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He fired her with no heads up claiming she wasn't focused on the Pumpkins.
From Nicole:
“No it was not mutual by any means. I posted awhile back on my page about it, I’m sure a lot of people missed it. Billy and I disagreed on my level of commitment to the band. we had very different ideas of what my priorities were. at the time, my #1 priority was SP and I know in my heart I gave my absolute everything to that band. it wasn’t until after the fact that I started focusing on my own music 100%. but you can’t change someone’s perspective. in the end, it was for the best. everything happens exactly how it’s supposed to, I truly believe that. I had a good run and nothing lasts forever anyway! moving forward, up and on. it’s all good ; )”
"it was more a vague "let go" situation, but I definitely did not quit. thanks Justin Davis Jacobs I agree. so many fans have said the same thing to me[that fans were excited and rejuvenated by this particular lineup]. thank you ; )
This other interview, she speaks about it...
Over email, Fiorentino confirmed that she was let go by Corgan but that “the circumstances look very different from my perspective than from Billy’s.”
“I know my heart was in it 150% ‘til the end,” she wrote, “and no one can tell me differently. It was my whole life.”
Fiorentino speculates that Corgan believed her other band, The Cold and Lovely, was becoming a distraction from her role in The Pumpkins. “That was the general vibe that I inferred,” she wrote. “But the thing is, I never focused on The Cold and Lovely unless I was on break from [The Pumpkins]. It never once conflicted.”
“And I always had such a great relationship with SP fans and felt like I had more of a presence online than anyone else in the band, constantly promoting just by being in touch with the fan base,” she wrote. “I don’t know how much more one can be committed to a band.” She says she’s no longer in touch with Corgan, but bears no ill will toward the head Pumpkin.
Plus she had other posts where you could tell there was some bad blood.