We all know the rumors about Patience being fired for stealing. She has been very quiet ever since she cursed out that lil old white lady in Australia. There were crazy rumors about Atlantic telling Ole Girl to fire Patience, but Ole Girl refused. Well, I found an article that Black Enterprise just did with Patience in August. She is still say she is Ole girl's INDEPENDENT publicist. She works with Ashley Kalmanowitz, who is the publicist for Atlantic Records. That means that Ashley is trying to protect Atlantic first, Ole girl second. It seems to me that Patience may have been demoted, but not technically fired. She may have been demoted for stealing but due to all the secrets she has, this was the compromise. Who knows????