Geri Horner has revealed how she once tried to flirt with her late friend and flatmate George Michael – but was left baffled when he didn’t take the bait. 

The Spice Girl, 50, and WHAM! singer met in their youth and became firm friends, with George acting as a support for the redhead when she left the girl group in 1998.

But Geri has revealed that she had not realised her friend – who tragically died on Christmas day in 2016 – was gay, so tried to make a move.

Speaking to The Sunday Times, Geri detailed how her and George lived together twice during their friendship and she would play her music to him to get his advice on what could be better. 

And at one point she decided to see if there was something more there than just a friendship, but her advances weren’t reciprocated she had no idea why at the time. 

‘I tried flirting with him once and it didn’t work, and I was like, “What?”‘ she said.

Geri Horner has revealed how she once tried to flirt with her late friend and flatmate George Michael – but was left baffled when he didn’t take the bait (Seen together in 2000)

The Spice Girl, 50, and WHAM ! singer met in their youth and became firm friends, with George acting as a support for the redhead when she left the girl group in 1998 (Seen together in 2002)

Elsewhere in the interview, Geri spoke about the friendship she shared with George and how they bonded over both losing a parent. 

Geri’s dad Laurence died in 1993 when she was just 21 years old, while George lost his mother Lesley pᴀssed away in 1997.

‘He was an angel to me, he protected me from the minute we met,’ she said. ‘He’d lost his mother, I’d lost my father, and he was someone I could talk to openly about grief.’

‘He was just so honest about his mother’s pᴀssing, and that honesty helped me,’ she recalled previously about how the pair navigated their grief together. 

Geri said it was like ‘walking wounded’ when she learned that her ‘mentor, father figure and friend’ George had died on Christmas Day in 2016.

She paid tribute to George on Instagram in December 2019 to mark three years since his death. 

‘Sometimes in life an angel appears just when you need one – George was for me. looking back with graтιтude #cowboys&angels,’ she captioned a snap of the pair. 

She later channelled her grief into music as she released a song in tribute to George to raise money for his favourite charity. 

Speaking to The Sunday Times , Geri detailed how her and George lived together twice during their friendship and she would play her music to him (Geri seen earlier this month)

But Geri has revealed that she had not realised her friend – who tragically died on Christmas day in 2016 – was gay, so tried to make a move (Seen together in 2002)

‘ Sometimes in life an angel appears just when you need one – George was for me. looking back with graтιтude #cowboys&angels,’ she captioned a snap of the pair in 2019 to mark the anniversary of his death

In the emotional video of the single Angels In Chains, Geri paid ode to George with poignant images of him throughout his life.

Angels In Chains’ release saw all profits going to Michael’s charity of choice, Childline, which appointed Geri their official ambᴀssador. 

The emotional ballad features the lyrics: ‘The brightest star burns half as long, who knows why the good die young? I wonder where you’ve gone… say goodbye, it’s time to heal the pain.’

The year after George’s tragic death, Geri welcomed her son Monty – who she named after her late friend. 

According to The Mirror in 2017, Geri had ‘wanted George to be a part of Monty’s life’, so decided to honour him through Monty’s middle name. 

Geri also admitted that she would always go to George when it came to getting an honest critique about her music career, as a solo artist and as a Spice Girl (Pictured in 1997)

Geri also admitted that she would always go to George when it came to getting an honest critique about her music career, as a solo artist and as a Spice Girl.

On top of this, she would have to get the men in her life past George’s screening process as well.

‘I’d always want his critique and approval,’ she said. ‘There were two things I used to bring around for him: first, the latest song I’d written, to see what he thought. 

‘I’d also bring round my then boyfriend. He would always give me a debrief afterwards.’