We've bought in someone to completely throw you.

Introduce yourself. Who are you?

Ohh, I'm Emma Bunton, hello!

Hello Emma Bunton!

Oh right, we were wondering who you were! You look like the cleaner.

Nice of you to turn up.

I'm very good, thank you.

How dare you come in here looking so gorgeous.

Well listen, I've been up very early with lots of make-up. [laughs]

Yeah, you could tell. You could scrape it off with a towel.

[Everyone laughs]

Now Emma, you... you... you were the star of the show on Saturday at Rumba. How was it for you?

Oh, d'you know what? It was absolutely amazing. I really honestly, I said after the show, I think it was one of my favourite gigs. Umm... when the lights went up and I just saw everyone's hands in the air I couldn't get over it. I actually felt like, you know when you wanna scream...

It must have been quite a smell of B.O of everyone's hands were in the air when you looked down off the stage.

I think everyone was quite clean actually.

They were. And wasn't it a great venue?

Oh, it was amazing. It was so amazing. There was kids and families and I think that was one of the main things. It was a real family show.

It was a family day!

Yeah.

Absolutely. And I think it's really nice to be able to do that.

Yeah, no one drunk and slobbery and swearing like you normally do.

Yeah...no! [laughs]

No, they were all backstage.

They were all backstage. You were back there, weren't you?

They were shagging Craig David and all those people.

[Emma Laughs]

Yeah. Well, we're gonna play "Battle Of The Sexes" first up. We've...

Fab.

We've got you for quite a long time.

Ooooh!

We can do what we want with you.

Ohh, I don't know about that. [laughs]

Yes.

I can't believe you got to ask the first question. My dream was to say to Emma Bunton one day, "How was it for you?"

Oh God.

[Emma Laughs]

Who is Emma playing for please, Troy?

Emma, you're playing for ahh.. Leanne McLane from Summerville this morning.

Ok Leanne, I'm gonna try my hardest.

Adda Girl!

And for boys Matty it's ahh... Wayne Anderson here from Wantirna.

G'day Wayne.

G'day Matty, how ya goin'?

Would you say hello to Emma?

G'day Emma. How are you?

Hello Wayne, I'm very good thank you.

Great.

Oh, Wayne are you a bit excited?

Oooh yeah!

Are you a bit beside yourself?

With Emma?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's great!

[Emma Laughs]

Good. You're goin' down boy. You're gonna lose.

Wayne, I don't want you to fall on your sword here. We still need to win.

Oh, don't worry about that.

Alright, let's hop into it...

[Theme for "Battle of The Sexes" plays]

Do you wanna ask Emma the first question?

Alright, Emma...

Yes.

Can you name for me please one blonde Aussie cricketer? Just name one.

[Pause]

Don't you mouth anything, Tracy Bartram!

I didn't. I've got a bit of muffin stuck in my teeth.

You'll be ringing your dentist again.

Jack...

[Troy and Matt burst out laughing]

No... there is no Jack.

I don't...

You know, I would have thought... being someone in the papers in London, Shane Warne would have sprung to mind.

[Tracy and Troy laugh]

It's what we're getting with you at the moment - Jack. Isn't it?

Jack. Jack just popped into my mind.

I don't know why that did but...

Have you heard of Shane Warne?

Yeah.

He's a bastard.

[Emma laughs]

Yeah.

He's the one... he was the one all over tabloids when he had... he had phone sex with an English nurse that he picked up at a nightclub. And he's a father.

Ooh... what and he..?

Yeah.

Yeah. He's a married man.

Oh no, we don't like that very much, do we?

Well, you like him...

That's why I didn't know him.

[Tracy and Matt laugh]

But he did knock the story about the Spice Girls breaking up off the front page so I would have thought you might know him.

Ahhh!

And you might like him quite a bit!

No, I don't. I actually don't know who he is, sorry.

Good. I don't wanna know who he is either, Emma, so we're in the same club.

Yay!

Wayne, I think we're looking good here today.

Yeah, let's go for it.

Alright Wayne, what was the name of the woman that Elton John married?

Oooh...

Ohh!

[Emma bursts out laughing]

Haaa! Come on!

And was it a woman? Or was it a man dressed up?

