Mr. Cha, don’t you wish this collaboration had happened?
Pussycat Dolls members Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt have finally confirmed the long-standing rumor that Britney Spears was supposed to make a cameo in the music video for their 2008 smash hit “When I Grow Up.”
“When we turned around and waved, it was Britney that we were waving to,” Wyatt exclusively revealed on SiriusXM’s Page Six Radio on Thursday.
“I think she filmed it at some point, but for some reason it ultimately didn’t get filmed. I think her team didn’t allow it to go ahead,” she concluded. “I heard it here for the first time!”
The girl group famously served as the opening act for Spears during her 2008 Circus Stirling Britney Spears tour to promote her second studio album, Doll Domination, of which “When I Grow Up” was the lead single.
The Pussycat Dolls officially disbanded in 2010, but Page Six exclusively reported earlier this month that some of the members were reuniting.
On March 9, music insiders said the Buttons hitmakers were preparing for a world tour after a 16-year hiatus, with frontwoman Scherzinger “definitely coming back” to the band.
A few days later, the girls officially announced their North American tour on Instagram.
This reunion has been a long time coming for the singers. They were scheduled to tour in 2020, but those plans were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At the time, Scherzinger, 47, and band founder Robin Antin were embroiled in a lengthy legal battle over the cancellation of the tour.
Antin alleges in court papers that after Scherzinger publicly announced he would participate, he said he would not appear on stage unless he received 75% of the profits and full creative control, a move Antin called “extortion.” The two sides reached a settlement in 2024.
That same year, Scherzinger was scheduled to make her Broadway debut in “Sunset Boulevard,” but did not rule out a reunion with the band that propelled her to pop stardom.
“I love the Dolls. I love the Pussycat Dolls. That’s why I always say ‘never say never,'” she said in an interview with the Daily Mail at the time, while also admitting that she was in a “definitely different place” in her life.
“But you never know what the future will bring,” she said, adding that she still keeps in touch with her bandmates.
“I’m really happy for them. I follow them a lot. I love updating them on Instagram. And while they’re active, everyone just grows and looks great.”
