Belle de Jour has revealed her identity
Monday, 16 November 2009 17:53 Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 17:59
Belle de Jour has revealed her identity as developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology specialist Dr Brooke Magnanti.
The Bristol research scientist, whose web diary of her second career as a call girl became a series of books and ITV show starring Billie Piper, made the revelation in an interview with The Sunday Times.
Magnanti said: "It was time. I've felt so much guardedness and paranoia about remaining anonymous recently. It's really been playing with my emotions.
"Now I just really want to be on the other side of this. I don't mind what happens about coming out; I don't want this massive secret over me anymore. It's changing the way I behave around people, the way I conduct my life."
On her blog, she added: "Belle will always be a part of me. She doesn't belong in a little box, but as a fully acknowledged side of a real person.
"The non-Belle part of my life isn't the only 'real' bit, it's ALL real. Belle and the person who wrote her had been apart too long. I had to bring them back together."
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