Comedian Margaret Cho said on social media on Thursday that she supports sex workers and their rights because she once was one.

'Sex work is simply work. For me it was honest work. I was a sex worker when I was young. It was hard but well paid. There's no shame in it,' Cho wrote on Twitter.

Cho, who hasn't publicly spoken much about performing sex acts for money because 'nobody asked,' said that the controversial profession was empowering when compared to the horror of being raped as a child.

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Frank discussion: 'Sex work is simply work. For me it was honest work. I was a sex worker when I was young. It was hard but well paid. There's no shame in it,' Cho wrote on social media on Thursday

Worthy of praise: Margaret Cho said that sex workers should be praised and not shamed by society. Her discussion of her past profession comes shortly after she revealed she was raped as a child

When asked by TenaciousEye on Twitter if she had trouble engaging in relationships after working in the sex industry she replied, 'I don't believe so. I think being molested as a child had more to do with that. But as a sex worker I had power+$$,' she replied.

'I have way more PTSD from rape. That's real. Sex work was just a good way to make money. At least for me then,' she added.

Cho went so far as to say that sex workers should be worshipped and that they even have their place in the bible.

'I support sex workers because I was one and I know that it's a job that's needlessly shunned by society when frankly we should be worshipped,' the comedian said on Twitter.

Cho then told her audience that Jesus loved Mary Magdalene even though she was a prostitute by profession.

'Sex workers are glorified in the Bible! Mary Magdalene was a wh*re and Jesus loved her. The Bible has been turned against us by jealous men,' she wrote.

Shocking truth: Margaret Cho said that being molested as a child was horrific but that she regained her power and made money as a sex worker

Trauma: Cho said that sex work was a way for her to make money and that she did not find it as traumatizing as her childhood rape. In September, Cho revealed to Billboard that she was molested by a close family friend between the ages of five and 12.

Cho clarified that just because she supports sex work does not mean that she is offering it.

'I'm not offering sex work. I'm simply stating I've done it. It's hard labor and deserves dignity and DIVINITY.'

Cho's candid discussion on sex work comes shortly after she made an even more shocking confession.

In September, Cho revealed to Billboard that she was molested by a close family friend between the ages of five and 12.

I had a very long-term relationship with this abuser, which is a horrible thing to say,’ she admitted. ‘I didn’t even understand it was abuse, because I was too young to know. I endured it so many times, especially because I was alone a lot.’

Margaret was raped by another acquaintance of the family at 14 and was insulted by her peers at school when she told a friend what had happened.

Holy scripture: Cho then told her audience that Jesus loved Mary Magdalene even though she was a prostitute by profession. 'Sex workers are glorified in the Bible! Mary Magdalene was a wh*re and Jesus loved her. The Bible has been turned against us by jealous men,' she wrote.

Margaret even penned a song, titled I Want To Kill My Rapist, which she says is helping her to work through the pain from her past. Sex work was also something she said empowered her

‘When I was raped in high school, it was the first time I had sex that was penetrative, so it was different and weird,’ the star revealed.

‘I told someone that I was raped, and the kids at school found out and said, “You are so ugly and fat that the only way anybody would have sex with you is if they were crazy and raped you. So don’t act like you are hot and somebody wanted to f*** you. It’s because you are disgusting, and you deserve to be raped.”’

Sadly, Margaret – who left school shortly afterwards – went on to tell Billboard that her family know what happened to her, but have remained in denial about it.

Margaret even penned a song, titled I Want To Kill My Rapist, which she says is helping her to work through the pain from her past.

Margaret, who told Billboard that her molester is still alive, hopes that the song will empower other victims – especially in the wake of the recent Bill Cosby and Woody Allen scandals.

‘I think Bill Cosby and Woody Allen and all these men are so disgusting. It’s gross. This song I made is a rejection of all that,’ she said.