Samantha X admits she misses the escort business after her shock split from newsreader Ryan Phelan

AUSTRALIA’S most high-profile escort quit the industry after finding love — but now she’s admitted that she misses her days as a sex worker.

SAMANTHA X made headlines when she announced she was leaving sex work for good after finding love with Channel Seven newsreader Ryan Phelan last October.

But the couple suddenly split last month — and now, the mother-of-two has revealed she misses “certain aspects” of the business.

The former journalist, whose real name is Amanda Goff, seemed to hint at a possible return to the business yesterday after posting an Instagram photo of herself with Perth escort Sienna James with the caption: “You can take a girl out of the industry ... So many memories of how lousy escorting was ... ahem.”

But the 43-year-old later confirmed to the Daily Mail that “the door was firmly closed” on that chapter of her life.

“While I miss certain aspects of escorting, the door (to a return to the industry) is firmly closed,” she told the publication.

“Escorting gives you freedom and flexibility, away from the constraints of a ‘normal job’ and while that was exciting and fun, my needs have changed.

“I’m looking for stability now.”

She added that she missed the social side of escorting the most.

“I miss the friends I made in this colourful industry, particularly the women, and catching up with them for a drink reminds me just how strong and special these women are,” she said.

“I still mentor women in this industry and I still have my escort agency Samantha X Angels, where I employ mostly women over the age of 30, who choose to escort as a hobby rather than full time.”

But she insisted a return to sex work was out of the question.

“I am someone that never goes back — I’m going to keep moving forward,” she said.

Samantha X is now studying a masters in counselling and psychology.

She first revealed she had been working as a high-class escort during a Sunday Night interview in 2014.

Since then she started her own agency, Samantha X Angels, and has written two books — Hooked: Secrets Of A High-Class Escort and Back On Top — which both describe her experiences in the sex industry.

After announcing her departure from the escort industry on October 24, 2017, Samantha X discussed some of her future plans in a blog post.

“I never thought I’d be writing this, but life works in wonderfully surprising and mysterious ways!” she wrote.

“It is with great sadness, but also great excitement, that after six wonderful years as Samantha, I am hanging up my Louboutins to move onto a brand new life and new projects.

“This isn’t a ‘I’m taking a break but I’ll be back’ blog — this is it. The end of escorting for me, but the beginning of something even more wonderful.”

She also said she would still meet with men “but clothes strictly on” for “one-to-one life, love and relationship coaching”.

“I will still be involved in this wonderful industry, you will still see Samantha X pop up around you — in fact — I’m working hard to build the brand bigger and better,” she said.

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