And while you're thinking, I'll give you thinking music. Thank you to Joe, Daniell, Melissa, Karley and Ryan Leesuik... I hope that's the right... or Lesiuk in Bombay Beach.

Just one name will do. Surely not first and second.

Come on, what's you're answer?

Was it... ahh... was her first name Renatta?

Yes!

Yeah, I'll give you that. It was Renatta Blouse so I will give you that Wayne.

It's a point to the boys. None to the girls here as we move into round two.

We got Doe-doe Spice in the studio.

Oi, stop it.

Oi!

Kick him hard.

That's it! I think we should get him out of here.

Two brands... two brands of Italian car?

Oh, two brands of Italian car?

Yeah, name just two different types of Italian car.

Yeah, now it's fairly close to England, Italy.

I know.. [covering her mouth] Oh God!

Oh, buzz her out!

Just you be quiet for one minute!

Yeah, thank you. Well done!

Oh come on lady, how long do you want?

[Pause]

Out, Troy! Out!

[Getting hilariously upset] No! I can have... just... you're ganging...

Oh, come on. She's cute.

Ferrari...

[laughing] Don't give me that smiley look.

And... Mazerati.

[Troy and Matt both say: "Ohh yeah..." ]

Well done! You are so good Emma Bunton.

You're gonna be trouble today. I can tell.

I'm just changing question number three.

[Tracy Laughs]

It's a point a piece. Ahh, a point to the girls, a point to the boys.

All right Wayne. We're continuing on the same theme with marriage... Who was Madonna previously married to?

Ohh, that'd be Sean Penn.

Yes, it is.

Ok so that's...

How come he's getting all the easy questions?

Well they're fair questions Emma. You're getting hideous questions because it's Matt.

Ohh Emma...

Two points to the boys, one to the girls. You have to get this one right here Emma to ahh, stay in the game, ok?

She's got her arms crossed. Bad body language.

Yeah, you're a bit fired up aren't ya?

Yeah.

Who is the Prime Minister of Australia, Emma?

Oh my...

Everybody in this country will know this and you don't. And you don't, you lose...

[Troy laughs]

John Howard.

Arrrgghhh!

Fantastic!

[Screams!] Yeeeaaahhhhssss!

Yesssss!

See!?

Two points a piece. If you get this next one ahh... correct here Wayne you win for ahh... the boys this morning, ok?

Alrighty.

Alright Wayne. Could you name the actress who played Xena: Warrior Princess?

Xena: Warrior Princess?

And I want first and second name.

Ohh God!

Well I let him off with Renatta!

[Getting impatient] How long do you want, c'mon!

[Matt laughs]

Ahh, see?

Buzz him out!

Gee wiz!

She's a New Zealander.

Buzz him out.

Her name was Lucy...

[Buzz]

Too late.

Yes it was!

Lucy! C'mon, that's enough!

Ohh... c'mon! [squeeling]

Nah. Lucy Lawless but you had far too much time.

Geeze!

Now it's a tie breaker Emma Bunton.

It is a tie breaker.

Come on Wayne, settle down!

How good is Emma?

You gotta concerntrate on the tie breaker now.

That's right. It was all about Emma.

Ok, here it is. First one in with the correct answer wins battle for their sex this morning.

Emma, put your cup of tea down.

Ok, it's down.

Concerntrate on Troy.

Ok.

You gotta be first and right. Just... yell when you know.

Ok.

Our Fox Geri-oke winner Kate Johnston replaced who at Rumba?

[excitedly yells] Geri Halliwell!

Yaaayyy!!!!

Yeaahhhhhhh!!! Womaaaannn!!

That is the most rigged question ever.

Oh, Emma you and I. We are such a team.

We're a team, baby!

We are...

[Tracy and Emma, simultaneously yell: A team!]

Bad questions and no knowledge have somehow teamed up to win!

[Emma laughs]

We were really good. Now what has Emma won for Leanne this morning?

Don't be a bad loser sweety.

[Tracy laughs]

Only my mum calls me sweety.

Well Leanne... Emma, you've won her $200 to spend at the new Westend Fountain Gate. You'll love it. And for you Wayne, $50 worth of free rental thanks to Blockbuster - bringing entertainment home. It's yours ok?

