Months later, in May 1998, Halliwell would leave the band in the midst of rumours of fighting with Brown; the news of Halliwell's departure was covered as a major news story by media around the world, and became one of the biggest entertainment news stories of the year.
Tudi o prepirih in konfliktih med članicami skupine so se znašli na naslovnicah svetovnih medijev, predvsem napetosti med Geri Halliwell in Melanie Brown; ti dve naj bi se bojevali za nadvlado v skupini.