Who is Belle de Jour? She’s Brooke Magnanti

Apparently anonymous blogger ‘Belle de Jour’ has outed herself after an ex threatened to do it for her. Now scientist Brooke Magnanti says it was she who penned the blog which led to numerous books and the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl starring Billie Piper.

Magnanti is now a research scientist in child health for the University of Bristol and apparently her present job is safe, with the University allegedly commenting that her past has no relevance with regards to her present position (pun intended). Another mystery no one really cared about solved, huzzah!