Jessica Sutta Says Her MAGA Views Made Her a 'Liability' as the Pussycat Dolls Trio Heads for London's O2

Jessica Sutta believes siding with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. helped keep her from joining the Pussycat Dolls reunion. In March, she told a podcast that backing him tied her to Make America Great Again (MAGA) politics. 'I was a liability,' she said.

The Sun published a new Sutta interview on Tuesday 6 October. Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, and Kimberly Wyatt went on without Sutta as a trio. They finish the UK leg at London's O2 on Tuesday 13 October. Fans there will see half of the six who took 'Don't Cha' to number one in Britain.

Sutta Links Her Exclusion to Backing Kennedy

Kennedy, whom Sutta backed for president in 2024, now heads the US Department of Health and Human Services. In 2021, Sutta says, she fell seriously ill after a coronavirus vaccine. She told the podcast's host that people who blame a vaccine for illness had nowhere else to turn. She also called the reunion a money-making exercise. In the interview below, she embraces the MAGA label while saying she disagrees with parts of Donald Trump's presidency and opposes war.

On The Maverick Approach, Sutta said nobody told her, Carmit Bachar, or Melody Thornton about the reunion in advance. All three were members when the Pussycat Dolls released their 2005 debut album, PCD, which made them famous. Sutta was also part of the 2019 reunion. Pandemic restrictions cancelled its planned 2020 tour. By Sutta's account, Scherzinger phoned on the day of the announcement, but Sutta let the call ring out and has no plans to return it.

How the Current Members Explain the Smaller Line-Up

A presenter on Today, NBC's breakfast show, asked Scherzinger why the act had returned with only three of its six members. That exchange aired in March, a few days before Sutta's podcast. The lead singer paused, then said, 'We've got to protect our peace,' adding that the group was mending splits. Wyatt said the line-up has always changed. Neither reported answer mentioned politics, and by 8 October the trio had not publicly addressed Sutta's claim.

Bachar, another original member, also missed out on the PCD Forever dates, which began in California in June. On Instagram, Bachar said she helped build the act before its first record deal, yet learned of the reunion only after everyone else. 'I would have appreciated direct communication,' she added, though she offered no theory about why she was excluded. Thornton had already turned down a place in the 2019 reunion.

Sutta's Latest Interview and Her Message to the Trio

Speaking to The Sun while promoting her single 'Don't Take Much', Sutta said being left out broke her heart. She said Bachar and Thornton should return, arguing the act worked 'better as a five,' though she praised her former bandmates' concerts. Sutta first left the group when it split in 2010.

The Pussycat Dolls announced the reunion on Thursday 12 March alongside 'Club Song', their first new single in six years. An Instagram statement from Sutta later that month described months of trying to reach out in private. The post ended: 'Good luck, ladies. All love.'