Roxy Jacenko’s ex-protégé Holly Asser reveals the truth about her exit from Sweaty Betty PR 

One in every of Roxy Jacenko’s former Sweaty Betty PR ‘clones’ and her right-hand lady for 5 years has damaged her silence on her departure from the agency. 

Publicist Holly Asser, 28, who left the Paddington-based firm in late 2018, spoke about her exit in an Instagram Q&A on Sunday evening.

She confirmed she was now not talking to her former employer and finest pal, and stated her seemingly abrupt resignation had in truth been ‘some time coming’.

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Holly, who was answering her followers’ questions whereas in resort quarantine, was requested if she was nonetheless in touch with Roxy.

‘No,’ she replied, including a smiling emoji.

One other follower then requested, ‘Why did you permit Sweaty Betty?’ and she or he supplied a extra in-depth response.

She wrote: ‘Okay, loads of questions on this and that is all I will say: I believe in your profession you all the time have to continue to learn and while you really feel such as you’ve realized all you’ll be able to in an organization or function, it is in all probability time to maneuver on.’

Holly then hinted that her exit from Sweaty Betty PR could not have been amicable.

She continued: ‘My departure was a short while coming and I believe for those who’re accustomed to the corporate, you may know why my buddies and I made a decision to maneuver on.’

Holly’s reference to her buddies leaving the corporate at about the identical time aligns with two workers departures in early 2019: Grace Garrick and Daniel Goldstein.

Throughout her tenure at Sweaty Betty PR, Holly was certainly one of a number of engaging blonde staffers described within the press as ‘clones’ of Roxy.

Her senior place and shut friendship along with her boss earned her the standing of ‘chief clone’.

On the time of her resignation, Holly was extra guarded in regards to the causes for her exit, telling The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘It was simply time for me to do one thing completely different.’  

Roxy, 40, responded to her ex-employee’s claims on Monday, telling Day by day Mail Australia: ‘It has been three years since she was employed by me and she or he’s nonetheless not moved on. Should be lacking me to nonetheless be speaking about it!

‘Blows my thoughts how infantile an individual could be. She wished a response and knew if she used my title she would get it, which she did.’

Holly nonetheless works in public relations in Sydney and is employed by Edelman, the biggest public relations agency on this planet by income.

Roxy’s confrontation along with her former staffer comes after her rumoured rift with one other longtime pal, millionaire socialite Francesca Packer.

As reported by The Solar-Herald earlier this month, the pair not too long ago ‘abruptly parted firm, each professionally and personally’.

This was supposedly why Roxy hadn’t attended Francesca’s star-studded twenty sixth birthday celebration on Sydney Harbour on November 29.

However Roxy later denied there was any unhealthy blood between the 2 ladies, telling Day by day Mail Australia on December 11: ‘There is no such thing as a feud. She’s a beautiful lady, and I have been round her since she was 20 years of age.’

She defined that she hadn’t been at Francesca’s occasion as a result of she was busy working her seven companies and taking good care of her two youngsters, Pixie and Hunter.

Francesca, who’s the granddaughter of late media mogul Kerry Packer, employed Roxy to deal with her rising media profile in 2014.

The pair, who share a mutual love for designer purses and flash vehicles, quickly turned inseparable, so it was shocking when their ‘feud’ made headlines final week.

The rift hearsay emerged as Roxy was recovering from her current falling out along with her former pal and consumer Candice Warner.

She ended their friendship acrimoniously after the cricket WAG punched her as a part of a problem whereas filming SAS Australia in July.