Nicole Scherzinger Shares Proud Moment With Pussycat Dolls

Nicole Scherzinger she may have just finished tearing up the West End stage as Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevardbut he has not forgotten where he came from.

“It was such a whirlwind,” Scherzinger, 46, said to himself Us Weekly while thinking about her time with Pussycat Dolls. “It's crazy. A lot is happening quickly in Doli.”

Although Scherzinger often topped the charts in the aughts with the band, the The Hidden Artist The judge said his proudest moment for the Dolls was the 2019 reunion of the act.

“I am very proud when we got back together,” he explained. “The pandemic happened and we couldn't tour, but we came back together to sing our song 'React' and we played on it. IX Factor, and I was proud of that. We hadn't lived together for 10 years, then we got together for a week and just put it on stage.”

Scherzinger went on to say that he was happy to see how his former teammates have changed since they first broke up in 2010.

“I was very proud because of the women we turned to,” he explained. To come together and say, 'Wow, life is bigger than the little things.' And half the girls have kids, you know what I mean? And families. And that growing as women, of coming together and supporting each other – I think that's what I'm most excited about, that we can do that. And I still love and support the girls.”

Scherzinger, who will make her Broadway debut this fall in another play Sunset Boulevardshe's equally effective when discussing her days in the temporary girl group Eden's Crush.

“I'm very grateful for it because I didn't know that [Eden’s Crush] can you prepare me to lead the Dolls, you know?” he said Us. “I was very green when I did that. If anyone has seen the series we have seen, [The WB’s Popstars], was at the forefront of the entire reality talent search series. It was a really raw time for me. And like I said, it prepared me for what I had to do. And it's crazy when you're young, you think you know everything, but you don't. She's still growing and trying to figure out who she is as a person, as a woman, as a musician, as an artist. And so it's good. I am very grateful that I have lived a life where I now have the courage to write the music that I want to write and to do the work myself now.”

Scherzinger spoke to him Us earlier this month when we covered a special Wimbledon concert at The Hill in New York City. She was excited to be back in the United States after spending most of the past year in England performing in London's West End.

“To come back – it's a dream,” he said Us. “I once saw U2 perform under the Brooklyn Bridge. … And to think that we get to sing under the Brooklyn Bridge, it's pretty amazing. It's really special. And to bring everyone together – not only here but also across the pond – is really special, especially with my launch of Sunset. Coming here, doing this, having fans, singing songs, my songs with everyone, and then in a few months, this will be my new home.”

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With reporting by Nikaline McCarley