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A shocking TV documentary claims thousands of British women pay for sex each year - but they are too embarrassed to admit it.

The hour-long show, fronted by bodybuilder Jodie Marsh , couldn’t get a single British woman to go on camera to discuss why they use young male escorts - or gigolos.

In the end the 36-year-old Essex girl, who has been celibate four years, had to fly to America to get the inside story on Women Who Pay for Sex.

Jodie said: “It was ridiculous - there are thousands of women in this country who use male escorts. We spoke to many, but they refused to go on camera.

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“It is so weird - the British women are just so reserved and embarrassed by it all. In the end we had to go to the States where the women were much more open and happy to talk about their reasons why.”

These young men earn from between £50 an hour to £25,000 a WEEK - from women who want no-strings, no-commitment sex.

Jodie, famous in her 20s for tumbling out of nightclubs in skimpy clothing, insisted she has “grown up” now and was keen to be a “good role model” for other women.

She said: “I am a grown up now, thank god, it took me long enough. I think as somebody in the public eye, I think we all have responsibility to be a good role model.”

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Jodie admitted the idea behind the documentary came after she searched online for a male escort - but didn’t go through with it after not finding any she was attracted to.

“I know what my motives are, she explained. “But I also know there are women who are actually doing it, and I wanted to find out if their motives were the same as mine.

“There are many reasons why women do it - for some it is the only way they can get sex, for others they have a higher sex drive than their partners.”

* Women Who Pay for Sex is set to air on March 18 at 10pm on TLC