Thanks very much. Well done Emma.

Oh, thank you darling. You still got a prize.

Yeah, that's great. [sarcastically]

[everyone laughs]

Girls in the lead on 104, the boys on 100. We're back to chat some more with Emma Bunton, right after this...

["Take My Breath Away" starts playing]

Oh, this will be you too, by the way.

Yeah!

Yeah!

8:20... Tracey and Matt...

Pretty and talented, I hate your guts.

Sing along if you like.

1019 the FOX...

["Take My Breath Away" plays and fades out]

8:23... Tracy and Matt at 1019 the FOX with Emma Bunton live in the studio.

Yeah. We're talking to Emma Bunton, and sadly, I've had to eat her chocolate muffin because you can't possibly eat it 'cos you've had...

[Emma Laughs]

...you've had your omelette, so I've had to mow my way through the junk.

Poor ol' Emma's got blood lip.

Are you hungry? Dive in.

We've been wanting you to come in.

I gotta tell you this Emma, 'cos every time we get someone like you or, you know, a big name in here, the first thing Tracy says is "Oh, they'll need breakfast!"

Yeah!

"You can't ask people in without offering them breakfast." But of course, they've always already had it. It's like... "You eating? No no? Oh, ok.

[Emma laughs]

No! I think it's the Jewish mother in me. The Jewish mother I only found out twelve years ago she was Jewish. There's the food, darling. You eat, you break bread, you...

[Emma laughs]

I'm yet to come across one superstar who has ten muffins for breakfast, you know?

I don't know.

As hab\bit...

Emma, you know you're a very healthy, gorgeous-looking woman. You don't do that lollypop dieting thing, do you?

Oh, absolutely not! I can't... food is like, I love it.

Do you eat like a pig?

Yeah, I love it.

I read that you love Kababs after a couple of drinks.

[Everyone laughs]

Is that right?

Umm... oh yeah. C'mon, we all like a nice Kabab.

No, that's what I mean!

Oh, no I don't like Kababs. Everytime I look at one I go *Bluurrrgg*

No, actually I'm a big pasta fan. I love pasta. Losts of cream sauces.

Oh, good girl!

Well you'll be laughing here. We got some of the best pasta in the world here.

Well, I had some amazing pasta yesterday.

Yeah, you gotta go out in disguise. Don't go out looking like you.

Ok. [Emma laughs]

Try and trash yourself down a bit. Go out looking like me and you won't get mobbed.

Well, that'll be easy.

Now look, is it true that you normally get up at midday?

Yes.

So no wonder you were late this morning.

[Emma laughs]

I've gone on and said "Look, we're not doing "Tracy's Trash" 'cos Emma's coming in." Oh, five past... ten past... you wander in looking gorgeous.

Oh, but well the thing is, is when I get up in the morning I love it. And I feel quite fresh but usually I'm so lazy and just sleep 'til...

So what are you doing so late...

You look terrible.

You go to bed at seven...

[everyone laughs]

Yeah, must admit. Tracy's right there.

Yeah, you do. You look like a troll.

What do you do 'til late at night then when you're not doing concerts and things, that makes you sleep 'til midday?

[whispers] Don't ask her that!

No! No... that makes you sound...

She's got boyfriends!

Umm... d'you know what? I love watching kind of movies, and just having my own time. 'Cos obviously, really busy, kind of during the day so... in the evening, that's my time to kind of have dinner and just really chill out and watch movies. I love movies.

And bad TV ads? You know, 'cos late at night their all these, you know, diet exercise things...

D'you know what's really frustrating? When you're watching a great film or a great, you know soap or something. And then the... the adverts come on for hours!

Yes!

And you forget what the story was.

And then you have to go and bonk your boyfriend.

[Everyone laughs]

Tracy, you don't *have* to do that!

No, I needed to talk about Jade. Jade Jones from Damage. Now is it true that you picked him up one night after a concert and he drove you to a party and you didn't want him to think that you were, you know, cracking on to him, but you did?

Yeah, that's very true!

[everyone laughs]

It's very true! I thought, d'you know I saw this guy. He was very, very sweet and I thought "I quite like him and I'm gonna go for it"...

