Hannah Spearritt, who found fame as a part of British pop group S Club 7, has revealed she’s now homeless and compelled to sleep in an office along with her two young children.
The singer, 41, told the Sun that she, her partner Adam Thomas, 42, and their two daughters Tea, 4, and Tora, two, got just two days to search out a spot to live after an eviction notice from their landlord around Christmas.
The eviction forced Spearritt to call in favors from friends after she and Thomas were told to either have a “crazy” $10,400 upfront payment for a short-term rental or move out.
“What screwed us is we didn’t have time to search out one other place,” she told the outlet. “We had somewhere over Christmas but ran out of time before we could move in.”
“It was just a few weeks. We filled the unopened café with our belongings — we were so lucky to have that space for storing — but had nowhere to go.”
Spearritt, whose band pocketed $85 million within the late ‘90s and early 2000s, insists she wasn’t paid a good amount compared to the revenue the band was raking in.
“People think we must all be millionaires but sadly it’s just not true,” Spearritt explained. “It was what it was and we enjoyed ourselves on the time.”
The singer partner added, “S Club 7’s manager Simon Fuller did well for himself didn’t he?”
Fuller, who also managed the Spice Girls, is price an estimated $600 million.
Meanwhile, Spearritt, who reportedly earned a salary of $190,000 a yr during her time within the group, revealed she and her family are actually sleeping in a friend’s business constructing — and using the office space as their lounge.
“The youngsters’ beds were there and we had the crayons out. It was stressful,” she added.
Adding insult to injury, Spearritt has also been bed-found because of a recent illness — making their current living situation even harder.
The couple also had plans to open up a restaurant of their very own, nonetheless, they were forced to hit the brakes on their business ventures after being evicted.
S Club 7 dominated the pop music charts from the late Nineteen Nineties to the early 2000s. The group’s hottest hits include “Don’t Stop Movin’,” “Bring It All Back,” and “Have You Ever.”
The group won “Best Breakthrough Band” on the annual BRIT awards in 2000 and launched a TV show within the US in 1999.