Rolling out congratulates Necole Bitchie on her new endeavors
“Just wrote the hardest post I’ve ever had to write,” writes Necole Bitchie on her Instagram page. It was the opening sentence that led her more than 619K IG followers, 618K Twitter followers on one account and 27.5K followers on the other, to her resignation letter. Necole Bitchie is stepping out on the same faith that made her the pop culture phenom we’ve watched her grow to be in the past seven years. She announced today is her last day as a celebrity blogger.
She adds in part, “My breakthrough finally came when Munson Steed of Rolling Out invited me to speak on the Female Success Factor tour, alongside Chilli. It was my first public speaking engagement and I cried as I told the story of how losing my parents, moving to New York to pursue a job in entertainment, and feeling a since of failure after I was forced to move back to the hometown I grew up in with no money to my name, inspired me to launch my own website. I was tired of sending out resumes and looking for a job — so I had created one.
“There is a constant internal struggle between being a character –Necole Bitchie—when I walk out in public, and being the women I know I was meant to be. Eventually, I began feeling like I wasn’t doing enough and I would never reach my goals. I felt stuck! I felt boxed in! No matter how much success people thought I had, or how many pageviews our stories generated, I felt as though I was regressing. There was also a constant struggle of what I thought my audience wanted to see (salacious tea), and what I wanted to post (Inspirational women interest stories.’) I was so exhausted from fighting that battle, that I literally felt defeated and I mentally gave up.”
“For seven years, I’ve given this platform everything in me. Now, it’s time to refocus that energy into something that I truly believe in.
“It’s not a ‘good bye!’ per say. It’s a ‘See you soon!’”
It’s Necole’s authenticity, her ability to connect with people and her social media prowess that we knew she was a superstar in life and virtual reality. We salute you and to us you will always possess the Female Success Factor.
Read the letter in its entirety.