Make the move...

So I just said "Do you want to come in my car?" 'Cos we were all going to the same party, I said "D'you wanna come in the care with me?" And that... there it was!

And he said "What took you so long?" And you went "Ok, I might use that".

Yeah...

Exactly!

And how long ago was that?

That was three and a half years ago.

[Gasps] Oh my God! Any, um... [Tracy mumbles "Wedding Plans"]

Absolutely no... no, absolutely not. Not yet. He's still very young.

See, you're problem, you're problem so far Emma I'm sensing is that you're freakishly normal. And so, you know...

I get told that actually! [Emma laughs]

You know, you like Kababs, you're always chasing blokes, that kind of thing.

I know.

No she's not. She's madly in love with Jade.

Yeah.

Is he gorgeous? Is he really gorgeous?

He is gorgeous. He is, he's lovely. He's great fun. Ahh, we talk lots which is really important.

Does you Mum like him?

Yeah, my Mum likes him.

That's good.

My dad likes him!

Actually, speaking of your Mum, because I was thinking about... I was reading you're Mum's a black-belt in Karate.

Yes, she is.

That must make it a bit intimidating for boyfriends, does it?

Yeah!

Yes, it did at first. But you just have to get used to it. She's great.

Did you put that out? Did you tell people "My Mum's a blackbelt?"

Of course!

Really?

Yeah! Don't mess with me.

'Cos she's your best friend, isn't she?

Yeah, she is an amazing person actually. I really, I just... she's someone I really look up to because I think she's...

Well you'd look up to anyone, you're only five foot one.

Do you know what? That's it!

You actually look up to me...

[Emma laughs]

...which is nice.

That's nice, yeah I heard about that. No, but umm... I really look up to her. She's a strong woman. She's kept learning her whole life, and carying on and doing things all the time. That's really important I think.

Did you bring her with you?

D'you know what? I didn't.

You could've. You earn enough money.

She's not very happy actually at the moment.

Oh, I'll bet. We'll call her.

[Emma laughs]

Alright, we're gonna do the news here, Emma Bunton.

Cool, ok.

Maybe FOX were too stingy to pay for her Mum to come on.

See?

Maybe. Listen, Emma earns her own money! We're gonna talk to you more, we're gonna take some calls.

Cool!

People can ring up and say "Emma I love you!" No, we won't. If you've got a question you'd like to ask Emma...

Yeah call us.

...call us now.

[Goes to Fox News]

We're loving you Emma.

Ohh!

We are!

You're fun.

You're very down-to... I mean you were just saying how you know "Oooh, I won 50 bucks at the Casino last night". You've sold 20 million records, and you're saying: "Give me my fifty bucks!"

You know what else? I've just found out why she didn't ring her Mum.

Why?

She spent all her money on the personal stylist to come with her to do her hair and make up.

[Emma laughs]

That's why she was late this morning.

Well, you should sack him.

[Emma gasps]

Take a look at yourself. That's why you're wearing a big, baggy hat right?

Yeah, exactly.

If you take that hat off, have you got hat hair?

I look rubbish.

Have you got hat hair under that. If you take it off it goes all flat.

It does.

Oh, hideous!

I know.

Can we hear a bit of you? Troy, can we hear a bit of Emma from Rumba?

Oh no!

On Saturday, let's have a listen...

[Snippets of Emma performing at Rumba. At the end of which Emma says "I love you all, thanks for having me!"]

Oh, you stole that line from Michael Jackson.

Did I?

I love you all...

Oh! [laughs]

...I love you all [in a Michael Jackson voice]

People would have been saying that for years. I would imagine at the Bunton family Christmas dinner, you're the one who gets everyone singing and putting the hats on from the bon-bons, ay? "Come on everyone everyone, you gotta do it!"

[Troy laughs]

Actually, it's my mum...

Oh really?

...She's like a big kid. She wakes me up at six in the morning... oh!

Still?

Yeah.

Do you go and spend the night at her place on Christmas eve?

Um, sometimes yeah. I do actually...

Ohhh...

'Cos I've just become "Aunty". I've got a new nephew, so it's gonna be lovely this year.

And do you do a bit of babysitting of ahh... Sporty's little ahh... Phoenix Chi?

