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

Pussycat Dolls alum Carmit Bachar has a 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’s working on “a few different projects,” including a book that’s “about a third of the way through.”

“I’m working on a few different projects right now,” she says. “Of course, new music is coming. I’m working on a book and I’m aiming for Broadway. That was my next step, so I’m excited.”

While the musician and dancer says she will include some of her chart-topping girl group experiences in this new memoir, she also hopes to focus on other aspects of her life — including advocating for children with cleft palates.

Bachar in October 2023.

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“I guess people could say that,” she joked when asked if the book would 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. “That’s part of it, but it’s not my whole experience. I was born with a cleft palate. I’m an ambassador for Operation Smile. And, yes, I’ve been through this whole life journey and industry and persevere and come the book is about smiling.”

Bachar made headlines back in 2008 when she became the first founding member of the Pussycat Dolls to leave the group.

Although she was included in the last reunion of the Pussycat Dolls in 2010 to release their new single “React”, along with her former bandmates Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton, the tour was postponed due to the pandemic and later canceled amid litigation between Scherzinger and Antin.

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Elsewhere in her chat with PEOPLE, Bachar opened up about how she made the decision to “cut out people who were toxic to 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 feeds that monster, the fame game, the whole thing. And I think it changes people,” she tells PEOPLE. “And, hopefully, as you get older, you get wiser and do the work. But if you don’t do the work, then you can’t really develop.”

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

Pussycat Dolls perform in 2008.

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Bachar has been candid about her parenting journey – she’s often spoken on social media about how her husband, actor Kevin Whitaker, is the parent of their daughter Keala, 13 – and now she’s supporting her daughter as she’s stepped into the Rookie show spotlight herself.

“As Pussycat Doll, I went through the struggles of the industry and made sure we were looking for the right projects. It’s not about quantity, it’s about quality,” says Bachar, referring to her daughter’s work in the entertainment industry. .

“She did her first printing job when she was six months old. She could barely sit. So she’s been through a lot, but not everything,” he adds. “We were very selective about the projects she was involved in, and we made sure she had a real experience like a childhood, a child’s experience, not just being in the industry.”

Bachar adds that fans can expect to finish writing probably by next year — and hopes to record his own audiobook to accompany the memoir’s release.

“It’ll be fun,” she teases.

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