Ex-Spice Girl Geri Horner 'unhappy' about husband's Red Bull exit as star makes big decision about future
Geri Horner is reportedly 'unhappy' about the attention being attracted to her family following her husband Christian Horner's exit from the Red Bull Team. Despite this, the former Spice Girl star is said to have made the decision to stand by the F1 boss, according to an insider close to the family.
The source said: " Geri is going to stand by her man and is supporting him fully. Image means so much to her, but behind closed doors she isn't happy about the attention this brings.' On Wednesday July 9, it was announced that Christian had left his role as the Red Bull Team Principal.
In a statement released by Red Bull, the team said: 'Red Bull has released Christian Horner from his operational duties with effect from today [Wednesday 9 July 2025] and has appointed Laurent Mekies as CEO of Red Bull Racing." The statement continued with quotes from Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO of Red Bull's Corporate Projects and Investments, who thanked Christian for his work with the team.
His departure comes after a rocky twelve months for the 51-year-old, who faced an an internal investigation last February when a female colleague accused him of 'controlling and inappropriate behaviour'. The dad-of-three denied the allegations, the Mirror reports.
Following a three week investigation, Christian was cleared of any wrongdoing by Red Bull.
However, things took another turn after messages allegedly sent between Christian and a member of staff at Red Bull's Formula One team were mysteriously leaked less than 24 hours later.
The Spice Girl singer put on a united front with her husband and shortly stepped out hand-in-hand with him as they made a joint appearance at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
However, an insider now says that Geri is worried more attention will be placed on their relationship and family life following Christian's exit from Red Bull.
The source said: "Image means so much to Geri and she knows everyone will relate it back to the leaked messages and what went on last year, so it's not easy for her."
Geri and Christian tied the knot in 2015 and share eight-year-old son Montague together.
Their blended family also includes their kids from other relationships, with Geri being a mum to 18-year-old daughter Bluebell while Christian has his daughter Olivia with ex-wife Beverley Allen.
Following Christian's investigation, a source told The Sun that the claims had come as a "shock" to mum-of-two Geri.
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An insider told the publication: "People think Geri was just blindly standing by her man through the whole thing, but it's not like that at all."
When the allegations first came out, the source claimed that the Spice Girls star naturally had questions.
They added: "It was a shock to both of them when the allegations blew up - they never saw it coming and a lot of people were spreading hurtful rumours, but it was all untrue, they are in a really good place right now."
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