triggered her depression beyond the broader feeling of being alone. The coverage centers on her statements about how social and relationship circumstances can affect wellbeing, and how she looks back on that period of her career and public life.