The Pussycat Dolls couldn’t stay hush-hush forever about original member Carmit Bachar claiming that she wasn’t invited to the band’s upcoming reunion trek.
In an interview on Today on Friday (March 20) — three days after Bachar wrote on Instagram that she “was not contacted” ahead of the girl group’s new music release and tour announcement — Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt and Ashley Roberts were asked head-on why they hadn’t included their former bandmate in the comeback. “Well, I mean, listen — we are just, so, as women today …,” Scherzinger began, struggling momentarily to find the words.
“I mean, it has been an ever-changing lineup, and this is what it looks like now in 2026,” Wyatt jumped in. “You never know what comes next. Ultimately, we’ve got to protect our peace, and when something like The Pussycat Dolls has so much history … we have ruptured in the past, and right now we are repairing, and we’re sort of on the same page with that.”
Scherzinger then spoke up again to finish her thought. “But what I wanted to say is, we have so much love and respect for all of the women that have been part of the PCD legacy. Once a Doll, always a Doll.”
Now a trio, the Pussycat Dolls launched their grand return on March 12, dropping new banger “Club Song” and sharing plans for a 53-date reunion tour kicking off in June. A few days after the news, Bachar posted a lengthy message, writing, “In light of recent developments, I feel it is important to speak honestly and respectfully. I was not contacted regarding the group’s decision to move forward, and I learned of these plans at the same time as the public.”
“Given my history with the brand, having been part of its foundation long before its commercial debut and instrumental in the connections that led to the record deal … I would have appreciated direct communication,” she continued at the time. “While this is disappointing on a personal level, I remain proud of the role I played in helping shape what The Pussycat Dolls became.”
Debuting in 1995, the Pussycat Dolls started out as a sextet that also featured Melody Thornton and Jessica Sutta. Over the years, they’ve charted 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and two albums on the Billboard 200.
Bachar was part of the Dolls’ reunion in 2019, for which they performed as a quintet — sans Thornton — on The X Factor: Celebrity, later dropping “React” in February 2020. That comeback was short-lived, however, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to postpone a tour they’d had planned for that year. The trek was eventually scrapped entirely in 2022, at which point Bachar and Sutta wrote on Instagram that they hadn’t been notified before the announcement of its cancelation.
Watch Scherzinger, Wyatt and Roberts address Bachar’s claims on Today above.