No, that's um... Scary's!

No, that's Scary!

Scary...

[everyone laughs]

Sporty's the supposed lesbian.

I know, I know...

She's not.

Oh, she's not!

No, we love her.

We love her.

I think the way the press has treated Sporty's been awful.

I know, and she is the biggest sweetheart. She's got a heart of gold so... yeah, they have been horrible. But I do, I babysit Phoenix all the time. She's a great little girl. Learning very quickly so...

How much do you charge? Ten bucks for babysitting...?

Hmm... yeah, 'bout that.

Have you taught her any swear words yet?

No!

That's what Aunty's are for.

But I give her sweets, you see. And she's not really allowed sweets so she loves it 'round my house.

[everyone laughs]

Alright well we're gonna... we're gonna get some callers up in a minute.

Ok, call up.

Make your work harder.

[Emma laughs]

Yes, if you'd like to ask Emma Bunton ahh... about Rumba or anything at all, call us now. 1300 36 1019. Tracy and Matt, 23 to nine. Here at 1019 the FOX.

[Plays "Just The Thing" by Paul Mac]

It's Tracy and Matt at 1019 the FOX, and ahh... we have Emma Bunton in the studio this morning.

We do. Emma, that's Paul Mac and he did Rumba, and I reckon that song should be a big hit in the UK. Should take it back with you and...

I'll take it back with me.

And say, "You play this. It's a little thing I picked up from down under."

[laughing] I love saying that. "Mum, I'm down under.".

If all the Spice Girls stop hogging the charts, because you're always releasing singles no one gets a chance at it. Do they?

Oh, there's room for everyone, isn't there?

Kylie sneaks in there, then gets elbowed out by you... or Posh or someone.

[Emma laughs]

Oh hardly.

No, she's been there for a while actually.

Do you decide, like ok umm... Posh has done an album...

Yeah...

So you won't... you'll delay yours for a month?

Yeah, we definitely try and see who's coming out and... and make sure they're not all together because obviously...

Well you don't wanna do that, 'cos you're mates!

You're all on the same label as solo artists?

Yuuuus!

Ok...

And you write your songs...

I do, yeah.

Because I think a lot of people would, you know, mistakingly thing that "Ahh, yeah the Spice Girls. It's all written for them and they just sing it".

I know. I kind of came to a point 'cos... I still get it written, "Oh, she doesn't write her own songs". And at the end of the day I kind of let people think what they wanna think. I know that I write my own singles. They mean a lot to me, and they're very personal so that's... that's all that matters.

What was "What Took You So Long" about? Was it after Jade had too many beers?

[laughing] Got it!

Yeah, I've waited all night... hurry up, hurry up, hurry up...

Waiting for you Mum in the car?

It was actually about... I just remembered the whole thing. It always takes men a little bit longer to admit that they're in love. That's including...

Oh! Only a little bit?

Only, yeah a little...

Only 'cos... you don't wanna say it and just have someone say, "Oh, that's nice".

Yeah true...

And if you don't get it back...

And also I don't think it's a bad thing. It's kind of... 'cos girls, we're very open, which is great, whereas with men they...

But we're in love after the first date!

Exactly, whereas men, they hold back as well but I was just singing about the whole situation.

Ok...

Who said, out of you and Jade, who said "I love you", first?

Oh, you can't...

Jade.

Did he really?

Did he? What, in the car after that party?

Yeah [laughs, along with everyone] It was actually about two months later, which was nice.

That's a nice time.

Did he?

Yeah.

And did he buy you something expensive?

No.

Has he bought you anything expensive?

Oh, he always buys me little presents.

Oh, what a tightarse.

No that's... isn't that the nicest thing though? It's the little things.

That's the nicest things. Definitely.

No... no you're both loaded. You should be splashing it around. We're taking some calls. Maria is on the line... and she's very excited, aren't you Marie?

Yes...

You wanna talk to Emma Bunton?

Yes, I'm very excited.

Hi Marieeee-a!!

[Everyone laughs]

I've got my daughter sitting next to me. Ella, who's nine.

Oh!

She loves you.

Oh brilliant! Give her a big kiss for me.

