a) Carmit never said that the stories were completely made up. She clearly had an interview with The Sun and it's likely that they pretended to focused the interview around Ashley before editing most of it out later to make it more about Nicole. However, that doesn't mean that what she said is completely fabricated - if it was, I doubt Carmit would think twice about suing them tbh. b) Your facts are totally off. Melody and Ashley were both pissed off about the 'Jai Ho' feature, judging by that video of Melody talking about it on stage that one night. And I believe it was either Ashley or Carmit who discussed Nicole choosing who got to appear in music videos and who didn't. Melody wasn't the only one who sang on PCD tracks, either: Kaya Jones has background vocals on a few tracks, Carmit has a verse on 'Beep', and all the girls are credited with background vocals in the booklet for the first album. Nicole doesn't even sing on 'Santa Baby'. You're completely delusional if you don't realize that the Dolls were nothing more but a launching tool for Nicole. It was written into her contract that along with her involvement in PCD, she'd also be given a solo album to be released after the first PCD album. It's logical than in order to make sure both projects were a success, they'd highlight Nicole as the lead singer of each track. c) That's just another example of Nicole taking control of the group tho. Instead of consulting with the other girls about what the second album should sound like, she came to an agreement with Robin and Rob about using her own tracks on it without considering any of the other girl's opinions. I'd like to see receipts for Nicole recording 'Jai Ho' as a solo single, as she specifically says in this quote she wanted to make it a quintessentially PCD song: I'd also like to see receipts for the other girls only being hired as dancers. It's true that Nicole was always intended to be the lead singer of the group and Melody the main secondary singer, but as far as I know the other girls were always intended to sing. If not, why give them parts in the PCD album (as listed above) in the first place?