Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar Is Writing a Memoir About Her Time in Girl Group — And Her Life Outside It (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Carmit Bachar attends the Rookie USA: LA Kids fashion show at Nya Studios on September 26, 2024.Photo:Michael Tullberg/Getty

Michael Tullberg/Getty

Pussycat Dollsalum Carmit Bachar has an brand-new project in the works.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Rookie Kids Fashion Show on Thursday, Sept. 26 Bachar, 50, revealed that she is working on a “couple different projects,” including a book that is “about a third of the way done.”

“Right now, I’m working on a couple different projects,” she says. “Of course, new music is coming. I’m working on a book, and I’m aiming for Broadway. That’s been my next goalpost, so I’m excited.”

Although the musician and dancer says she will be including some of her experience being in the chart-topping girl group in this new memoir, she’s also hoping to focus on other aspects of her life — including her advocacy for children with cleft palates.

Bachar in October 2023.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

“I guess people could say that,” she joked, when asked if the book will give some insight into the lives of the Pussycat Dolls. “I mean, it’s reality. It’s real.”

“It will be my experience, and my life is not just the Pussycat Dolls,” she adds. “It’s a chunk of it, but it’s not my entire experience. I was born with a cleft palate. I’m the ambassador for Operation Smile. And, yes, been through this entire journey of life and the industry and to persevere and come out smiling is what the book’s about.”

Bachar made headlinesback in 2008when she became the first founding member of the Pussycat Dolls to exit the group.

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Elsewhere in her conversation with PEOPLE, Bachar opened up about how she made a decision to “excommunicate people that were toxic for my life,” and revealed that she mostly only keeps in touch with her former bandmate Sutta.

“It’s unfortunate that this industry breeds narcissists, and it feeds that monster, the fame game, the whole thing. And I think it changes people,” she tells PEOPLE. “And, hopefully, as you grow older, you are wiser, and you do the work. But if you don’t do the work, then you can’t actually evolve.”

“It’s one of those complicated things,” she adds. “Everybody’s definitely in a different place in their life at different times. So, we have what we accomplished, and I will always cherish that and be proud of that. And the moments that we had on stage were great and fun, and I choose to remember those.”

The Pussycat Dolls perform in 2008.Vince Bucci/Getty

Vince Bucci/Getty

Bachar has been candid about her journey as a parent — often opening up on social media about how she husband, actor Kevin Whitaker, parent their daughter Keala, 13, — and now, she’s supporting her daughter as she takes the spotlight herself to walk in the Rookie show.

“As a Pussycat Doll, I’ve been through the ringer in the industry, and I make sure that we seek out the right projects. It’s not about quantity, it’s about quality,” Bachar says, opening up about her daughter’s work in entertainment.

“She did her first print job was when she was six months. She barely was sitting up. So, she’s been through a lot of things, but also not everything,” she adds. “We’ve been very selective about the projects that she’s involved in, and making sure that she has a real like childhood, kid experience, not just being in the industry.”

“It’ll be fun,” she teases.

source: people.com