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THE Pussycat Dolls have evolved since their debut in the late 1990’s, including Kaya Jones who recently shared the emotional story of her having three abortions.
They were the ultimate girl group who took the pop world by storm in the early 2000’s, and after a ten-year hiatus, the Pussycat Dolls reunited in 2019.
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But during those years, and in the few that followed, Melody Thornton, Kimberly Wyatt, Ashley Roberts, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta, and Nicole Scherzinger each took on a solo career path of their own – with some very surprising moves.
Kaya Jones joined the group in 2002, however, her stint came to a crashing halt three years later, before the Pussycat Dolls’ debut album came out.
She claimed in a tweet from 2017 that she “was in a “prostitution ring,” which prompted Robin Antin, founder of the Pussycat Dolls, to defend the girl group.
“Kaya Jones was never a member of the Pussycat Dolls, but simply a Pussycat reject who’s looking for her 15 minutes of fame,” Robin told Entertainment Tonight.
“I am shocked with the allegations Ms. Jones has stated and they are nothing more than disgusting, ridiculous lies.”
During the girl group drama, Kaya spoke out about a revelation she had while she was a Pussycat Doll after she met a little girl who looked up to her.
She told the Daily Mail that “I stopped and thought to myself: ‘What are you doing? This girl wants to be me.
‘If she succeeds she will have to cope with sexual predators and verbal and mental abuse, she’ll suffer from eating disorders, she’ll consider suicide.’
“I just thought I can’t do it anymore. And I have absolutely no regrets at turning my back on the Pussycat Dolls.”
On Tuesday, Kaya came on the Students for Life’s Speak Out podcast where she opened up more about her life decisions.
At the age of 38, she revealed that she had gotten three abortions over the span of her teen to adult life.
She got her first abortion when her birth control failed as a teenager.
While in the Pussycat Dolls, Kaya got pregnant again and claimed she was told to “get rid of it.”
“At that point, because I had already gone through an abortion previously, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal,” she admitted.
She got her third and final abortion after she was raped by an old boyfriend.
Kaya admitted that she wanted to have the baby, but decided against it because of stress and complications.
In the podcast, Kaya said she had come to regret getting her three abortions. “I’ve gone through it all. I will assure you, you will regret it your whole life.
“Nothing – even if I become a mother tomorrow and happily married and all is well, I’m still going to regret the three children I did not have,” she said.
NICOLE SCHERZINGER
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Despite big plans for the girl group, the comeback tour came to a bitter halt when Nicole, as lead singer, reportedly demanded up to 75% of the group’s earnings – with another fallout quickly following suit.
There is no denying that Nicole, now 44, has had the most successful run since the band disbanded, and is now famously dating Scottish former rugby player Thom Evans, 37.
The pair first met on the set of The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019, which the Pussycat Dolls frontwoman judged alongside Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh.
Nicole has proved herself as a global success, scooping victory on Dancing With The Stars in the United States, and joining the judging panel on The X Factor United Kingdom.
Her singing career has continued to blossom, as she reached No.1 in the UK charts for her song Don’t Hold Your Breath.
She has also added acting to her arsenal and was nominated for an Olivier Award after playing Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s revival of Cats on the West End stage.
In 2016 the Hawaiian star landed the role of Sina in the wildly popular Disney movie Moana.
She was featured in ABC’s 2017 adaptation of Dirty Dancing playing the role of Penny Johnson.
She also joined Australia’s Got Talent as a guest judge.
According to reports the talented star now has a net worth of $14million.
Her endorsements include Herbal Essences, Missguided, British Airways, Muller, and Proactive.
She also launched her own fragrance, Chosen, in 2019.
In 2017, she opened up about her bulimia battle, telling Cosmopolitan: “When I got The Pussycat Dolls, it really amplified [my eating disorder] because it had so much to do with showing your body off.”
MELODY THORNTON
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Melody Thornton wasn’t part of the original Pussycat Dolls, which started as a burlesque dance revue in Los Angeles.
However, the band was looking to add some vocal strength and auditioned for new members in 2003. Melody didn’t dance for her audition, but she still got the gig.
The 38-year-old left the group in 2010, saying at the time: “I got into the group to sing. That was made very clear to me. But it became more and more apparent what was going on.
“Roles were being minimized and minimized, and then by the time it got on the show, it was very much like, ‘Y’all play your part and this is what it is’.”
