Ashley Roberts thinks 'it'd be a shame' if Pussycat Dolls never reunited
The Don't Cha hitmakers - which also included Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberley Wyatt, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton - were set to reunite in 2020 after almost a decade apart, but the COVID-19 pandemic scuppered their plans.
She told the We Need To Talk podcast: "We were ready to go, and Ms. Rona [Coronavirus] shut it down.
"[And] there's legal stuff that was involved, so I can't actually speak about that. Unfortunately, legal stuff started happening and it wasn't able to get figured out.
"But I mean, you never know, like honestly, because I didn't think we'd get back out there the time that we did. So it'd be a shame not to."
The AGE-year-old singer and dancer admitted she wishes she'd have been able to take on a greater role in the group, where Nicole was positioned as the frontwoman of sorts.
She said: "There was a structure to the group that we knew about. The structure was that Nicole was the lead singer... it was what it was.
"Do I wish it was a bit more expansive? Yes. But also I was getting to live out my dreams. I don't want to sit here and bash and speak negatively about it."
In November last year, Nicole and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin "reached a settlement in principle" after a three-year legal battle of the cancelled reunion.
The Poison singer was sued by Robin in September 2021 for allegedly refusing to take part in the comeback shows without full creative control and a 75 percent profit share.
Her legal team branded the case "meritless", claiming she had simply asked to renegotiate her contract after the delay due to the pandemic.
Later that month, Nicole announced the tour had been scrapped entirely, and in August 2022 she filed a cross complaint accusing the choreographer of mismanagement and misappropriating funds.
Late last year, the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column reports the pair jointly filed documents in court in Los Angeles on Friday (01.11.24), which stated both 'parties have reached a settlement in principle, subject to the execution of certain written agreements.'
The notice didn't disclose the terms of the agreement, but it meant a jury trial that had been scheduled for the following month was cancelled and replaced by a hearing on 28 July, 2025, to officially dismiss the case.
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