The Pussycat Dolls are back... and they’re bad!
Nicole Scherzinger’s reunited girl group sparked a wave of complaints over their raunchy performance on X Factor.
The band got back together after almost a decade, but viewers were not impressed with their sexy costumes and onbeskofte dance moves.
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Many compared the performance to a “trashy strip show” and complained to Ofcom, the UK’s broadcasting complaints authority.
Mirror Online revealed that nearly 500 complaints were lodged after the band’s act on Saturday night.
Many fans thought Nicole, 41, and her four bandmates took their raunchy routine a little too far with their vulgar costumes and gyrating dance moves.
The Pussycat Dolls
The girls turned up the heat in the studio, and things only got more X-rated as they ended the routine by being soaked in water.
Their shenanigans came before the 9pm “watershed”, not yet considered late-night viewing, and angered many watching at home.
One wrote: “Disgusting, disrespectful and shameful and all before the watershed. X-Factor is a family show and I enjoy it with my seven-year-old daughter who was shocked and disgusted, as was I.
“Call yourself a role model, put some clothes on and grow up.”
Another fumed: “Disgusted with Pussycats dolls on X factor tonight. I’m sorry, but I am there are millions of young girls watching this and thinking that they have to look that thin to get recognised.”This is a family programme and it’s a disgrace!”
One more tweeted: “That Pussycat Dolls performance was unadulterated filth.”
A fourth blasted: “I wouldn’t want kids watching this... Looks like a trashy strip show! Gees there’s a time + place for it! How sad that these women feel the need to dress like that when they know kids watch the show. Grim.”
Really stupid
— fran themain man (@fran_themain) December 2, 2019
The entire performance was incredible, but this was hands down my favorite part 😭 so hot! Can’t wait!
— Eddie (@FanBoyEddie) November 30, 2019