Blake Lively has been left giddy with excitement after Emma Bunton praised the Baby Spice costume she wore to a Spice Girls concert back in 1997.
Over the weekend Twitter user Bria Madrid shared a throwback snap from when she was five years old which showed her posing with a fellow Spice Girls fan at the concert who was dressed like Emma, who she only recently realised was ‘The Shallows’ actress.
She captioned the photo: "Found a picture when I was 5 at my first concert. #SpiceGirls and took a picture with a girl dressed up as Baby Spice who I just realised now was @blakelively (sic)"
The tweet was spotted by Blake, 30, who retweeted the post along with the message: "My secret is out…"
Blake then shared the photo on her Instagram account and thanked Bria for sharing the cute image.
She wrote: "Pretending to be someone else … since 1997 (Thanks @briaaamadrid for the photo of us at the Spice Girls concert. Sorry – not sorry – I tricked you into thinking I was @emmaleebunton) (sic)"
It was that post which was seen by Emma, 42, and she took the opportunity to praise Blake, 30, for being such a great Baby Spice.
She posted: "So cute, you’re rocking those pigtails @blakelively."
Blake was blown away to be messaged by her favourite member of the girl group – also comprised of Mel B, Victoria Beckham, Mel C and Geri Horner – and replied to her straight away.
The former ‘Gossip Girl’ star wrote: "@emmaleebunton I’m officially (dead). Forever bowing down to you … I cannot believe you know who I am. This will never be normal… (sic)"
Blake Lively thrilled to be messaged by favourite Spice Girl
