Claudia Winkleman's 'disastrous' interview with S Club 7 resurfaces after band announce reunion tour

There was excitement this week as S Club 7 announced a 25th anniversary reunion tour. The late 90s and early noughties pop band are going back on the road for an arena tour this autumn, it was announced as they appeared together on BBC One chat show The One Show.

After sparking nostalgia with their reunion news, a clip of Strictly Come Dancing and The Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman interviewing them has resurfaced. A 2003 clip from the BBC show Liquid News has resurfaced showing pre-fringe Claudia being told off by a PR for asking the singers about their finances.

Her question led a member of their team to storm in and order them out of the interview. Afterwards Claudia looked sheepish before defending her probing.

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"Let's talk cash," she told band members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara and Jon Lee. Referring to reports about the group's finances and how much their manager reportedly earned, Claudia said: "Mr Simon Fuller - don't look at me like you're angry - has got 90 million in the bank."

In a bid to break the tension, Jo joked: "How much? 90 now? I thought it was 50 last week." And Claudia continued: "There are rumours, I don't know how true they are, that you guys are grumpy because you guys haven't made a mint..."

Jon said no while Bradley and Hannah pretended to misunderstand, joking that they wished they had a breath mint. "I would love a mint," said Bradley.

Picking up the question, Jo replied: "We are all really really lucky to be where we are today at our age and have the bank balances that we do." But the question was seen as a