Melody went on to bag a cameo in Keri Hilson’s music video Slow Dance, as well as releasing her first official single Sweet Vendetta in 2011.
She has popped up on several TV shows, including the American reality series Bank of Hollywood, which was produced by Ryan Seacrest.
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Melody also competed on ITV’s Popstar To Operastar, where she lost out to X Factor’s Joe McElderry, and Celebrity Island.
Alongside her television appearances, Melody has been working part-time as a model, landing a campaign for Dior in 2014.
She competed on Dancing on Ice in 2019 and was the eighth celebrity to leave the show after being beaten in the skate-off by Saara Alto.
She also starred alongside Louis Smith and Rachel Stevens in the stage production of Rip it Up the 70s in 2019 before releasing a brand new single that year titled Love Will Return, the first single from her EP Lioness Eyes.
KIMBERLEY WYATT
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Blonde bombshell Kimberly Wyatt has become a popular face on British TV since her pop star days.
For five series, the 40-year-old put talented performers through their paces on Got To Dance.
The starlet then proved she was a culinary whizz and won the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef series in 2015.
She also participated in The Jump in 2014, before appearing on an episode of All Star Driving School in 2017.
She starred in Almost Never a coming-of-age comedy on CBBC as well from 2019-2021.
Kimberly married English model Max Rogers in February 2014, and the pair have three children together.
She gave birth to her third and last child in 2019 before revealing that she had been sterilized at the age of 37.
Kimberly told The Mirror in 2017 that the Pussycat Dolls were constantly forced to worry about their appearance: “I was so conscious of my weight while in Pussycat Dolls.
“Record producers constantly watched us to make sure we weren’t putting on weight, and we were made to be like anorexic aliens.”
ASHLEY ROBERTS
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When the Pussycat Dolls first went their separate ways, Ashley Roberts dropped off the showbiz radar.
It wasn’t until she scooped second place on I’m A Celebrity! Get Me Out Of Here in 2012 that the blonde bombshell, now 41, became a household name in Britain.
Ashley was then snapped up as a panel judge on the ITV show Dancing on Ice for the eighth and ninth series.
In 2014 she started presenting the Ant vs Dec segment on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, and in February 2015 she joined the second series of The Jump but was eliminated in the second week.
On February 9, 2017, Take That star Gary Barlow confirmed he had signed Ashley up as a guest judge on his BBC talent show Let It Shine. She appeared during the semi-final on February 18.
Ashley also appeared in the 2018 line-up for Strictly Come Dancing where she was paired with Pasha Kovalev, finishing second to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton.
It was here she met Giovanni Pernice with the pair announcing their relationship over the Christmas period, before calling it quits a year later.
But Ashley’s solo singing career failed to flourish as much as her television roles.
In 2014, she released her debut album, Butterfly Effect, which only reached number 159 on the UK album chart.
In the summer of 2021, she took to the stage, appearing in the musical Waitress for eight weeks. She also presents the Heart breakfast show alongside Amanda Holden.
CARMIT BACHAR
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Carmit Bachar was one of the main vocalists and was famous before joining the Pussycat Dolls.
The 48-year-old had danced on stage with Beyoncé and was the Vida Loca girl for Ricky Martin.
Since quitting the band in 2008, Carmit has focused on her music career.
She formed LadyStation in 2011 and released a single called Body In Motion, and ended 2018 with the release of a new single, It’s Time.
Carmit also collaborated with Macy Gray in 2010 on her album, The Sellout.
The redhead, who is mom to daughter Keala Rose, is a passionate campaigner for cleft-palate charities.
She suffered from the condition herself as a child.
JESSICA SUTTA
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In 2010, Jessica left the Pussycat Dolls to embark on her solo career.
The same year, she released her first single I Wanna Be Bad, which was accompanied by a music video directed by Frank E. Flowers.
Sadly, the 40-year-old didn’t win the public over with her tune – it failed to chart everywhere but Slovakia, where it peaked at 65.
Luckily, Jessica’s second single Show Me gained a bit more success reaching number 1 on the US Billboard charts for Hot Dance Club Songs.
Jessica, who performed at Washington Pride in 2019, married her husband Mikey Marquet in the same year.
The redhead has previously opened up about her booze battles, telling Billboard: “I didn’t realize how destructive alcohol was.
“I was confused and broken, and it was like I had to kill that part of me and be reborn.”
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