Nicole Scherzinger feels she's been 'discarded' by the industry

Nicole Scherzinger feels as if she has been "discarded" by the industry.

The 46-year-old pop star found fame in the early 2000s as a member of the Pussycat Dolls but has made the transition into theatre in recent years and even though she has "never been more strong" as she gears up to make her Broadway debut in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical 'Sunset Boulevard', insisted that she has been "dismissed" to an extent.

In a conversation with producer Jamie Lloyd filmed for People: "I'm [46] years old. I’ve never been more strong — physically, mentally, emotionally. I’m in my prime. There is no better time for me to create work that is meaningful in this world. That’s the tragedy: is that you’re in the best place in your life. You’re so fully, have so much to give, and people have discarded you, and dismissed you and said ‘Your time’s up...'"

Following her time in the girl group, the 'Don't Cha' hitmaker served as judge on 'The X Factor' on both sides of the Atlantic and then starred in a West End production of 'Cats' in 2014 before winning an Olivier for 'Sunset Boulevard' in London earlier this year, and is surprised that she is only now just getting to appear on The Great White Way.

She said: "It’s always been my lifelong dream to go to Broadway. Can you believe I’ve never been to Broadway? I always say I’m the greatest thing to never happen to Broadway."