Rosie Connolly has revealed that she doesn’t like the “public side” of having a career in social media.
In an interview with The Sunday Independent, the entrepreneur opened up about her successful 4th ARQ clothing company that has generated €16.5 million sales around the globe.
Reflecting on her early career and when she first began posting on social media, the 34-year-old opened up about what she does and doesn’t enjoy about a career in the public eye.
Rosie first began sharing posts on her Instagram when she was pregnant with her son, Harry who is now nine-years-old.
She told the publication: “I accidentally took a hobby, and created a career. I thought: ‘Oh, this is nice. I don’t have to go back to work. I can be a mum at home.”
“What comes with that, though, are the eyeballs and the public side of it. That’s not the bit I enjoy.”
She continued: “I like to keep myself to myself and yet I have around 377,000 followers on Instagam – it is bizarre.”
“I shared everything because I was making money from it – the money was too good not to. But was it a natural thing for me? Definitely not.”
“Doing this in the background has been the dream for me.”
She added: “I can do all the things I love without being in the public eye – I’m not in any photoshoots, because I choose not to be.”
