Geri says she'd teach if she wasn't a singer

Geri Halliwell says she feels like a real woman now and much better than she did as a Spice Girl.

She says if she wasn't a singer she would like to teach English.

And she also revealed a fascination with German men.

The 28-year-old told German magazine Max her change from girly pop star to a real woman was "a natural progression".

She said she had worked hard to lose weight only by working out: "There is no secret to my losing weight, I didn't do anything particularly special, in fact I was quite boring - lots of sport, conscientious eating, yoga and no sugar, and I also didn't diet.

"I'm just the same as other women, and I found it extremely hard."

Geri admits she isn't particularly political: "I don't know very much about politics. But I do think a lot of fuss is made about nothing. All many politicians do is shift large amounts of money from place to place.

"For me politics is about the person at the top, there has to be somebody there that the people can trust. I trust Tony Blair, and although I don't think he is perfect, I think his heart is in the right place."

Although Geri has sung for Prince Charles and worked as a UN ambassador she says she wouldn't step into the political arena: "If I wasn't a singer I would like to teach English. I love literature, particularly Oscar Wilde, and I think children would be great to work with, especially teenagers."

But for now the ex-Spice Girl will carry on entertaining. "I'd really like to go on tour, and if my next album is a success then that is what I will do," she said.

She also revealed a fascination with German men: "I find German men very masculine," she said. "When I've finished singing I'll move to Germany and marry a man called Heinz, then we'll live in a little hut and have babies called Hans and Lieselotte."