Matt Cardle worked as a male escort before becoming a singer Editor Katie Watkin's 21/10/ 2013 X Factor hearthrob Matt Cardle has revealed that he once worked as a male escort. The singer told how he was "totally stitched up" by the agency he signed up with to. Matt Said "I was going out with this girl who was a stripper - we were living together and I was pretty broke. She suggested escorting and I was well up for it." "So I signed up to this agency online. I uploaded all my details - the only thing I didn't send them was my photo because I didn't have a nice one. "The following day I got a text telling me they'd found a woman for me to escort. I had to pay a £75 fee for signing up to them, which I did." "So I turned up to the Ramada Inn in Reading, dressed in my smart casual outfit, waiting for Tina, 30, to come along. Three hours later, she still hadn't arrived. Matt went to say "I waited and waited and wait