Former Pussycat Dolls member Jessica Sutta believes her Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) views and support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cost her the chance to reunite with the group for their upcoming PCD Forever Tour.
Earlier this month, the Pussycat Dolls announced they would be returning as a trio with singer Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, and Kimberly Wyatt hitting the road for a 53-date world tour across North America, the U.K., and Europe. They recently dropped “Club Song” in the lead-up to the tour kicking off in California in June.
Originally a six-member sultry pop group with Carmit Bachar and Melody Thornton part of the lineup before they disbanded in 2010, the Pussycat Dolls returned for a 2019 reunion tour sans Thornton, who declined to return. The latest iteration has additionally lost both Sutta and Bachar.
Sutta said she was “blindsided” by the comeback and chalked up the decision to her backing of Kennedy, the controversial U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, whom Sutta affectionately refers to as “Bobby.”
“I was a liability,” Sutta explained on a recent episode of The Maverick Approach podcast. “I align with Bobby Kennedy, which is aligning with MAGA. Do I love what Trump is doing? Absolutely not. I do not believe in war. But we didn’t have a chance for the [vaccine] injured community to get help without him. Even though he doesn’t want us to exist, by the way. People are screaming at me, ‘You’re MAGA, you’re MAGA.’ Yeah, I am. I triple down on it because I’m so sick of people telling me who I should be.”
Last year, Sutta claimed to the Daily Mail that she suffers from chronic fatigue and muscle pain, among other medical issues, after receiving a second dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine in 2021.
During her The Maverick Approach podcast appearance, Sutta continued to gush about Kennedy, calling him “selfless” and a “wonderful human being.” She added that she helped Kennedy with his 2024 presidential election campaign, speaking at some events and publicly endorsing him, and noted that it was “bittersweet” when he dropped out of the race.
“I wanted to see him as president,” Sutta said. “I think he’s an amazing human. I think he’s too good to be president though. He has too big of a heart.”
When it came to her feelings about being left out, Sutta expressed that she was particularly upset with the group’s founder Robin Antin, whom Sutta said she had been trying to gain clarity from for months after catching wind of rumors of a possible reunion. As for Scherzinger, Sutta said the lead singer gave her a call the day the announcement was made, but Sutta isn’t in a rush to talk to her.
“I didn’t answer,” Sutta said. “I don’t plan to call her back. I love Nicole, this is very bittersweet for me. I respect her as an artist. I even cried of joy when she won her Tony [for Sunset Boulevard] just recently … I definitely was rooting for her, but this showed me exactly why I’m not in the group. They showed exactly to me who they are.”
Fellow Pussycat Dolls alum Bachar also said she was left out of the loop regarding the reunion, saying the move was “disappointing on a personal level” but she remains proud of her time in the group.
“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,” Bachar wrote in an Instagram post. “I believe the legacy of any group is built not only by those seen on stage, but also by the collective contributions and shared vision that brought it to life.”
For their part, the current members of the Pussycat Dolls explained the newly slimmed-down group was just part of its history of having an “ever-changing lineup.”
“It just so happens that right now we’re in a space where we feel united and ready to push forward,” Wyatt told the BBC. “This is the lineup for 2026 — but you never know with the Pussycat Dolls what might come next.”
