Heavy well: Nikkie Tutorials now knows who has blackmailed her

Let me confess right away that I would react a lot more childishly, because I would have nailed the person to the pillory long ago. Quartered in the village square, bring on those tomatoes. You want to ruin my life, here you can get it – BAM. But no, fortunately Nikkie de Jager is a lot less impulsive. Yes, makeup guru Nikkie was forced by some sick person to reveal her biggest secret to her millions of followers: she is transgender. Little did she know that exactly that video made her world news.

A telling detail is that the vlogger now knows the name of her blackmailer. In her latest video ‘Responding to my coming out’, Nikkie shares how she has experienced the past two weeks. ‘I have been on an enormous rollercoaster, believe me: it was madness. I received support from all corners you can think of. The beauty world. From the media. From friends and family. I was the number 1 trending topic in my own country for three days. Even ministers spoke about me! I was so afraid that people would only recognize me for being transgender. But fortunately, that is not the case.’

In the meantime, Nikkie knows the name of the person who pressured her. ‘With the help of the police, we were able to uncover everything,’ she continues. ‘I have names. Phone numbers. Email addresses. I even know where he lives. When I found out who this was, I was shocked. It's someone you don't know at all. In fact: I didn't even know that person.’

And yes, she did think about revealing that name, but she has now decided not to do so. ‘This is going to sound strange, but with my number of followers, I have the ability to completely ruin someone's life. But then I would be doing the same thing that person did to me. I don't want to lower myself to his level. I am better than that. The person who did this is sick in the head and is already being punished.’

For her followers, she has one last request: ‘Stop the manhunt. If anyone is going to tell more about this blackmailer, it will be me. It's my story. But I'm not going to do that. I would not only ruin his life, but also that of his family. His friends, his kids. Do I want to put a person in the same position I was put in? No, I don't want that. And I believe it's my right to decide for myself. My 32 million views on the coming-out video are the most badass fuck-you-views against my blackmailer ever.’

And that's just how it is, Nik. Proud of you.

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