Kimberley Wyatt is an American dancer, singer, choreographer, and television personality.
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Kimberley is an ambassador for the Youth Sport Trust. She recently launched the Well-Fit campaign, which helps kids develop a positive relationship to their bodies early on in life. She also works mentoring young talent on the TV show 'Got to Dance'; she won Celebrity MasterChef, and all this while recently becoming a parent. Oh yeah, and she was in the Pussycat Dolls for seven years. Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a multi-talented, spiritual, compassionate, hard-working mother like her?
Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 02:50 Brian's Introduction. 03:23 How a girl from Missouri came to be living and working in the UK. 04:41 Why were the Pussycat Dolls so popular in Britain? 05:45 Tremendous fan support helped her to rise above feelings of exhaustion and pain. 06:24 How the Pussycat Dolls evolved to the cheeky, racy, explicit, Don't Cha video. 07:35 Giving Don't Cha a more urban feel for the video. 08:51 Fight of Kimberly's life to be good enough to be in the video. Filming it was brutal. 11:26 Financial pressure to make this video a success. 12:03 What was given a great deal of thought when it came to the branding of the Pussycat Dolls. 12:27 Artist's videos which inspired her as a child to be the one white girl dancing in their videos. 13:14 Kimberley's early dance career. 15:48 Growing up in Missouri and moving out. 16:51 Welcome to Los Angeles honey amid fierce competition. 18:27 Trying to pay the bills whilst figuring out what she was, wanted and how to get that. 20:15 What dance means to Kimberly. 23:39 A pivotal moment when Kimberly realised what had pulled the love of dance from her. 24:59 Leaving the Pussycat Dolls. 25:38 Faking authenticity in performance. 26:24 What it takes to make a great dancer. 27:37 Why is dance at the bottom of the totem pole? 29:11 Work ethic is probably 90% of being a serious dancer, all in those heels. 30:31 Stressful time, meanwhile demonstrating she wanted to make the Pussycat Dolls a success. 33:16 The 360 deal. 34:20 What it is like being in the maelstrom of the entertainment business in Los Angeles. 35:25 When did Kimberly know she was in the band and that they were going to be big? 36:57 The moment she realised the Pussycat Dolls were really successful. 37:42 What she has learned from having had that fame. 37:49 Looking back on those 7 years of fame with the Pussycat Dolls. 41:08 How Pussycat Dolls stayed together for so long? 42:13 The two sides of Nicole Scherzinger and the decision to leave the group. 45:15 Trying lots of different ideas and her successful ventures. 50:21 Is dance the opposite of a selfie? What dance has the ability to do for families and children. 51:28 Dance as a form of expression and communication. 52:19 "You can't see how to connect the dots until you look back" 52:34 The changing ways of achieving fitness, away from the gym, using movement. 54:51 The three rules Kimberly has always lived by. 56:47 Finding it tough participating in Celebrity Master Chef and what winning meant to her. 1:00:22 Why she chose to live and bring up a family in London rather than Los Angeles. 1:06:05 Why she thinks ego is the enemy. 1:11:09 What wellness means to her. 1:11:43 Success secrets. 1:12:24 Trying to find a balance between doing normal things and having to interact with social media. 1:15:34 The stories behind her tattoos. 1:18:05 Being very in tune with her body. 1:19:26 Trying to help 6-8 year olds understand and deal with their emotions. 1:20:09 Narcissism is a real problem now and something we need to combat. 1:21:10 Will there be a Pussycat Dolls reunion sometime in the future? 1:21:42 The NWA movie. 1:22:51 The crazy, cut-throat music business. 1:23:51 Brian's summing up.
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