Pussycat Dolls Kimberly and Melody to be sacked for clashing with Nicole Scherzinger

THE break-up of the PUSSYCAT DOLLS is shaping up to be one of the biggest catfights in pop.

I had a feline months ago that something explosive was going to happen - and it seems I was right.

Long-time members KIMBERLY WYATT and MELODY THORNTON are about to be sacked - and more could follow.

The pair have paid the price for clashing with top doll NICOLE SCHERZINGER and are set to be replaced by much tamer kitties.

But today in an eXSclusive interview, feisty Kimberly reveals she wants set up a rival band with all the Dolls - apart from Nicole.

She told me she'd got sick of the special diva treatment given to Nicole, girlfriend of F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.

She said: "I've been a Pussycat Doll for longer. She was one of the last to join.

"But we'd have to share a dressing room while Nicole would have her own.


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"We'd be on the tour bus together but she wouldn't come on and would get her own transport. I'm closer with the other girls because of the system that was in place."

But it wasn't just the buses which riled Kimberly - she was also fed up with never getting to show off her vocal talent.

She said: "It's not true at all that only one of us can sing. Everyone in the group has a beautiful voice. We just weren't showcased as much."

Kimberly is now a judge on the brilliant new reality show Got To Dance, which airs tonight at 6pm on Sky1 and Sky1 HD.

I can reveal the shock changes to the Dolls will be announced once Nicole has done some solo work. Kimberly is already discussing a rival project with Melody and the other members JESSICA SUTTA and ASHLEY ROBERTS.

She explained: "When it was made aware to me there would be changes in the group I didn't agree with it. I love the girls so much. That was my family.

"So I hope to continue the movement. I'm taking my future into my own hands.

"We are looking at ways to keep working together. We all want to. But when we do that we're not allowed to call ourselves the Pussycat Dolls."

Although Kimberly has not told her nemesis about her rival band plans, she said: "Right now there is a lot of controversy. I haven't spoken to Nicole about it. She's full speed ahead with her career.

"I always knew this sort of change was to come so there's nothing to be bitter about.

"At the end of the day I always knew I was not the captain of the ship."