Nicole Scherzinger Explains Why Being in Pussycat Dolls Was 'Overwhelming' & 'Very Difficult'

Nicole Scherzinger is looking back at her time as a member of The Pussycat Dolls.

The 46-year-old singer/actress was a member of the girl group from 2003 to 2010 then again from 2019 to 2021.

In a new interview, Nicole recalled her “very difficult” and “overwhelming experience” as the frontwoman of the group.

Keep reading to find out more…“I’m really proud of the music that the Dolls made, and I’m very proud of the little mark that we made with our group,” Nicole told the U.K. newspaper The Times. “But it was very difficult, because I was really learning about myself along the way.”

Nicole attributed a lot of the stress to the exhausting schedule she and her groupmates had to endure.

“It was such a difficult time, struggling and battling your own demons and issues and always being on the road, and they never allowed sleep in our schedule,” Nicole explained. “I mean, it was just a recipe for disaster, to be honest with you.”

She went on to say that the type of work schedule the Pussycat Dolls faced back in the day could never exist today.

“They have rules set in place, and, you know, it’s more of a woke community now. But it wasn’t like that when we were doing it,” Nicole said. “It was just kind of like, ‘Work them to the bone until they’re passed out.’ It was just hard for me to sleep. I always had sleeping issues.”

Nicole also said that her time in the group intensified the insecurities she had about her body.

“A dancer’s body is the instrument; it’s beautiful,” Nicole shared. “But I was a singer first. It was difficult for me in the beginning because I didn’t feel comfortable in my skin.”

In the same interview, Nicole addressed the possibility of starting a family.