United Kingdom, Jan. 26 -- Mel C is glad she made the "conscious decision" to keep her daughter's life private.

The Spice Girls star - full name Melanie Chisholm - is mother to Scarlet, 16, with her former partner Thomas Starr, who she split from in 2012 after 10 years together, and she's now revealed she made the right choice when she decided to shield her little girl from the spotlight.

When asked if Scarlet has any plans to follow her mother into the music industry, Mel told The Sunday Times newspaper: "[No]. So relieved! It's so hard to be in the shadow of a parent who's had success.

"We kind of embrace nepo baby. F*** it, let's go for nepo baby! The thing is, with Scarlet, she's not in the public eye. I made that conscious decisio...