Once again, rumors suggesting the Spice Girls' demise appear to be greatly exaggerated.

The newest round of gossip foretelling the end of the girl-power group came following an interview conducted with Melanie "Sporty Spice" Chisholm on a British talk show Monday.

Reuters reports that during the program, Chisholm said, "I have been luckier since I left [the Spice Girls] — well, since I've been doing my own thing," adding, "Oh, I'm glad that you didn't pick up on that one."

Despite her retraction, the Spice Girls' U.K. handlers issued a statement late Monday, saying Mel C had not left the group and that "the misinterpreted quotes were no more than light hearted banter."

Contacted on Tuesday, the group's American publicists at Virgin Records confirmed that Chisholm had not left the group and that the Spice Girls had not broken up.

Despite assurances from both sides of the Atlantic, the incident marks the second time in less than a week in which questions have been raised about the group's future after seemingly fatalistic comments from Chisholm.

Prior to the Spice Girls' appearance at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Stockholm, Sweden, last week, Chisholm told the British newspaper Daily Record that the group's performance would likely be its last.

"The last time we will probably all be together on stage is at the MTV Music Awards. After that, I don't know," Chisholm told the paper, adding, "There will be no Spice tour. Next year, I'll be doing a solo tour."

But after performing their new single, "Holler," for the show, the Spice Girls told Reuters Television that they were excited to have reconvened onstage for the first time since a brief U.K. tour last December.

"I am a bit gobsmacked," Chisholm explained to the TV outlet. "It all went so quickly."

"It was very nerve-racking," Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton added, "but it is so much more fun when we do it together."

According to Virgin Records, there are currently no plans for the Spice Girls to mount a global tour to support their new album, Forever, which sold a little over 33,000 copies in the U.S. during its first week in release.

Shortly before the release of Forever, Spice Girl Victoria Beckham said that some of the rumors and half-truths surrounding the group's future and the members' personal lives were part of the territory.

"It can be a bit frustrating," Beckham admitted, "but I suppose we can't complain, because that's part of being an artist. It's not just about being a good singer and writing good songs. It's the whole package that goes with it.

"I think we have to take [the attention] as flattery," she added, "that people are interested in us individually and [in] our private lives and what we're getting up to, because it's part of that that sells records."