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 waited, but no sign of her. Obviously when I contacted the company I never heard back! I got totally stitched up.

 " I didn't think I'd have to actually have sex. I thought I'd just be 'escorting' them. I was pretty gullible."  

But the former painter and decorator did add that if he wasn't singing, his other career path would be: "Porn! It's an option, it's fun...

Matt  who recently publicly  blasted fellow X Factor winner, James Arthur in an exclusive interview.  

"The guy has a serious problem with me," the singer said. "We had a arguement over a year ago after James slagged me off but he still won't drop it. He's constantly bad mouthing me. He's such an angry person with giant ego.