I will, she won't get our of the car to go to school until she hears you.

What's her name so Emma can say "hello"?

Ella.

Hi Ella! *Muah*

Listen, Maria don't be such a hog and put her on the phone so she can talk to Emma.

Quick, say hello!

Hi!

Hi Ella, how are you darling?

Good.

Are you on your way to school?

Yep.

Ok, be good today.

Is that not the best "show and tell" ever now? "I was chatting to Emma Bunton on the way to school this morning"

[Emma laughs]

Yeah.

I mean, fantastic. Thank you Maria.

Oh, we've got a question for Emma.

Oh ok, let's hear it.

Emma, where do you go when you really wanna escape? Where do you go on holidays?

Australia [laughs]

Oooh, Actually one of my favourite places is Italy and um... yeah I kind of go there basically for the food. We were talking about pasta...

Of course!

Of course.

But we're Italian so we think that's wonderful.

Ohhh, see? Great! Yeah, that's my favourite place.

Can't you speak some Italian to her and make her feel good?

You heard her say "Pasta" before!

Ummm... Pasta?

Ciao Bongiorno.

Ciao Bella.

Ciao Bella.

Ohh, she might be pretty but she's pretty dumb.

Just not working with that London accent, I'm afraid.

Not at all.

Ciao Bella's good!

We've got Greg on the line... yes it is very good. Greg from Caufield. G'day Greg.

Hi, how you doing? Hi Emma.

Hello, how are you?

Alright. You were always my favourite Spice Girl.

Oh, thank you very much. Have you got the album?

Ahh no...

Ahh, see? You have to get the album. It's a good album.

Well listen, guys don't buy those albums. We listen to our girlfriend's and our wife's.

My wife would take the piss out of me if I bought it.

Why?

Don't you dare swear to Emma Bunton.

Why would they take the [pause] out of you? [laughs]

It's not cool. We need a big angry guitar band, you know. Something like that.

Absolutely.

Go and be a man.

Don't you hate it though, when they say "I'm your biggest fan" and they've never bought a ticket to your show or never bought your cd?

Oh, I know.

Hang on, you don't have to. You can still like someone without...

Of course but, you know, I think people get to know me even more with the album.

Don't you make more money out of the roulette wheel then you do your albums? Isn't that true?

[Laughs] No, that's not true, Mister.

If it makes you feel better, I haven't bought any of the other Spice Girls' albums either.

Ahh, ok.

So you're just a tightarse, are you Greg?

Umm, yeah. I wanted to ask whether she chose her own name "Baby Spice" at the time, and if so, what's with the back up name?

Umm, actually it was an English magazine called Top Of The Pops that gave me the name. It was just... we met this magazine for lunch, and he just kind of gave us these names and it just happened like that. I think for me it was because I was the youngest and then there was just...

There was that pigtail thing happening and all that... fantasies.

The pigtail thing and my little socks and yeah...

Did you have any choices?

You what?

No, because they just printed it and then it just really took off. I mean, and in America as well. It's huge, I mean I don't even think they know my real name. [Laughs]

So you didn't start it? That wasn't part of the act, that was just something that happened and then... right!

No, that was something that somebody else gave us.

See, Emma you don't remember but three or four years ago Matthew and I met you at Highpoint.

'Course she remembers.

When one of you might have said "Get out of the way". But I was dressed up, and I was there as Foxy Spice. You know, for FOX FM.

Oh, cool.

But the photographers yelled out "Poxy Spice"

Oh, you're joking!

And it stuck.

[Everyone laughs]

Oh no, we've dropped the "Spice" of course.

People just yell out "G'day Poxy!"

[Emma laughs]

Alright Greg, thanks for the call.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

And we've got one more caller now, I think it's Kerry from Eden Park. Hi Kerry.

Hi, how you going?

Hi Kerry.

Hi Emma. We just wanna say, we love you. We've been Spice Girls fans from day one and my daughter Britney just absolutely adores you.

ohh, thank you.

Have you got the album? Have you got the album?

Of course!

See?

I've got every Spice Girl record made.

Oh brilliant.

Even the same clothes and everything.

Thank you very much.

Think you're terriffic!

Have you got a question?

I have.

What is it?

