Samantha X reaches out to Sophie Monk
NEWLY single Samantha X has reached out to Sophie Monk after her shock split with Stu Laundy after just six months together. Just two days ago, the former sex worker revealed she too suffered heartbreak after her romance with Channel 7 journalist Ryan Phelan had ended.
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NEWLY single Samantha X has reached out to former Bachelorette Sophie Monk after her shock announcement that she had split with Bachelorette winner Stu Laundy after just six months together.
Just two days ago, it was revealed how Channel 7 journalist Ryan Phelan and former sex worker Samantha X had also broken up.
Now it appears Samantha X is linking her experience to Monk’s, saying both “relationships were public.”
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“Brave authentic words from @sophiemonk,” she wrote on Instagram.
“When a relationship is public, so is the hurt. To any man or woman going through heartbreak, stay true, stay strong & it’s OK not to be OK.
“You don’t need to be strong all the time. A new puppy helps, so do girlfriends and wine. And this too shall pass. Thinking of you.”
In an emotional late-night Instagram post, Monk said she gave the relationship her “best shot” but it “just didn’t work out” because the two were “very different people”.
Monk also explained that she decided to confirm the split because she “entered this relationship so publicly I know I owe an answer to Australia about my personal life”.
“I went into this experience looking to settle down and start a family,” she wrote.
“I gave it the best shot I could and my intentions were everything, but unfortunately it just didn’t work out. As much as I respect him we are just very different people.
“There were no contracts or pressure to stay together whatsoever and we remain friends.
Monk said the experience had taught her to get out of her “comfort zone in order to find real love” and that it had made her “much stronger”.
Samantha X told The Daily Telegraph this week that she and Phelan had ended their whirlwind romance.
“Yes it is true — Ryan and I have ended our relationship,” she said.
“Without going into details, I will say my friends and community have been amazing, my house is filled with flowers and my girlfriends are my tribe.
“To any woman going through a divorce, heartbreak, an ending — don’t blame yourself and keep moving forward.”
The pair announced their love to the world in November last year after Phelan posted a photograph of himself on Instagram with Samantha X.
It was previously revealed how Samantha X had a career in the media, having worked at New Idea, Prevention and InStyle magazines.
She explained in September 2014 how boredom at work led to her transition from a divorced mum to a highly paid escort.
She said she would stare out the window of her Sydney office at “the grey buildings” and “fantasise about drinking champagne in a hotel room with a man”.
One day, she decided to visit a bordello on her lunch break. Two days later, she was having sex for money.
In October, Samantha X announced she was quitting the escort business.
Posting on social media, she revealed that her final booking was with a 76-year-old regular, who had Parkinson’s disease.
The news she had quit the industry coincided with her relationship announcement with Phelan, who is also said to have jeopardised his career.
