Geri’s mother, Anna Maria, stayed by her side throughout the delivery - which came a month early - but the father of her child, Sacha Gervaise, was not present. The 33-year-old singer - who fell pregnant during a six-week fling last year - is believed to have banned the Hollywood screen producer, and recovering dug addict, from being involved in her child’s life. It has been claimed that Gervasi’s lifestyle was so overtaken by drugs that he got kicked out of the band Bush after having an ecstasy overdose on stage.

Geri has previously talked about her anxiety at having her first child and revealed that she would call her baby Leonardo if it was a boy. She said: "I’m just hoping this child is more angel than devil’s child. "To think that it might one day be going to the equivalent of the raves I went to, or driving away my car without permission, just like the way I took my dad’s, is horrifying."

The father of Geri’s baby is a former drug addict - May 9, 2020
The father of Geri Halliwell’s baby is a former drug addict - it has been claimed. Hollywood scriptwriter Sacha Gervasi - whose baby the former Spice Girl is due to give birth to next month - reportedly spent eight months in rehab to treat heroin and crack cocaine addiction.

It has also been claimed that Gervasi’s lifestyle was so overtaken by drugs that he got kicked out of the band Bush after having an ecstasy overdose on stage. The British-born former drummer allegedly had to check into an exclusive Surrey rehab clinic more than a decade ago to treat his ?200 a day addiction.

A fellow patient was quoted in The Sun newspaper as saying: "It was mainly used by addicts for whom rehab was the last option. It was filled with hardcore, long-term addicts. "The only difference between him and a street junkie was that Sacha was born into a privileged family with the trappings of wealth."

The Spice Girls are secretly planning to reunite - Jan 16, 2021
The Spice Girls are secretly planning to reunite for a world tour, it has been claimed. Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton - who split for good in 2001, three years after Geri left the band in 1998 - have been organising rehearsal dates and plan to tour by the end of the year. The girls - formerly known as Posh, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Baby - also hope to release a new single to coincide with their concerts.

The five girls have been motivated to reform after witnessing the massive interest in the recently announced comeback tour by ’90s boy band Take That. A source told the News of the World newspaper: "Everyone is working very hard to make it the comeback tour. "They’ve been taken by surprise by Take That selling out all their venues, so are going one better with a bigger tour." "The original plan was just one gig but everybody got more and more excited and the project grew and grew. There is now talk of Japan, Europe and the US but the dates are yet to be finalised."