Umm... what's it like living next door to Mel C?

Oh, it's... it's good fun actually because she kind of pops in, you know, when she needs a bottle of wine...

[Everyone laughs]

And um.. yeah. It's really nice to have her about. We're very supportive of each other so that's good. She's just across the road when I need her.

That's terrific.

But you don't go to the gym with her, do you?

I don't, no.

No, you don't.

No.

I like swimming, so...

I hope you get really fat when you're older.

Thanks.

No, 'cos it's just not fair that you look so gorgeous and you don't have to work out.

[Everyone laughs]

Tracy hopes that in fifty years you and the Queen Mum are, you know... that you both look the same.

Actually, having said that, we were at a suburb party one day and I was talking to Matty and he said, "Look at that woman over there". He said "That's Baby Spice in fifty years".

[Gasps in shock] D'you know what? I'm leaving.

She was gorgeous. She was gorgeous.

I think you're rude...

Just looking at you, you look like Goldie Hawn and in the pictures you don't.

Ohh, that's nice. Thanks.

But I think in real life, you do.

If you'd like to ask Emma Bunton a question call now, we'll try and encourage her to stay..

[Emma laughs]

...1300 36 1019

Nah, I told you. I'm off.

Hey Emma, have you noticed the pimple on Matt's nose? He grew it just for you.

[Emma bursts out laughing]

Oh, for God's sake!

It's enormous, isn't it?

It's from wearing makeup.

Show me. Oh, I love picking spots, can I do it?

Ahh, go on! Squeeze away.

1300 36 1019 keep your calls coming through...

[Goes To Fox News]

Emma Bunton joins us in the studio this morning...

Oh, look we've all been having photos taken while the ads were on. We were all pushed out the way by Troy, and I was kicked by Matt. Now Emma, we've got another caller for you.

Great!

Leanne from Summerville. Hello Leanne.

Leanne... oh hang on, here she is. Leanne?

Leanne?

Hello, good morning.

Good morning Leanne.

Nice to meet you Emma, thank you for winning "Battle of the Sexes" for me.

Ohhhh! Pleasure!

That $200 is gonna come in very handy for Christmas shopping.

Oh good, I'm pleased.

And she's clever too, isn't she Leanne?

She's gorgeous and she's wonderful and I just wanted to ask the question of um... now that you're on your own is there more of a pressure to do better, or actually just to do well? I mean, you know, when you're as a group, I mean if you had a bad song, you could sort of just go, "Oh well, it's just the group"...

Absolutely. [Laughs]

Yeah, but when you're on your own... you know?

Yeah, we kind of always pointed fingers at each other. No, umm... I think I really enjoy it and I try not to put too much pressure on. Obviously I... you know, I love doing my music and I'd love to do... you know, absolutely brilliantly but I think I'm just having a good time and I don't wanna put too much pressure on it. Just enjoy it.

Excellent. Well make sure you don't stress out about it.

Thank you.

And what took you so long literally to start... you know, your first album to come out?

Well I wanted it to be perfect so I did take a while, travelled the world and worked in America and Europe and just had a marvellous time. So, I just wanted it to be right, so it did take me a bit longer than everyone else but, I think it was worth it.

Well it's a great album. Yeah.

And also Leanne, now she's a bit slow...

Mmmm.

[Everyone laughs]

She is so cheeky, don't you think?

So Leanne make sure you spend some of that $200 on the album or she'll come 'round and getcha.

My daughter's already bought the album so, she's already got the "Emma" blairing through the speakers...

Ahh...

Good.

But congratulations, and thanks for coming to Rumba and enjoy Australia while you're here.

Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Thanks.

Ok.

Thanks Leanne.

No worries, bye!

Bye love!

Now, we've gotta ask you because we keep hearing some conflicting things in the paper. Have the Spice Girls broken up or not?

No! You know, I think the main thing for us at the moment, we're very supportive of each other. We're great friends and we're supporting each other with solo careers. There isn't any plans as yet, but we talked about...

For a new album?

Yeah, we talked about we'd love to tour again, but there isn't plans. We are supporting each other at the moment as solo careers.

So what's the nastiest thing that's been written about you in the press? I mean you, I think I've never read anything rotten.

I read you were up the duff!

[Emma laughs]

I think the English press is awful.

I did read that a while ago.

Did you?

That you were pregnant, yeah.

Were you up the duff?

Absolutely not, no.

Did your Mum get upset?

No, because she understands that, you know, they just talk a load of rubbish so... we don't take any notice of it anymore.

Do you have to be careful. You think "Oh, I can't put that in the bin because, you know, they go through my rubbish? They're always...

I tend to rip everything, yeah... and kind of shred everything before it goes in the bin.

Especially the polaroid photos?

[whispering] Yeah, exactly.

[Everyone laughs]

Now are there any plans for you and Jade from Damage, your boyfriend, to do an album together? Or to perform together?

Umm, not an album. We have actually performed together. We did umm... a single on his album actually which was great fun called "I Don't Know", really funky. Quite RnB, so it's very different for me. And we performed together and it was amazing because to be on stage with someone that you really care about and something you really enjoy doing together was... amazing! Really amazing, so we enjoyed it.

I also hear that you're not ahh, you're not totally immune to going into the movies. You've done one movie. You did the Spice Girls movie but do you wanna umm...

Yeah...

You were the best.

[laughing] Thanks! You're just lying 'cos I'm here.

Yes, um... pretty much.

You were the best Emma. We love you.

So would you wanna do that? I mean that would be a different move for one of the Spice Girls.

I've been, I mean I've been so lucky. I've been offered a few parts which has been amazing. But at the moment I am concentrating on music. And I'd love to do something in the future.

See, I thought you would have been good as Bridget Jones. That would have been a good role...

Ahhh... that would have been a great role!

And that would have been good 'cos you could have eaten as much as you wanted.

Exactly! I would have loved that part.

Did you like that film?

D'you know what? I've actually only seen the begining.

Is that when you fell asleep?

[Phone rings]

Is that your mobile?

Yeah...

That'll be Jade!

Yeah, it will I bet.

Come on, let's find out.

Shall we check?

Yeah!

Ok, hold on. [Answers mobile phone] Hello?.... Hi dar... no, it's my friend, Robert... I'm live on air at the moment...

In Australia.

He's going, "Go, go, go, go..." He knows I'm in Australia, yeah... I'll speak to you in a minute darling....ok bye, bye, bye...

[Everyone laughs]

Love it, that's my very good friend Robbie.

Not Robbie Williams?

Not Robbie Williams, no.

Do you think, lets talk Robbie Williams for a moment. Do you think he's attractive? Is he your sort of bloke?

He's not my kind of guy. I do get, 'cos he's very cute. I do get the attraction, but...

He's a lad, isn't he?

He's a lad and some girls, we go for these lads but umm... no, he's not, he's not for me really. Nope.

That'd be no.

That'd be no.

'Cos also, I found out today that apparently he did bonk Geri and I announced it on air. Did you know about that?

I didn't, no.

[Gasps]

Of course you knew.

I didn't, seriously!

Oh, come on.

You and Jade were banging on the door, "Hurry up you two!"

[Everyone laughs]

I seriously didn't know. I wasn't sure, I mean obviously there's speculation but I wasn't sure.

Don't you talk at... do you talk as girlfriends about that stuff? You must.

Oh come on!

Well, no the thing is, I... I see Geri around but I don't... I'm not as close with her obviously as with the other girls.

[Tape ran out, so there's like a 5 second section missing in which Tracy asked Emma if she was going to bring her Mum with her next time she came to Australia]

Absolutely. She was really mad that she didn't come with me. So, I've gotta come over and bring a bag...

You've gotta bring your Mum in. Bring her next time when you come into the studio.

I will definately. As long as you're nice to her.

Oh yeah, I love Mums.

I'll be lovely...

Ok.

He'll grow another pimple.

No, yeah I'm talking to him.

[Everyone laughs]

Well Emma Bunton, It's been absolutely gorgeous having you in the studio today.

Oh, thank you so much for having me. I really have enjoyed it.

And thanks for coming to Rumba. Everybody loved it.

Yeah.

Oh, it was a great day. It really was.

Thank you Emma Bunton.

Thank you, bye everyone!

--This interview was transcribed by Melissa C--